Waited Up 'til It Was Light is the debut album by British band Johnny Foreigner and was released on Best Before Records on June 2, 2008. It was released through online retailers in North America July 22, 2008 and in stores September 23, 2008. It was recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey with producer Machine, whose previous credits include work with notable contemporary hard rock acts as well as the progressive rock group King Crimson. The artwork was designed by Lewes Herriot Myspace profile and showed several Birmingham landmarks, with the UK release having interchangeable covers.
It is widely written that the song "Cranes and Cranes and Cranes and Cranes" samples the theme to the ’60s American sitcom, I Dream of Jeannie. However, this is not true, It only opens with a bar of the tune, before going into the song, the song does contain a lyrical reference to it.
A track-by-track explanation of the album from Alexei Berrow, guitarist and singer of the band, can be found .
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Johnny Foreigner are an indie rock trio from Birmingham, EnglandSee http see also http, consisting of guitarist/lead vocalist Alexei Berrow, drummer Junior Elvis Washington Laidley and bassist Kelly Southern. They are currently releasing music on Best Before RecordsBest Before Records http, which is part of the artist management and nightclub concern Mama Group/ChannelFly Group.
Johnny Foreigner play at venues up and down the UK, and made their live US debut on November 30 2007, supporting Delaware's Spinto Band and Cardiff-based indie pop band Los Campesinos!See http at the Bowery Ballroom.
History
Before the band formed, Berrow and Southern both played in different outfits, Panda Love Unit and TwistSee http respectively.
The “prototype” Johnny Foreigner formed as “a country band with pretensions” (according to Alexei) with Kelly’s predecessor Daniel Boyle on bass in December 2005. Boyle left Johnny Foreigner to attend university, and now plays in London-based band Gentle friendly. Prior to his leaving the original Johnny Foreigner line-up released We Left You Sleeping And Gone Now, a self-produced, 11-track album recorded in 2005 in a hand-made edition of 40 copies. Liz , Rob and Seb (of Distophia) are also credited on the album.http
The band's first single, "Sometimes In The Bullring/Camp Kelly Calm", was recorded on Laundrette Recording CompanySee http and issued in October 2006; 300 copies were made and sold. The second single, released May 21, 2007, was a split with fellow Birmingham act Sunset Cinema Club and featured the track "Yes! You Talk Too Fast", as well as a cover of Sunset Cinema Club's "Ninki. vs Dingle", whilst SCC covered Johnny Foreigner's "Candles".
After signing to Best Before Records in 2007, the band issued the EP Arcs Across The City on November 26 of that year.See http see also http The EP was rated 10/10 by popular online music magazine Drowned In Sound.See http They released their third single, "Our Bipolar Friends/The Houseparty Scene Is Killing You" on March 10 2008 on, which nearly sold out of its initial issue of 1,000 copies before it was even released.
The fourth single by the band, "Eyes Wide Terrified", was released on 18th May 2008, in the run-up to the album release. Their next single "Lea Room/DJ's Get Doubts", was released in the UK on 12 January 2009.
On June 2, 2008, Johnny Foreigner released their debut album, Waited Up 'til It Was Light. It was recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey with producer Machine, whose previous credits include work with King Crimson. The album is available through online retailers in North America and in traditional stores through Nettwerk.
In addition to the commercially available releases, Johnny Foreigner packaged up 15 demos in July 2007 and made them available for free download under the title I Like You Mostly Late at Never.
On 30 March, while on tour supporting Hundred Reasons, Alexei announced at a gig that the band had finished recording their second album and that it would be coming out later that year. Their second album Grace and the Bigger Picture was released on 26th October.
The band are planning a third album as well as their first North American tour later in 2010.
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