reception By the time of Agent Provocateur, Foreigner was frequently savaged by the contemporary rock music press. A review in Creem read: "On this, their latest excursion into the gaping jaws of pulverizing mediocrity, our boys continue to wrestle with an all-too-turgid identity crisis — they still can't decide whether it's stupider to aspire to poor man's Led Zep status or settle for being a weightier version of Chicago. Some swinging choice, huh? Either way they lose and this record is simply jammed with one dull defeat after another." Ultimate Classic Rock critic Eduardo Rivadavia rated "A Love in Vain" as Foreigner's fifth-most underrated song, calling it a "synth-powered cry of desperation" and a "dark-horse favorite of fans." Classic Rock critic Malcolm Dome rated two songs from Agent Provocateur as being among Foreigner's 10 most underrated – "Stranger in My Own House" at #6 and "Tooth and Nail" – which he describes as "the antidote to 'I Want to Know What Love Is'" – at #2. Billboard said that in "Tooth and Nail" the band flex "post-punk power chords with gusto." Track listing Personnel Foreigner Lou Gramm – lead vocals, percussion Mick Jones – keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, bass, backing vocals Rick Wills – bass, backing vocals Dennis Elliott – drums Additional personnel Wally Badarou – analog and digital synthesizers Tom Bailey – synthesizers on "I Want to Know What Love Is" Brian Eddolls – synthesizers Larry Fast – synthesizers Dave Lebolt – synthesizers Bob Mayo – keyboards, acoustic piano, backing vocals Jack Waldman – synthesizers Mark Rivera – saxophone, backing vocals Thompson Twins – backing vocals Ian Lloyd – backing vocals Don Harper – backing vocals on "I Want to Know What Love Is" Jennifer Holliday – backing vocals and arrangement on "I Want to Know What Love Is" New Jersey Mass Choir of the GMWA – backing vocals on "I Want to Know What Love Is" Production Producers – Mick Jones and Alex Sadkin Chief Engineer – Frank Filipetti Additional Engineers – Josh Abbey, Larry Alexander, Jason Corsaro, Joe Ferla and Howie Lindeman. Assistant Engineers – Bobby Cohen, Tim Crich and Scott Mabuchi. Original Mastering and Digital Remastering – Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC. Art Direction and Design – Bob Defrin Management – Bud Prager, E.S.P. Management Ltd. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References Foreigner (band) albums 1984 albums Albums produced by Alex Sadkin Albums produced by