4, also known 4 pound corned beef instant pot Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on July 3, 1981, on Atlantic Records. The album name represented the band’s fourth studio album and also the band’s reduction from six to four members.
Musically, it showed Foreigner shifting from hard rock to more accessible mainstream rock and pop music. 1 position on the Billboard album chart for a total of 10 weeks. It eventually sold over six million copies in the US alone. The album was originally titled Silent Partners and later was changed to 4, reflecting both the fact that it was Foreigner’s fourth album and that the band was now down to four members. The album took 10 months to produce.