Sports Huey Lewis and The News

• 1 The Heart Of Rock And Roll 05:04
• 2 Heart And Soul 04:13
• 3 Bad Is Bad 03:47
• 4 I Want A New Drug 04:45
• 5 Walking On A Thin Line 05:10
• 6 Finally Found A Home 03:42
• 7 If This Is It 03:53
• 8 You Crack Me Up 03:43
• 9 Honky Tonk Blues 03:19
• Total Runtime 37:36

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After two mildly successful, vaguely new-wave albums, Bay Area bar band Huey Lewis and the News (several of whose members had backed Elvis Costello on MY AIM IS TRUE) hooked up with mega-selling producer Mike Chapman and released 1983's SPORTS. The album dominated both AM and FM radio throughout 1984, aligning it with THRILLER, PURPLE RAIN, SHE'S SO UNUSUAL, and Madonna's early singles as definitive pop music of its era. SPORTS is genial frat-boy rock at its finest. Singles 'The Heart of Rock and Roll,' 'Heart and Soul,' 'I Want a New Drug,' and 'If This is It' comprise half of the album, and these songs have stood up to repeated listens. Hearing SPORTS today, the album still sounds surprisingly fresh, all the more remarkable when one considers how poorly other hits of the day have fared.

Huey Lewis, vocals, harmonica
Johnny Colla, vocals, saxophone, guitar
Chris Hayes, lead guitar, vocals
Sean Hopper, keyboards, vocals
Mario Cipollina, bass
Bill Gibson, drums, vocals, percussion

Recorded by Jim Gaines
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
Mastered by Ted Jensen
Produced by Huey Lewis And The News
Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA and The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA.
Additional recording at The Automatt, San Francisco, CA.
Mixed at The Power Station, New York, NY.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.
Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg, Capitol Mastering

Digitally remastered

Huey Lewis and The News
have been defying the rock oddsmakers for three decades. 2009 marked the group’s 30th anniversary. Formed from two rival Bay Area bands in 1979, their contagious brand of straight-ahead rock n’ roll has outlasted countless trends, selling over 20 million albums worldwide in the process. Huey Lewis & The News have carried the banner as the quintessential American rock band, endearing them to millions of fans and earning them the right to mark their place on the pop history map.

These Grammy Award winners have written and performed such classic Top Ten Hits as “Heart of Rock & Roll”, “Stuck With You”, “I Want A New Drug”, “If This Is It”, “Hip To Be Square” and “Workin’ For A Livin’”. The group also wrote and performed “The Power of Love” and “Back in Time” for the hit film Back To The Future. “The Power of Love”, which was nominated for an Academy Award, went all the way to #1 on Billboard’s singles chart.

As great a recording career as the band has had, it’s their live performances that remain the stuff of legend. They have toured worldwide continuously for more than 30 years. Huey Lewis & The News incorporate a variety of musical influences, including R&B and soul, to create their own unique sound. One of the highlights of their show is their a cappella rendition of early rock n’ roll classics such as “Sixty Minute Man”, “Under The Boardwalk” and “It’s Alright”.

Huey Lewis & The News are: Huey Lewis (vocals and harmonica), Johnny Colla (saxophone, guitar and vocals), Bill Gibson (drums, percussion and vocals), Sean Hopper (keyboards and vocals), Stef Burns (guitars and vocals) and John Pierce (bass). Their live show features a horn section of San Francisco bay area luminaries: Marvin McFadden (trumpet), Rob Sudduth (tenor saxophone) and Johnnie Bamont (baritone saxophone).

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