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Sports was one of the rare mainstream pop/rock albums where everything worked -- the songs were catchy, the sound was inviting, and it all sounded perfect on the radio. It would have been tough for Huey Lewis and the News to match its quality with the follow-up, Fore!, and it comes as little surprise that Fore! suffers from an overdose of the very things that made Sports nearly irresistible. Where the songs on Sports were so straightforward that they seemed inevitable, much of Fore! sounds labored, particularly when the News try to write a middle-class anthem. It's one thing to celebrate "The Heart of Rock & Roll," but it's quite another to proclaim it's "Hip to Be Square," especially if you're supported by a chorus of football players. And "Hip to Be Square," as well as "Stuck With You," where a married yuppie couple can't divorce because it would simply be too much hassle, makes Lewis' complacent tendencies all too clear. That wouldn't be a big problem if the songs were as catchy as "If This Is It" or "Heart and Soul," but they aren't, and the sound of the record is so sterile that the News no longer sound like a working band. Fore! is a reasonably enjoyable facsimile of the pleasures of Sports, yet it lacks the gleeful sense of fun that made that record, as well as portions of Picture This, so enjoyable.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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John Hornsby, ComposerLyricist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BRUCE HORNSBY, ComposerLyricist - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Jenkins, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Missbach, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Chris Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Huey Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Missbach, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Huey Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Colla, ComposerLyricist - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Missbach, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emilio Castillo, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Elliot, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Duke, ComposerLyricist - Phil Cody, ComposerLyricist - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - Greg Adams, Trumpet, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steven 'Doc' Kupka, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Missbach, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Huey Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Bill Gibson, ComposerLyricist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Hopper, ComposerLyricist - Mike Duke, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - Steven 'Doc' Kupka, Baritone Saxophone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Montana, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Missbach, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Moran, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Lott, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Fletcher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Riki Ellison, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Clark, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Arista, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Chris Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Huey Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Duke, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - Steven 'Doc' Kupka, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Montana, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Missbach, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Moran, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Lott, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Fletcher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Riki Ellison, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Clark, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Arista, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Reed Nielsen, ComposerLyricist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Missbach, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Huey Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Bill Gibson, ComposerLyricist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - KENNY LOGGINS, ComposerLyricist - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - John Fletcher, ComposerLyricist - Robert Missbach, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Huey Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Malcolm Pollack, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Colla, ComposerLyricist - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Missbach, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Christopher, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emilio Castillo, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jim Gaines, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Elliot, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Huey Lewis & The News, Producer, MainArtist - Greg Adams, Trumpet, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steven 'Doc' Kupka, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Missbach, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Biner, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Sports was one of the rare mainstream pop/rock albums where everything worked -- the songs were catchy, the sound was inviting, and it all sounded perfect on the radio. It would have been tough for Huey Lewis and the News to match its quality with the follow-up, Fore!, and it comes as little surprise that Fore! suffers from an overdose of the very things that made Sports nearly irresistible. Where the songs on Sports were so straightforward that they seemed inevitable, much of Fore! sounds labored, particularly when the News try to write a middle-class anthem. It's one thing to celebrate "The Heart of Rock & Roll," but it's quite another to proclaim it's "Hip to Be Square," especially if you're supported by a chorus of football players. And "Hip to Be Square," as well as "Stuck With You," where a married yuppie couple can't divorce because it would simply be too much hassle, makes Lewis' complacent tendencies all too clear. That wouldn't be a big problem if the songs were as catchy as "If This Is It" or "Heart and Soul," but they aren't, and the sound of the record is so sterile that the News no longer sound like a working band. Fore! is a reasonably enjoyable facsimile of the pleasures of Sports, yet it lacks the gleeful sense of fun that made that record, as well as portions of Picture This, so enjoyable.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:28
- Main artists: Huey Lewis And The News
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI - EMI Records (USA)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1986 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2021 Capitol Records, LLC
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