Hard at Play

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Hard at Play
Huey Lewis & the News - Hard at Play.jpg
Studio album by Huey Lewis and the News
Released January 1991
Recorded Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California
Genre Rock
Length 46:09
Label EMI
Producer Huey Lewis and the News
Bill Schnee
Eric Thorngren
Huey Lewis and the News chronology
Small World
(1988)Small World1988		 Hard at Play
(1991)		 Four Chords & Several Years Ago
(1994)Four Chords & Several Years Ago1994
Singles from Hard at Play
  1. "Couple Days Off"
    Released: 1991
  2. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
    Released: 1991
  3. "He Don't Know"
    Released: 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

Hard at Play is the sixth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released in 1991 on EMI. Hard at Play peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200 pop albums chart and produced two Top 40 singles, "Couple Days Off" and "It Hit Me Like a Hammer". Music videos were released for "It Hit Me like a Hammer", "Couple Days Off", and "He Don't Know".

Track listing

  1. "Build Me Up" (Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis) – 4:28
  2. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (Robert "Mutt" Lange, Lewis) – 4:01
  3. "Attitude" (Max Carl) – 4:00
  4. "He Don't Know" (Don Covay, Jon Tiven, Sally Tiven) – 4:15
  5. "Couple Days Off" (Chris Hayes, Lewis, Geoffrey Palmer) – 4:56
  6. "That's Not Me" (Michael Ruff) – 4:15
  7. "We Should Be Making Love" (Andy Goldmark, Steve Kipner, Steve Lindsey) – 4:01
  8. "Best of Me" (Bonnie Hayes, Kevin Hayes, Annie Stocking) – 3:57
  9. "Do You Love Me, Or What?" (C. Hayes, Lewis, Nick Lowe) – 3:46
  10. "Don't Look Back" (Lewis, Bill Gibson, David Fredericks) – 3:44
  11. "Time Ain't Money" (Colla, Lewis) – 4:46

Personnel

Huey Lewis & The News

Additional personnel

  • Mike Duke - background vocals
  • David Fredericks - background vocals
  • Gospel Hummingbirds - background vocals
  • John McFee - guitar

Production

  • Producers: Huey Lewis, Bill Schnee, Eric "ET" Thorngren
  • Executive producer: Bob Brown
  • Engineers: Bob Edwards, Jeffrey Norman, Bill Schnee, Eric "ET" Thorngren
  • Assistant engineers: Ken Allardyce, Tony Eckert, Bob Edwards, Stephen Hart, Tim Lauber, Kevin Scott, Jim "Watts" Vereecke
  • Mixing: Jack Joseph Puig, Bill Schnee
  • Mixing assistant: Ken Allardyce
  • Mastering: Doug Sax
  • Art direction: Henry Marquez
  • Design: Michael Diehl
  • Photography: Aaron Rapoport

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Hard at Play - Review. Allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Huey+Lewis+And+The+News&titel=Hard+At+Play&cat=a
  3. ↑ http://books.google.ca/books?id=bCgEAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1%7Caccessdate=27 September 2011
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1991a.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/131725/ranking/cd_album/ Oricon Archive.
  7. ↑ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oricon.co.jp%2Fsearch%2Fresult.php%3Fkbn%3Dja%26types%3Drnk%26year%3D1991%26month%3D5%26week%3D1%26submit5.x%3D4%26submit5.y%3D12&sandbox=1 Oricon Archive. Hard at Play. 26 April 1991[not in citation given]
  8. ↑ http://archive.is/20120723093112/http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=4146
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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