Huey Lewis And The News - Sports (1983) U.S. First Pressing
Huey Lewis And The News - Sports (1983) U.S. First Pressing
EAC Secure Rip | FLAC (Image + Cue + Log) - 245 MB | Complete Scans (Jpeg 600 dpi) - 93.3 MB | MP3 (CBR320 Kbps) - 94.1 MB
Rock | Chrysalis Records | VK 41412 | 37:45 minutes | 5% WinRar Recovery | Hosted on: FilePost & Uploaded
EAC Secure Rip | FLAC (Image + Cue + Log) - 245 MB | Complete Scans (Jpeg 600 dpi) - 93.3 MB | MP3 (CBR320 Kbps) - 94.1 MB
Rock | Chrysalis Records | VK 41412 | 37:45 minutes | 5% WinRar Recovery | Hosted on: FilePost & Uploaded
Sports is the third album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1983. It reached number one on the Billboard 200 on June 30, 1984, making the band internationally known. The album has been certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA. Sports was ranked number 2 on Billboard's 1984 year-end album chart, after Michael Jackson's Thriller, and spawned four top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and a fifth that went top 20. It also did very well internationally, with most of its singles reaching chart peaks in various countries.
The album's biggest hit, "I Want a New Drug", was certified gold with sales of 500,000 copies in 1989, and was also the center of a lawsuit against artist Ray Parker Jr. who was accused of plagiarizing the song for his 1984 hit "Ghostbusters". The case was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
Another single, "The Heart of Rock & Roll", a top 10 hit for the group, was later ranked at #6 in Blender magazine's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever", with its worst moment coming in "the second verse, when that cheeky Huey almost uses the word 'ass'".
The cover photo for the album was shot at the 2 A.M. Club, a popular bar located in Mill Valley, California.
Picture This found Huey Lewis and the News developing a signature sound, but they truly came into their own on their third album, Sports. It's true that the record holds together better than its predecessors because it has a clear, professional production, but the real key is the songs. Where their previous albums were cluttered with generic filler, nearly every song on Sports has a huge hook. And even if the News aren't bothered by breaking new ground, there's no denying that the craftmanship on Sports is pretty infectious. There's a reason why well over half of the album ("The Heart of Rock & Roll," "Heart and Soul," "I Want a New Drug," "Walking on a Thin Line," "If This Is It") were huge American hit singles – they have instantly memorable hooks, driven home with economical precision by a tight bar band, who are given just enough polish to make them sound like superstars. And that's just what Sports made them. Reviewed by Stephen Thomas Erlewine allmusic.com
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Huey Lewis And The News / Sports
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Huey Lewis And The News / Sports
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01. The Heart Of Rock & Roll
02. Heart And Soul
03. Bad Is Bad
04. I Want A New Drug
05. Walking On A Thin Line
06. Finally Found A Home
07. If This Is It
08. You Crack Me Up
09. Honky Tonk Blues
Personnel
Huey Lewis - lead vocals, harmonica
Mario Cipollina - bass
Johnny Colla - guitar, saxophone, backing vocals
Bill Gibson - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Chris Hayes - lead guitar, backing vocals
Sean Hopper - keyboards, backing vocals
Additional personnel
John McFee - pedal steel guitar on "Honky Tonk Blues"
Album Released on September 15, 1983
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Huey Lewis And The News - Sports (1983) U.S. First Pressing
Ripped and Scanned from the Stadium Studios Library September 2012
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