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Huey Lewis & the News - Fore! Audio CD

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Huey Lewis & the News Band: Huey Lewis & the News
Title: Fore!
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Release Date: 1996-12-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Jacob's Ladder 2: Stuck With You 3: Whole Lotta Lovin' 4: Doin' It (All for My Baby) 5: Hip to Be Square 6: I Know What I Like 7: I'll Never Walk Alone 8: Power of Love 9: Forest for the Trees 10: Naturally 11: Simple as That

Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?
The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. Do you like Huey Lewis and the News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour. . . In '87, Huey released this, "Fore," their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.


Par for the course
They established themselves as a first-class live act, their videos were polished and clever, and as a front man, Lewis had become a star in his own right. Once Huey Lewis and The News took control of their sound on Sports, their canny blend of R'N'B, Rock and Pop made them superstars. The follow-up was "Fore," an album that seems a bit caught up in its own desire to please and sound serious, losing some of the fun of "Sports" but still having enough ace craftsmanship that two of the songs went to number one.

Lewis and the band were far from over-night sensations, so the musicianship was already focused and top-notch. But the album sounds a bit too professional at times, stuck in the "everyman" mold a bit too obviously to sound like the hungry happy-go-lucky's that "Sports" made them out to be. Two of "Fore's" biggest singles lay that point on pretty thick. The number one "Stuck With You" is a smart and somewhat cynical look at romance where the couple stays together not out of love, but because it's easier not to break up. Then there's "Hip To Be Square" where, without a trace of irony, the band extols the virtues of conformity while backed up with a chorus of pro football players. It's catchy and funny, but it is hard to be a "square" when you're hamming it up with Super Bowl champs.

However, talent wills out all the way through "Fore. " The pop of "Doing It All For My Baby" is terrific, as is the acapella "Naturally. " "Simple as That" is corny but closes the album on a solid note. And as cynical as I am about "Hip To Be Square," there is no way to get caught up in just how fun and catchy the thing is. "Fore" is the sound of a band seizing their moment in the sun and enjoying the heck out if it. There's no reason you shouldn't enjoy it as much as they are.


"Is that a rain coat?" "Yes it is"
The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. You like Huey Lewis And The News?

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.

He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a much more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In '87, Huey released this, Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

Hey Paul.


Steady the Axe and Plastic sheeting ...
The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost.
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically.

He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a much more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In '87, Huey released Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

And I'm number 12 in the que to have done this . . . yawwwn.


Best Huey Lewis Album
I love every song on this album. This is my favorite Huey Lewis and the News Album. .


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