Title: Hard at Play Artist: Huey Lewis & the News Release Date: 1/1991 Re-Released On: 4/29/1991 Label: EMI America, Alliance Duration: 46:09 UPCs: 077779335527, 0077779335558, 077779335541, 077779335558, 762185127148, 762185164020 Genre: Rock Styles: Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Bar Band Moods: Cheerful, Confident, Fun, Amiable/Good-Natured, Earnest, Exuberant, Joyous, Party/Celebratory, Rollicking, Rousing, Energetic, Freewheeling, Happy, Organic, Rambunctious, Refined/Mannered, Summery, Boisterous, Silly, Playful, Raucous, Rowdy Total Copies: 10 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Build Me Up
2. It Hit Me Like a Hammer
3. Attitude
4. He Don't Know
5. Couple Days Off
6. That's Not Me
7. We Should Be Making Love
8. Best of Me
9. Do You Love Me, or What?
10. Don't Look Back
11. Time Ain't Money

Year Type Label Catalog # 1996 CD Alliance 93355 1991 CD EMI America E2-93355

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As the title indicates, Hard at Play is a return to the straight-ahead blues-inflected pop/rock that made Huey Lewis and the News superstars in the early '80s. While the material wasn't as consistently strong as Sports or Picture This, the band rocked with a renewed vigor and a handful of songs, including the anthemic hit "Couple Days Off," were as catchy as their older hits. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aaron Rapoport Photography Bill Gibson Percussion, Vocals, Drums Bill Schnee Producer, Mixing, Engineer Bob Brown Executive Producer Bob Edwards Engineer, Assistant Engineer Chris Hayes Guitar, Vocals David Fredericks Vocals (Background) Doug Sax Mastering Eric "ET" Thorngren Engineer, Producer Gospel Hummingbirds Vocals (Background) Henry Marquez Art Direction Huey Lewis Vocals, Main Performer, Harmonica, Producer Huey Lewis & the News Performer Jack Joseph Puig Mixing Jeffrey Norman Engineer Jim "Watts" Vereecke Assistant Engineer John McFee Guitar Johnny Colla Guitar, Vocals, Saxophone Ken Allardyce Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant Kevin Scott Assistant Engineer Mario Cipollina Bass Michael Diehl Design Michael Ruff Vocals (Background) Mike Duke Vocals (Background) Sean Hopper Keyboards, Vocals Stephen Hart Assistant Engineer Steve Kipner ? Tim Lauber Assistant Engineer Tony Eckert Assistant Engineer