Hard at Play

Hard at Play
Studio album by Huey Lewis and the News
Released	7 May 1991
Recorded	Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California
Genre	Rock, pop 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) Hard at Play (1991) Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
Singles from Hard at Play
"Couple Days Off" Released: 1991 "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" Released: 1991 "He Don't Know" Released: 1991

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[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

• Huey Lewis - harmonica, vocals
• Mario Cipollina - bass
• Johnny Colla - guitar, saxophone, backing vocals
• Bill Gibson - percussion, drums, backing vocals
• Chris Hayes - guitar, backing vocals
• Sean Hopper - keyboards, backing vocals

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

Chart (1991)[2] Peak position Australian Albums Chart 61 Canadian Albums Chart 20 Dutch Albums Chart 67 European Top 100 Albums[3] 25 Finnish Albums Chart[4] 9 German Albums Chart 14 Italian Albums Chart[5] 25 Japanese Albums Chart[6] 10 Japanese (International Albums Chart)[7] 1 New Zealand Albums Chart 26 Swedish Albums Chart 25 Swiss Albums Chart 9 UK Albums Chart[8] 39 US Billboard 200[9] 27 Zimbabwe Albums Chart[10] 7 Singles Year Single Chart Position 1991 "Couple Days Off" Album Rock Tracks 3 1991 The Billboard Hot 100 11 1991 "Build Me Up" Album Rock Tracks 27 1991 "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" The Billboard Hot 100 21 1991 Adult Contemporary 10

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position Canadian Albums Chart (RPM)[11] 85 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales Canada (Music Canada)[12] Gold 50,000^^ Japan (RIAJ)[13] Gold 100,000^^ United States (RIAA)[14] Gold 500,000^^

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. https://books.google.com/books?id=bCgEAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1|accessdate=27 September 2011
4. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
5. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1991a.htm
6. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/131725/ranking/cd_album/ Oricon Archive.
7. https://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
8. http://archive.is/20120723093112/http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=4146
9. "Huey Lewis Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
10. • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
11. "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1991". RPM. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
12. "Canadian album certifications – Huey Lewis and the News – Hard at Play". Music Canada. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
13. "Japanese album certifications – Huey Lewis and the News – Hard at Play" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
14. "American album certifications – Huey Lewis and the News – Hard at Play". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 25 July 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH