Fore!

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Fore!
Fore! cover
Studio album by Huey Lewis & The News
Released September 1986
Recorded Studio D Recording, Sausalito, CA
Genre Rock
Length 41:40
Label Chrysalis
Producer Huey Lewis & The News
Professional reviews
Huey Lewis & The News chronology
Sports
(1983)
Fore!
(1986)
Small World
(1988)

Fore! is the fourth album by American rock band Huey Lewis & The News, released in 1986. The album hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album charts and contained five top ten Billboard Hot 100 hits, including the #1 singles: "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder".

Contents

[edit] Album cover

The wall that Lewis and the members of the band stand against on the album's cover is a wall from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California. Band members Huey Lewis, Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper and Mario Cipollina went to this school together.

The album cover for Fore! is seen in the movie American Psycho starring Christian Bale. Bale's character, Patrick Bateman goes on to have an approximately 1 minute discussion regarding the band and how "Hip to Be Square" was a follow up to the mainstream hit "The Power of Love". He incorrectly states that the album came out in 1987 when, in actuality, it came out in September 1986.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Jacob's Ladder" (Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby)
  2. "Stuck with You" (Hayes, Lewis)
  3. "Whole Lotta Lovin'" (Colla, Lewis)
  4. "Doing It All for My Baby" (Cody, Duke)
  5. "Hip to Be Square" (Gibson, Hopper, Lewis)
  6. "I Know What I Like" (Hayes, Lewis)
  7. "I Never Walk Alone" (Nielsen)
  8. "Forest for the Trees" (Fletcher, Gibson, Lewis, Loggins)
  9. "Naturally" (Colla, Lewis)
  10. "Simple as That" (Biner, Castillo, Kupka)

(The European version had "The Power of Love" (from Back to the Future) as Track 8, then Tracks 8-10 above as Tracks 9-11. The Japanese version had "Hurt" as track 12 in addition to the European bonus tracks.)

[edit] Personnel

Huey Lewis & the News

Additional personnel

  • Greg Adams - trumpet
  • Ralph Arista - background vocals
  • Emilio Castillo - tenor saxophone
  • Dwight Clark - background vocals
  • Mike Duke - background vocals
  • Richard Elliot - tenor saxophone
  • Riki Ellison - background vocals
  • Jerome Fletcher - background vocals
  • David Jenkins - background vocals
  • Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone, background vocals
  • Ronnie Lott - background vocals
  • Joe Montana - background vocals
  • Jim Moran - background vocals
  • Lee Thornburg - trumpet

[edit] Production

  • Producer: Huey Lewis & the News
  • Engineers: Michael Christopher, Jim Gaines, Phil Kaffel, Bob Missbach, Malcolm Pollack
  • Assistant engineers: Rob Beaton, Alex Haas, Tom Size, Jim Verecke
  • Mixing: Bob Clearmountain, Bob Missbach, Jim Moran, Malcolm Pollack
  • Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  • Guitar technician: Ralph Arista
  • Keyboard technician: Jerry Daniels
  • Arranger: Greg Adams
  • Production design: Anita Wong

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1986 The Billboard 200 1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1986 "I Know What I Like" Mainstream Rock Tracks 25
1986 "Jacob's Ladder" Mainstream Rock Tracks 10
1986 "Stuck With You" Adult Contemporary 1
1986 "Stuck With You" Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
1986 "Stuck With You" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1986 "Whole Lotta Lovin'" Mainstream Rock Tracks 38
1986 "Hip to Be Square" Adult Contemporary 20
1986 "Hip to Be Square" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1986 "Hip to Be Square" The Billboard Hot 100 3
1987 "Jacob's Ladder" Adult Contemporary 17
1987 "Jacob's Ladder" Mainstream Rock Tracks 19
1987 "Jacob's Ladder" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1987 "I Know What I Like" Adult Contemporary 30
1987 "I Know What I Like" The Billboard Hot 100 9
1987 "Doing It All for My Baby" Adult Contemporary 2
1987 "Doing It All for My Baby" The Billboard Hot 100 6
Preceded by
Dancing on the Ceiling by Lionel Richie
Billboard 200 number-one album
October 18 - October 24, 1986
Succeeded by
Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
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