Huey Lewis and the News (album)

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Huey Lewis and the News
Studio album by Huey Lewis & The News
Released	February 1, 1980
Recorded	December 1979, American Recording, Studio City, Redwing Sound, Los Angeles, Studio 55, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	28:80
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Bill Schnee
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Huey Lewis & The News chronology
Huey Lewis and the News (1980) Picture This (1982)

Huey Lewis and the News is the self-titled debut album by American rock band Huey Lewis & The News, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music).

[edit] Background

In 1979 the band's name was Huey Lewis and the American Express. Under this name they released a single and secured their recording contract with Chrysalis Records at the end of the year. The album was recorded within three weeks and the producer was Bill Schnee (Boz Scaggs, Pablo Cruise).

Chrysalis didn't like the addition 'American Express' to the band's name, fearing that the credit card company of the same name could sue them. In January 1980, just prior to the release of their debut album, the band finally decided to call themselves Huey Lewis & The News.

On February 1, 1980, the band released their first album, the self-titled LP Huey Lewis and the News, essentially acting as a pub rock band, turning out hard-driving covers and originals in a workmanlike fashion. The album got some very good reviews in Europe and in the United States, and it helped to enlarge the band's local following in the San Francisco Bay Area.

[edit] Track listing

Songs composed by Mario Cipollino, Johnny Colla, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper and Huey Lewis except as noted.

1. "Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)" – 3:23
2. "Don't Make Me Do It" – 2:50
3. "Stop Trying" – 3:31
4. "Now Here's You" (Cipollina, Colla, Gibson, Hayes, Hopper, Lewis, John McFee) – 4:12
5. "I Want You" (Brian Marnell) – 2:48
6. "Don't Ever Tell Me That You Love Me" - 2:53
7. "Hearts" – 2:51
8. "Trouble in Paradise" – 3:11
9. "Who Cares?" – 3:49
10. "If You Really Love Me You'll Let Me" – 1:52

[edit] Singles

“Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)”
Single by Huey Lewis & The News from the album Huey Lewis and the News
A-side	"Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)"
B-side	"Don't Ever Tell Me That You Love Me"
Released	1980 1986 remix
Format	45 rpm
Recorded	1979
Genre	Rock
Length	3:23
Label	Chrysalis Records
Writer(s)	Huey Lewis Chris Hayes Johnny Colla Mario Cipollina Sean Hopper Bill Gibson
Producer	Bill Schnee
Huey Lewis & The News singles chronology
"Exo Disco" "Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)" "Now Here's You"

"Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)" was written in San Francisco by the band and recorded in Los Angeles at Studio 55 within three weeks, and the track was released as the album's first single. The song is about people betraying other people, including friends, old friends, and enemies. The video for the song was in heavy rotation on Nickelodeon’s Pop Clips in 1980 – the precursor to MTV.^{[citation needed]}

The B-side for the single was "Don't Ever Tell Me That You Love Me". The songs, along with the album, failed to chart.

Videos were shot for both songs and were later included on the band's 1985 VHS compilation, Video Hits. In 1986, remixes of the songs were included as B-sides to the singles "Hip to Be Square" and "Stuck with You, respectively.

[edit] Personnel

• Huey Lewis - harmonica, vocals
• Chris Hayes - guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Johnny Colla - guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, saxophone, vocals
• Mario Cipollina - bass, double bass, vocals
• Bill Gibson - drums, percussion, vocals
• Sean Hopper - piano, electric piano, wurlitzer electric piano, organ, synthesizer, moog synthesizer, fender rhodes, keyboards, vocals

[edit] Production

• Producer: Bill Schnee
• Engineer: Bill Schnee
• Assistant Engineer: Bill Cooper, Kirk Butler, Tim Dennen
• Design: Bill Murphy, Rod Dyer
• Mixed: Doug Sax
• Mastering: Doug Sax
• Art Direction: Billy Bass
• Cover Concept: Billy Bass
• Photography: Ron Slenzak
• Liner Notes: Chris Welch
• Management: Bob Brown, Mark Deadman, John Burnham
• Special Thanks to: Sydney Conroy, Terry Persons, Patty Gleeson
• Surf board courtesy of: Kevin Bloom