Hard at Play

Hard at Play is the sixth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released in 1991 on EMI America Records. 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, H. Lewis) – 4:01
3. "Attitude" (M. Carl) – 4:00
4. "He Don't Know" (D. Covay, J. Tiven, S. Tiven) – 4:15
5. "Couple Days Off" (Chris Hayes, H. Lewis, G. Palmer) – 4:56
6. "That's Not Me" (M. Ruff) – 4:15
7. "We Should Be Making Love" (A. Goldmark, S. Kipner, S. Lindsey) – 4:01
8. "Best of Me" (Bonnie Hayes, K. Hayes, A. Stocking) – 3:57
9. "Do You Love Me, Or What?" (C. Hayes, H. Lewis, Nick Lowe) – 3:46
10. "Don't Look Back" (H. Lewis, Bill Gibson, D. Fredericks) – 3:44
11. "Time Ain't Money" (J. Colla, H. Lewis) – 4:46

Personnel

Huey Lewis & The News

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

Additional personnel

• Mike Duke - background vocals
• David Fredericks - background vocals
• Gospel Hummingbirds - background vocals
• Steve Kipner
• John McFee - guitar
• Michael Ruff - background vocals

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

Singles - Billboard (United States)

References