Hard at Play

Hard at Play
Studio album by Huey Lewis and the News
Released January 1991
Recorded Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California
Genre 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
  1. "Couple Days Off"
    Released: 1991
  2. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
    Released: 1991
  3. "He Don't Know"
    Released: 1991
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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

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

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
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1991 "Couple Days Off" Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
1991 The Billboard Hot 100 11
1991 "Build Me Up" Mainstream Rock Tracks 27
1991 "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" The Billboard Hot 100 21
1991 Adult Contemporary Tracks 10

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Gold 50,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[11] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] 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. ↑ http://books.google.ca/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. ↑ http://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. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Huey Lewis and the News – Hard at Play". Music Canada. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – Huey Lewis and the News – Hard at Play" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "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