DU Album of the Day: "Sports" Huey Lewis and the News [View all]
Just admit it, and you'll feel better. You bought this album. There. You said it. Once upon a time, you even liked it. See? That wasn't so bad. Put it down to being the early 1980s. Reagan and his minions were running rampant in the White House. Morning in America was turning dark and ugly. And an album full of big, dumb hooks and some pretty sweet harmonies (Wow, can you go that far? I knew you could!) was all right for listening. In fact, if you had a television that got MTV, you couldn't get away from it.
Lewis had a full, friendly face and a chin dimple that couldn't be beat, and his backing band provided not only a solid foundation for straight-ahead rock, but vocal harmonies that compared favorably to the best of the 1960s. "Sports" was a hit machine, with five top 20 singles, four of them making the Top 10. Yeah, yeah, we all know it's hip to be square nowadays, and Huey Lewis and the News are very old news indeed. But sometimes . . . bad isn't quite so bad.
1. "The Heart of Rock & Roll"
2. "Heart and Soul"
3. "Bad Is Bad"
4. "I Want a New Drug"
5. "Walking on a Thin Line"
6. "Finally Found a Home"
7. "If This Is It"
8. "You Crack Me Up"
9. "Honky Tonk Blues"
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