Huey Lewis and the News ? Sports ? 1983 Original Vinyl LP in Shrink ? Near Mint

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Sports Studio album by  Huey Lewis and the News Released September 15, 1983 Recorded 1982-1983 Studio Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California;
Record Plant, Sausalito, California;
The Automatt, San Francisco, California Genre Rock, pop rock Length 37:46 Label Chrysalis Producer Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News chronology Picture This
(1982) Sports
(1983) Fore!
(1986) Singles from Sports

1. "Heart and Soul"
   Released: August 30, 1983
2. "I Want a New Drug"
   Released: January 3, 1984
3. "The Heart of Rock & Roll"
   Released: April 10, 1984
4. "If This Is It"
   Released: July 10, 1984
5. "Walking on a Thin Line"
   Released: October 9, 1984

Sports is the third album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released on September 15, 1983. It reached number one on the Billboard 200 on June 29, 1984, and catapulted the band to international fame. The album has been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA. Sports was ranked number 2 on the Billboard year-end album chart for 1984 and spawned four top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Sports did very well internationally where most of its singles charted in the top 40 or above in multiple countries.

In May 2013, a two-disc 30th Anniversary Edition album of Sports was released. The album is now approaching 10 million sales in the U.S. according to the liner notes by Gary Graff and the press release issued prior to release.

Production and history

The album was self-produced and recorded promptly after the modest breakthrough success of the band's second album, Picture This. However, due to reorganization and internal issues at the band's label, Chrysalis, the band held back the master tapes, choosing to perform at small venues to showcase the new material while the matters were resolved. Once Chrysalis got their affairs in order and an agreement in place with the band's management, the master tapes were handed over for production. Sports was finally released in September 1983 and proceeded a slow climb up the charts throughout late 1983 and early 1984.

Lewis wrote "Bad Is Bad" in the late 1970s while working with Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy. Lynott liked the song so much that he would sing it at some of his concerts in a fast pace. The band later recorded a music video for the song although it was not released as a single, filming the video on the streets of San Francisco in March 1985. Huey Lewis based "You Crack Me Up" on the various people he had encountered at the parking lot of Uncle Charlie's, a bar the band used to play at frequently before they hit it big.

Track listing