Fore!
Occupation
- Vocals: Huey Lewis
- Bass: Mario Cippolina
- Guitar: Chris Hayes
- Guitar, saxophone: Johnny Colla
- Keyboards: Sean Hopper
- Drums: Bill Gibson
Fore! is the title of 1986 published by Chrysalis fourth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis & the News. It was the group's second album, which reached the top of the album charts in the United States. Six singles were released, five of which reached the Top Ten of the U.S. singles chart. The Songs Stuck With You and Jacob 's Ladder each reached the top position of the U.S. charts. The European and the Japanese edition of the album contained the from the movie Back to the Future -known song The Power of Love, which was not part of the American edition.
Formation
Huey Lewis & The News had celebrated the published 1983 album Sports worldwide success and received numerous awards for it. It was the first album of the band, which reached the top of the album charts in the U.S. and was listed in the music charts of the relevant markets in Europe (UK and Germany ). Four of the five out-coupled singles reached the Top Ten American hit lists, in Germany the song I Want a new drug was the most successful. To date, sport has been seven -platinum records.
After several concerts in 1984 and 1985, among other things, on 25 May 1985 Rock am Ring, the band the title song took the time to film Back to the Future, The Power of Love, to take before starting their tour until continued into November 1985.
On Songwriting by members of the band also known outsiders musicians were involved: the song Jacob 's Ladder was written by Bruce Hornsby and his brother John, to Forest for the Trees Kenny Loggins had been involved. As a guest musician numerous other artists were involved in the shooting. To them, the horns Greg Adams belonged (trumpet ), Emilio Castillo (saxophone ), Richard Elliott ( sax ), Stephen Kupka ( baritone saxophone) and Lee Thornburg (trumpet ). In addition, Ralph Arista, Dwight Clark, Mike Duke, Riki Ellison, Jerome Fletcher David Jenkins, Ronnie Lott, Joe Montana and Jim Moran contributed background vocals.
The album title is ambiguous: On the one hand there is the word " Fore " a warning call from the sport of golf, this reference is also illustrated by the fact that bassist Mario Cippolina is depicted on the back of the cover with a golf club in his hand. Phonetically the title may also be understood as an indication that it is in the publication by the fourth ( " Four" = engl. Four ) is album of the band.
The cover of the album shows Huey Lewis and the other band members leaning against a wall standing. This wall is part of the Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, Huey Lewis, Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper and Mario Cipollina had belonged to as a student. The cover can also be seen in the movie American Psycho where Christian Bale plays the main role. The character played by Bale character, Patrick Bateman, participates in almost a minute in a discussion about the band and how the song Hip to be square, the " pleasures of conformity " highlighting. It does, incorrectly, the album was released in 1987.
Singles
The following songs were released as singles ( the dates refer to the U.S. market ):
- Hip to Be Square (6 October 1986)
- Jacob 's Ladder (5 January 1987)
- I Know What I Like (23 March 1987)
- Simple as That (1987, exclusively released in Europe )
- Doing It All for My Baby (29 June 1987)
Title list
It is shown the European track list. The U.S. edition does not contain the song The Power of Love.
Reception
Fore! reached the top ten of the respective album charts in the U.S., UK and Germany. The album was honored in the United States on December 4, 1986, two months after his release with a gold record and brought it up to August 1988 triple platinum.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote for Allmusic, it is surprising that Fore! on an "overdose exactly the ingredients' suffering, which would have, " made almost irresistible " the previous album, Sports. It is " one thing, The Heart of Rock & Roll to celebrate ," but an entirely different, to announce that it was Hip to Be Square. "If all the songs so grippy " would be like If This Is It oderr Heart and Soul is the " no problem, " but they would not, and the sound of the plate was " so sterile that the news is no longer a functioning band " listened. Fore! was " an edible facsimile of Sports ," but the album lacked " the fun that turned off the previous album " did.