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Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album by American rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts...

, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music
1996 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...

). The album also features four previously unreleased tracks. This marks the first time "The Power of Love" was available on an International Huey Lewis and the News album- it had previously been available on the UK release of the Fore!
Fore!
Fore! is the fourth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1986 . The album hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and contained five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits: "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder."- Album cover :The wall...

album. The song "So Little Kindness" was later included on the 2001 album Plan B
Plan B (album)
Plan B is the eighth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 2001 .This was the last album to feature founding member/guitarist Chris Hayes, who performed on the album but then left after work was completed. Hayes was replaced by Oakland-born guitarist Stef Burns...

because Huey Lewis felt it needed a second chance.

Track listing

  1. "The Heart of Rock & Roll
    The Heart of Rock & Roll
    "The Heart of Rock & Roll" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as the third single from their album Sports in 1984. The single peaked at number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.-History:...

    " (Colla, Lewis) - 5:04
  2. "Heart and Soul
    Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis and the News song)
    "Heart and Soul" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn and made famous by Huey Lewis and the News. The song was first recorded by Exile in 1981 as the title track of their album Heart & Soul. Exile's single was unsuccessful, bubbling under the Billboard Hot 100 at number 102...

    " (Chapman, Chinn) - 4:12
  3. "Doing It All for My Baby
    Doing It All for My Baby
    "Doing It All for My Baby" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as a single from the album Fore! in 1987. The single peaked at number six on the U.S...

    " (Duke, Cody) - 3:37
  4. "Do You Believe in Love
    Do You Believe in Love
    "Do You Believe in Love" is the first top-ten hit for the American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, peaking at number seven in May 1982, off their second album Picture This. It was written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.-History:...

    " (Lange) - 3:28
  5. "Trouble in Paradise" (Colla, Gibson, Hayes, Hopper, Lewis, Cipollina) - 4:32
  6. "The Power of Love" (Hayes, Lewis, Colla) - 3:54
  7. "If This Is It
    If This Is It
    "If This Is It" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released as the fourth single from their number-one album Sports in 1984, and became their fifth top-ten and third consecutive number-six hit on the Billboard Hot 100...

    " (Colla, Lewis) - 3:52
  8. "Bad Is Bad" (Colla, Lewis) - 3:47
  9. "Workin' for a Livin'
    Workin' for a Livin'
    "Workin' for a Livin" is a single by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1982. Included on their 1982 album Picture This, the song peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, and number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.In 2007, Huey Lewis himself recorded the...

    " (Colla, Gibson, Hayes, Hopper, Lewis, Cipollina) - 2:39
  10. "It's Alright" (Mayfield) - 3:04
  11. "Stuck with You
    Stuck with You
    "Stuck with You" is the title of a hit single by Huey Lewis and the News, written by guitarist Chris Hayes and lead singer Huey Lewis, from 1986. It was the first single from the band's fourth album, Fore!. The song spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 from September 20, 1986,...

    " (Hayes, Lewis) - 4:26
  12. "I Want a New Drug
    I Want a New Drug
    "I Want a New Drug" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News from their third album Sports. It was released as the second single from the album, following the top-ten hit "Heart and Soul" in January 1984. The single reached number six on the U.S...

    " (Hayes, Lewis) - 4:45
  13. "100 Years from Now" (M. East, N. East, Lewis) - 3:46
  14. "So Little Kindness" (Hayes, Lewis, Sudduth) - 4:14
  15. "'Til the Day After" (White, Carter, Hopper) - 3:27
  16. "When the Time Has Come" (Hayes, Lewis) - 4:26

  • "Trouble in Paradise" is a live recording that was included on the We Are the World
    We Are the World (album)
    We Are the World was a 1985 album that contained USA for Africa's "We Are the World" superstar charity recording for famine relief efforts in Ethiopia....

    album.
  • The last four tracks were new studio releases recorded for this album.

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums Chart 3
US Billboard 200 185

Personnel

Huey Lewis and the News
  • Huey Lewis
    Huey Lewis
    Huey Lewis is an American musician, songwriter and occasional actor.Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs...

     - harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

    , vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Johnny Colla
    Johnny Colla
    Johnny Colla is one of the founding members of the American rock band, Huey Lewis and the News. He is the guitarist and saxophonist. He has been heavily involved in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene for more than 25 years.-Brief history:The first bands that Colla was involved with were the...

     - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

    , vocals
  • Bill Gibson - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , vocals
  • Chris Hayes - guitar, vocals
  • Sean Hopper - keyboard
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , vocals
  • Mario Cipollina - bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • John Pierce - bass


Additional personnel
  • Marvin McFadden - trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

  • Ron Stallings - tenor saxophone
    Tenor saxophone
    The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

  • Rob Sudduth - baritone saxophone
    Baritone saxophone
    The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...

    , tenor saxophone
  • Jack Jacobsen - organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

  • Joe White (a.k.a Joseph Andre' White) - vocals
  • Alexandria "Sandy" Griffith - vocals
  • Conesha Owens - vocals
  • Tower of Power
    Tower of Power
    Tower of Power is an American R&B-based horn section and band, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing for over 43 years. They are best known for their funky soul sound highlighted by a powerful horn section...


Production

  • Producers: Huey Lewis and the News ("It's Alright" HLN and Joseph Andre' White)
  • Engineers: Jim Gaines, Phil Kaffel, Bob Missbach, Jim "Watts" Vereecke, Kevin Scott, Andy Taub
  • Mixing: Bob Clearmountain
    Bob Clearmountain
    Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen , The Rolling Stones , Bryan Adams , Robbie Williams Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He...

    , Malcolm Pollack, Dave Musgrove
  • Mastering: Ted Jensen
    Ted Jensen
    Ted Jensen is an American recording engineer. Jensen is the chief mastering engineer at Sterling Sound. He started his career as a mastering engineer in 1976 and is currently the most active Mastering Engineer in the industry...

    , Bob Ludwig
    Bob Ludwig
    Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....

    , Steve Hall
  • Art Direction and Design: Jim deBarros
  • Photography: A. Binkley, Norm Fisher, Robin Kaplan, Ross Marino, Jim McNaughton, Ralph Merzlak, Roger Ressmeyer, Ron Slenzak, Robert Specter
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