Hard at Play is the sixth album

Album

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 by American rock

Rock music

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 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...

. It was released in 1991 on EMI America Records

EMI America Records

EMI America Records was started in 1978 by EMI as a second US label next to Capitol Records. It absorbed Liberty Records in 1984. In the late 1980s EMI America was consolidated with Manhattan Records to form EMI Manhattan Records, which later became known simply as EMI in 1990, then part of EMI...

. Hard at Play peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 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
   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...
   
   , 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...
   
   ) – 4:28
2. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (Robert "Mutt" Lange, H. Lewis) – 4:01
3. "Attitude" (M. Carl) – 4:00
4. "He Don't Know" (D. Covay, J. Tiven, S. Tiven) – 4:15
5. "Couple Days Off
   Couple Days Off
   "Couple Days Off" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as a single from the album Hard at Play in 1991. The single peaked at #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Chris Hayes, H. Lewis, G. Palmer) – 4:56
6. "That's Not Me" (M. Ruff) – 4:15
7. "We Should Be Making Love" (A. Goldmark, S. Kipner, S. Lindsey) – 4:01
8. "Best of Me" (Bonnie Hayes, K. Hayes, A. Stocking) – 3:57
9. "Do You Love Me, Or What?" (C. Hayes, H. Lewis, Nick Lowe
   Nick Lowe
   Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...
   
   ) – 3:46
10. "Don't Look Back" (H. Lewis, Bill Gibson, D. Fredericks) – 3:44
11. "Time Ain't Money" (J. Colla, H. Lewis) – 4:46

Personnel

Huey Lewis & 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
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• Mario Cipollina - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• 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
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  , 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 - percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  , 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

Additional personnel

• Mike Duke - background vocals
• David Fredericks - background vocals
• Gospel Hummingbirds - background vocals
• Steve Kipner
• John McFee
  John McFee
  John McFee is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, and long time member of the Doobie Brothers.-Biography:...
  
   - guitar
• Michael Ruff - background vocals

Production

• Producers: Huey Lewis, Bill Schnee, Eric "ET" Thorngren
• Executive producer: Bob Brown
• Engineers: Bob Edwards, Jeffrey Norman, Bill Schnee, Eric "ET" Thorngren
• Assistant engineers: Ken Allardyce, Tony Eckert, Bob Edwards, Stephen Hart, Tim Lauber, Kevin Scott, Jim "Watts" Vereecke
• Mixing: Jack Joseph Puig
  Jack Joseph Puig
  Jack Joseph Puig is a Grammy Award-winning music engineer and producer with a long track record of successful productions, including the mid-1990s production of Tonic. Puig also worked with Hole, Jellyfish, The Black Crowes, John Mayer, Weezer, Fiona Apple, Green Day, The Counting Crows, No Doubt,...
  
  , Bill Schnee
• Mixing assistant: Ken Allardyce
• Mastering: Doug Sax
• Art direction: Henry Marquez
• Design: Michael Diehl
• Photography: Aaron Rapoport

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	20
Dutch Albums Chart	67
German Albums Chart	14
New Zealand Albums Chart	26
Swedish Albums Chart	25
Swiss Albums Chart	9
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	39
US Billboard 200	27

Singles - Billboard (United States)

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