Fore!

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Fore! is the fourth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released on August 20, 1986. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the Billboard 200 and went on to score five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder". The album was certified three-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Music and lyrics

"Jacob's Ladder" was originally meant for a Bruce Hornsby album that Huey Lewis was producing.<ref name=Horns>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hornsby did not like the arrangement his band played, and it was given to Lewis.<ref name=Horns />

"Doing It All for My Baby" was written by Mike Duke and Phil Cody. Duke wrote the song and then recorded vocals himself (the band playing backing parts and instruments), with the intention of getting a record contract for his own solo career.<ref name=Duke>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> When that plan fell through, Lewis decided to record a version with his own vocals for the album.<ref name=Duke />

Lewis stated he originally wrote the lyrics for "Hip to Be Square" in a third person perspective, "He used to be a renegade..."<ref name=ew /> He referenced the book Bobos in Paradise in describing the song's inspiration, explaining that the song was about the "phenomenon where people from the '60s started to drop back in, cut their hair, work out, that kind of crap, but they kept their bohemian tastes. ... bourgeois bohemians." Lewis later modified the lyrics to be in the first person as he believed it would enhance the joke, but stated this had unintentionally led to the interpretation of the song as an "anthem for square people".<ref name=ew>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

According to Lewis, the album track "Forest for the Trees" was written for and about kids struggling with life issues as an uplifting message for them.<ref name=Trees>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lewis based it off the letters he received from young fans at the time who would talk about how important his music was to them.<ref name=Trees />

"The Power of Love", originally from the soundtrack of the 1985 film Back to the Future, is included as a bonus track on international editions of the album. The song was the band's first chart-topper on the Billboard Hot 100. The critical reception of the album was mixed with Glenn O'Brien in Spin noting that 'what saves it for me is that songs are good songs. And Huey still sings with heart and soul'.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Album cover

The wall that Lewis and the members of the band stand against on the album's cover is a wall from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California. Band members Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper and Mario Cipollina went to this school together.Template:Citation needed

In popular culture

The album is referenced in the film American Psycho. The main character Patrick Bateman, while talking to one of his potential victims, gives a review of the album, discussing the band's viewpoint, intent, and how specifically the song "Hip to Be Square" espouses "the pleasures of conformity" but with a catchy 1980s beat, going on to state it is "the group's most accomplished album".

Track listing

• The international edition includes "The Power of Love" as a bonus track, inserted as track 3 of side 2.

Personnel

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• Huey Lewis – harmonica, vocals
• Johnny Colla – guitar, saxophone, backing vocals
• Chris Hayes – guitar, backing vocals
• Mario Cipollina – bass
• Bill Gibson – percussion, drums, backing vocals
• Sean Hopper – keyboard, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• The Tower of Power Horns (4, 10):
  • Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
  • Richard Elliot – tenor saxophone
  • Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone (4, 5, 10), backing vocals (5, 6)
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet
• David Jenkins – backing vocals (1)
• Ralph Arista – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Dwight Clark – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Mike Duke – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Riki Ellison – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Jerome Fletcher – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Ronnie Lott – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Joe Montana – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Jim Moran – backing vocals (5, 6)

Production

• Huey Lewis and the News – producers
• Jim Gaines – engineer
• Robert Missbach – engineer, mixing (1–8, 10)
• Michael Christopher – second engineer
• Phil Kaffel – additional engineer
• Malcolm Pollack – additional engineer, mixing (9)
• Rob Beaton – assistant engineer
• Alex Hass – assistant engineer
• Tom Size – assistant engineer
• Jim "Watts" Vereecke – assistant engineer
• Bob Clearmountain – mixing on "The Power of Love"
• Mixed at The Power Station (New York, NY).
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
• Ralph Arista – guitar technician
• Jerry Daniels – keyboard technician
• Terry Persons – production manager
• Anita Wong – production design
• Laura Lamar – graphic design
• Bennett Hall – art direction, illustration, photography

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="AUS Albums">Template:Cite book</ref>	3
Belgian Albums (BEA)<ref name="Billboard Magazine">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16
Canadian Albums (RPM)<ref name="Canadian album positions">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
European Top 100 Albums<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref name="FINchart">Template:Cite book</ref>	7
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
Portuguese Albums (Musica & Som)<ref name="Billboard Magazine" />	12
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	8
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)<ref>* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000</ref>	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)	Position
Canadian Albums Chart (RPM)<ref name="CAYearend86">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11
New Zealand Albums Chart<ref name="NZ86">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	46
Norwegian Albums Chart (Høst Period)<ref name="Norway">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10
Swiss Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	25
UK Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	29

Chart (1987)	Position
Canadian Albums Chart (RPM)<ref name="CAYearend96">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	36
New Zealand Albums Chart<ref name="NZ87">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	48
UK Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	92
US Billboard 200<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7