Fore!
by Huey Lewis & The News
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Huey Lewis & The News bestography
Fore! is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Huey Lewis & The News on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Huey Lewis & The News is Sports which is ranked number 2548 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 621.
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Fore! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fore! rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 1986 | 17/60 | 4 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 65 Music Albums of 1986 | 50/65 | 1 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 13/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1986 | 13/20 | 2 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1980s | 50/60 | 4 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 59 Music Albums of 1986 | 15/59 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1986 | 38/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 84 Music Albums of 1986 | 35/84 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 69 Music Albums of 1986 | 28/69 | 3 |
| 2026 | spigelwii | Top 6 Music Albums of 1986 | 5/6 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 51 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 148 | |||
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Fore! ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/11/2026 15:53 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 21:51 | Devilwoac | 1,526 | 97/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2026 19:25 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.2/100, a mean average of 67.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.
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Fore! forum mentions
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As Pop Music belonged to U.S. artists in the 1950s and the 70s, there was already so much good British ans Irish music around in the 1960s and 80s that a lot of talented U.S. outfits failed to make the grade. Huey Lewis and his band are a good example. They made some good music which enjoyed great commercial success on home ground but made few waves in Britain or other foreign pastures (Edited)
spigelwii 01/13/2024 19:49 | #301149 | TOP COMMENT
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It's pretty funny that like half of these comments are American Psycho references, but it should be noted that Fore! is a pretty rad album in its own right even separated from the source material (after all, Duke--Genesis--is a total piece of crap and that album was celebrated just as much as Fore! in the book).
The first half of this album is really strong, especially Stuck With You, a sweet song about contentment, and Pat Bateman's fave, Hip to Be Square, which IS a masterpiece. Where Fore! loses steam is in the second half as the band runs out of hits and dedicates actual album real estate to experiments like Naturally (in-character, but still out of place) and I Never Walk Alone which feels so derivative and unnecessary at this point in the band's career that if it completely ceased to exist it wouldn't feel like anything was even missing. (Edited)
llibnanoon 06/24/2020 17:04 | #254437
Huey Lewis & The News with their second of back to back smashes!
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/01/2019 01:08 | #234309
A nice compliment to News, a little more mature, but slightly less fun overall.
hereforashortime 04/05/2018 02:31 | #212312 | TOP COMMENT
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In '86, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself. (Edited)
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