Fore!
by Huey Lewis & The News

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

From spigelwii 01/13/2024 19:49 | #301149

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.

From llibnanoon 06/24/2020 17:04 | #254437

Huey Lewis & The News with their second of back to back smashes!

From Fischman 04/01/2019 01:08 | #234309

A nice compliment to News, a little more mature, but slightly less fun overall.

From hereforashortime 04/05/2018 02:31 | #212312

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.

I also have the European version of this album with 'Power of Love'. A great pop rock album with a feel good factor. Remember listening to this on the radio when on the way back from the beach on a balmy summer evening. Back in the days when the most difficult decision I had to make was which shirt to wear to the nightclub!

In '87, 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.

From paladisiac 04/10/2014 17:27 | #108956

This is one of those instances when an artist was able to follow-up a smash hit album and replicate all the components for nearly as good of an album. Huey Lewis and the boys come back with more singalong pop/rock melodies again adding their flourishes of horns and harmonica. My rating (and ranking) reflects the european version including "the power of love"; with this fun, rockin' soundtrack theme to "back to the future", this might be better than "Sports"!