Notes & Personnel Info |  | Huey Lewis & the News: Chris Hayes (guitars); Mario Cipollina (bass instrument); Huey Lewis (background vocals); Johnny Colla, Sean Hopper, Bill Gibson . | | Personnel: Johnny Colla (vocals, guitar, saxophone); Chris Hayes , Stef Burns (vocals, guitar); Huey Lewis (vocals, harmonica); Sean Hopper (vocals, keyboards); Bill Gibson (vocals, drums); Rob Sudduth (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Rev. Ron Stallings (tenor saxophone); Marvin McFadden (trumpet). | | Additional personnel: Stef Burns (guitars); John Pierce (bass instrument); Rob Sudduth, Rev. Ron Stallings, Marvin McFadden. | | Audio Remasterer: Robert Vosgien. | | Liner Note Authors: Huey Lewis; Jimmy Kimmel. | | Recording information: San Francisco, CA (02/21/1985). | | Photographers: Jeffrey Mayer; Robert Specter; Aaron Rapoport; Roger Ressmeyer. | | An improvement over 1996's TIME FLIES best-of, 2006's GREATEST HITS brings together 21 tracks from 1980s staples Huey Lewis and the News. Anyone who drew air in the '80s, and was within 30 miles of a radio, will recognize the lion's share of tracks here. Whether it be the throwback backbeat of "Heart of Rock & Roll," the sunny, doo-wop-inspired "If This Is It," or the bobbling, new wave groove of "I Want A New Drug," Lewis's breezy brand of commercial pop is long on hooks that sink in and won't let go. The band was reviled by rock fans as sanitized, mainstream pap, but GREATEST HITS, with its stream of smash hits, is an excellent argument for Lewis's staying power. |
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