Sports, Huey Lewis & the News, 1983, :37
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
The best bar band in the world (until the Hold Steady showed up)! Tight power pop with funny, self-aware lyrics. This is another one I know from the hits but not much else. Although those probably are the best songs on the album, I'd say that once again I was missing out by not digging further into the band. These guys epitomize the '80s, but in a unique way; they aren't all glamor and synth and big shoulders. They're taking an older formula and giving it a slick pop '80s veneer. After all these years, the muscle of the classic rock (the horns! the guitar!) beneath the clear, crisp sound is still what gives these songs power. He's an American Elvis Costello! Favorite tracks: "The Heart of Rock And Roll," "I Want a New Drug," "If This is It," "Walking on a Thin Line."
