Plan B (album)
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Publication |
May 1, 2001 |
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2001 |
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| Label (s) | Silvertone Records | |||
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
48:16 |
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Huey Lewis , Johnny Colla |
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Studio (s) |
Way Out West Recordings, The Site |
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Plan B is the eighth studio album by the US rock band Huey Lewis & the News , released in 2001 . Apart from the best-of-sampler Time Flies ..., which had only been released in Canada and the USA, it was the first release of own songs in a period of ten years. Hard at Play , released in 1991 by EMI , was followed in 1994 by Four Chords & Several Years Ago , recorded for Elektra Records , but it was a cover album without a self-written title.
background
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The group Huey Lewis & The News had her career as a sextet started and for the recordings of some of their albums with the horn section radio - / Soul - band Tower of Power reinforced last 1988 Small World. After the recordings of Four Chords & Several Years Ago, in which founding member Johnny Cola played all the saxophones alone, the band strengthened itself permanently with its own brass section. In 2001 this consisted of Marvin McFadden (trumpet), Ron Stallings (tenor saxophone) and Rob Sudduth (alto saxophone). For Stallings it was the last studio album he recorded with the band, he died in 2009.
The band recorded the album in the "Way Out West" studios and the studio "The Site" in San Rafael . When it was released, the album contained eleven songs, of which So Little Kindness was the re-recording of a piece that the group had recorded for Time Flies ... in 1996 . The band also had the cover of a song by British band Rockpile called When I Write the Book (written by Billy Bremner , Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe ), as well as the duet I'm not in Love Yet sung by Huey Lewis and Wynonna Judd recorded.
As a singles title was Let Her Go and Start Over , and I'm not in Love Yet decoupled. In 2003 a promo CD of We're Not Here for a Long Time (We're Here for a Good Time) was released in Great Britain , on which the second track was I'm not in Love Yet .
Chris Hayes , who was part of the original cast of Huey Lewis & The News, took part in the recording of the album, but left the group after the album was released. He was replaced by Stef Burns , who had previously played for Alice Cooper and Y&T , among others .
reception
Plan B reached number 165 on the US album charts . The single Let Her Go and Start Over made it to number 23 on the American adult contemporary charts (also created by Billboard).
Track list
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| No. | title | Songwriter | Guest musician | length |
| 1. | We're Not Here for a Long Time (We're Here for a Good Time) | Johnny Colla, Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis | 3:53 | |
| 2. | My other woman | Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis | 4:06 | |
| 3. | I ain't perfect | Bill Gibson, Huey Lewis, | 4:33 | |
| 4th | When I Write the Book ( Rockpile ) | Billy Bremner , Dave Edmunds , Nick Lowe | 3:44 | |
| 5. | I'm not in love yet | Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis | Wynonna Judd | 4:28 |
| 6th | Thank you # 19 | Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis | 4:52 | |
| 7th | Plan B | Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis | 3:27 | |
| 8th. | The Rhythm Ranch | Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis | 4:49 | |
| 9. | Let Her Go and Start Over | Mike Duke | 4:47 | |
| 10. | I never think about you | Chris Hayes, John Pierce, Huey Lewis | 5:16 | |
| 11. | So little kindness | Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis, Rob Sudduth | 4:21 | |
| Overall length: | 48:16 | |||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Time Flies ... The Best of Huey Lewis & The News on Discogs.com , accessed May 12, 2016
- ↑ Charts US
- ↑ a b Booklet of the CD edition
- ↑ a b Single discography for Huey Lewis & The News at Discogs.com , accessed on May 12, 2016