Huey Lewis & The News’ self-titled debut album, released in June 1980, was basically a California new-wave album by six skinny guys with six skinny ties. A quickly-recorded representation of their live set, it contained no hits, only got to #203 on the Billboard albums chart, but proved a good launching pad for a long career.

Join us, Nadine (an angel all dressed up like a devil) & Dylan (keeps his cards on top of the table), as we run through the first album from Huey Lewis & The News. A lifelong fan and a fellow traveller, we discuss each Huey Lewis & The News album track by track, our impressions, thoughts and memories. This is the newsbreak on the evening of the 87th day!

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Full album playlist on the official Huey Lewis & The News Youtube channel - Revisit or discover the album for yourself!

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Album on Official Huey Lewis & The News site. 

Useful Links / Resources mentioned

• Huey Lewis & The News Debut Album on Discogs With HQ front & back cover images.   
• Beach Boys Surfer Girl (Discogs) This cover inspired the Huey Lewis & The News debut back cover.  
• “Chairman at the Board” by Bill Schnee Memoir by the album producer. Publisher site with links to order the book.  
• The Hustle Podcast Interview with album producer Bill Schnee - Huey Lewis & The News talk from around 1hr30mins. Check out the Hustle archive for interviews with Chris Hayes and his sister Bonnie.  
• MTV Saturday Night Concert 1982 Seven tracks from the debut album feature in this early MTV live show. 
• Some Of My Lies Are True - Official Video It looks very cold on that beach! This is clearly where the album cover photo was taken.  
• Johnny Colla SVT Liner Notes Johnny’s relationship with Brian Marnell, & some pre-history of Huey Lewis & The News.  
• Don’t Ever Tell Me That You Love Me - Official Video Worst. Date. Ever. But Chris dances like no-one’s watching!  
• Heart of Rock ‘n’ Roll - Live 1985 Trouble in Paradise included in this set from the ‘Sports’ tour, featuring the Tower Of Power horns. TiP starts at about 7m40s.  
• Huey Lewis Breaks Down His Albums   

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