Picture This is the second album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1982. The album brought the band their first top-ten hit, "Do You Believe in Love". It remained on the Billboard albums chart for 35 weeks and peaked at number 7.
Background The band produced the album themselves. Several outside tunes were included on the album including "Do You Believe in Love", written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. (Lange and Lewis had a long-time connection, as Lange had produced two albums by Lewis' previous band, Clover, a group which also featured News member Sean Hopper.) "Do You Believe in Love" was released as the album's first single and became the band's breakthrough hit, reaching the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The follow-up single, "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do", reached the top 40; while the third single, "Workin' for a Livin'", peaked at number 41.
"Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love)" is a cover of a Phil Lynott song. Lynott was the singer and bassist for the hard rock group Thin Lizzy, and Huey Lewis had played harmonica on Lynott's first two solo albums, as well as Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous album. "Buzz Buzz Buzz" is a cover of a song from 1957 by The Hollywood Flames. "The Only One" was based on a real classmate in Lewis' junior high school who met an end similar to the person in the song. "He was a very cool kid" said Lewis. "Janey" in the song was also based on the classmate's girlfriend, though her name was changed and Lewis does not know of her true fate after her boyfriend's death.
Track listing
Personnel
Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis – vocals and blues harp Chris Hayes – lead guitar, backing vocals Johnny Colla – saxophone, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Mario Cipollina – bass, backing vocals Bill Gibson – drums, percussion, backing vocals Sean Hopper – keyboards, backing vocals
Additional personnel The Tower of Power Horns
Production Huey Lewis and the News – producers Bob Brown – executive producer Jim Gaines – recording engineer Maureen Droney – assistant engineer Mark Deadman – sound engineer Bob Clearmountain – mixing at The Power Station (New York, NY). Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY). Janet Levinson – art direction Hugh Brown – photography Norman Moore – logo
Charts Chart (1982)Peak positionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report) 75Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)3US Billboard Top LPs & Tape 13
Singles YearSingleChartPosition1982"Do You Believe in Love"Billboard Hot 1007Top Tracks (Billboard)12"Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do"Billboard Hot 10036"Workin' for a Livin' "Billboard Hot 10041Top Tracks (Billboard)20
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