Small World is the fifth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1988. It was the band's last album release on Chrysalis Records in the United States. Huey Lewis stated in a Behind the Music interview that the recording process for Small World had the most favorable working conditions compared to previous albums.
Small World peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Recording The album track "Slammin'" was written for the purpose of being used for highlights for the San Francisco 49ers NFL football team, which the band and especially Lewis are big fans of. "We thought it'd be a cool idea to have an instrumental on the record. Very old school," Lewis recalled. Lewis joked that the song should've just been called "49er Highlights". The team used the song for game highlights.Huey Lewis Fan Q&A: August 12, 2019
Track listing
Personnel Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis – lead vocals, harmonica Johnny Colla – guitar, saxophone, backing vocals Chris Hayes – guitar, backing vocals Mario Cipollina – bass Sean Hopper – keyboards, backing vocals Bill Gibson – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional personnel
The Tower of Power Horns – horns (1, 3, 5, 9, 10): Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone Steve Grove – tenor saxophone Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangements Lee Thornburg – trumpet Bruce Hornsby – accordion (2), backing vocals (2) Peter Michael – percussion (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10) Stan Getz – tenor saxophone (1, 5) Ralph Arista – backing vocals (4, 6) Michael Duke – backing vocals (4, 7) Jerome Fletcher – backing vocals (4) Joel Jaffe – backing vocals (4) Jim Moran – backing vocals (4, 6) David Tolmie – backing vocals (4) Dwight Clark – backing vocals (6) Riki Ellison – backing vocals (6) Ronnie Lott – backing vocals (6) Joe Montana – backing vocals (6) Jim "Watts" Vereecke – backing vocals (6) David Fredericks – backing vocals (7)
Production
Huey Lewis and the News – producers Bob Brown – executive producer Robert Missbach – engineer, mixing Jeffrey "Nik" Norman – additional engineer Michael Rosen – assistant engineer Tom Size – assistant engineer Jim "Watts" Vereecke – assistant engineer Bob Ludwig – mastering Ralph Arista – guitar technician Jerry Daniels – keyboard technician Carl Ciasulli – drum technician Craig Frazier – art direction, design Jock McDonald – photography Roger Ressmeyer – cover photography Chris Welch – liner notes
Studios Recorded at Studio D Recording (Sausalito, California). Mixed at Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, California). Mastered at Masterdisk (New York, New York).
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1988)Peak positionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report) 21Belgian Albums (BEA) 4Canadian Albums (RPM) 7European Top 100 Albums 11Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 5Icelandic Albums (Tónlist) 9Japanese Albums (Oricon) 17Japanese International Albums (Oricon) 1UK Albums (OCC) 12US Billboard 200 11
Year-end charts Chart (1988)PositionCanada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)43US Billboard 20088
Singles YearSingleChartPosition1988"Perfect World"Billboard Hot 1003Adult Contemporary2Album Rock Tracks5"Small World, Pt. 1"Billboard Hot 10025Adult Contemporary19Album Rock Tracks281989"Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)"Billboard Hot 10047
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