Small World (Huey Lewis and the News album)

Small World is the fifth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1988. It was also their last album release on Chrysalis Records in the USA.

Although it reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the album did not sell as well as the band's previous albums, Sports and Fore!. However, Lewis himself stated in a Behind the Music interview that the recording process for Small World had the most favorable working conditions.

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.

Track listing

 * 1) "Small World (Part One)" (Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis) – 3:55
 * 2) "Old Antone's" (Johnny Colla, Lewis) – 4:47
 * 3) "Perfect World" (Alex Call) – 4:07
 * 4) "Bobo Tempo" (John Ciambotti, Sean Hopper, Lewis) – 4:39
 * 5) "Small World (Part Two)" (Hayes, Lewis) – 4:06
 * 6) "Walking with the Kid" (Hayes, Lewis, Geoffrey Palmer) – 3:59
 * 7) "World to Me" (Hayes, Lewis) – 5:21
 * 8) "Better Be True" (Colla, Lewis) – 5:19
 * 9) "Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)" (Bill Gibson, Lewis, Steve Lewis) – 4:35
 * 10) "Slammin'" (instrumental; Greg Adams, Hayes, Palmer) – 4:32

Personnel
Huey Lewis and the News
 * Huey Lewis – harmonica, vocals
 * Mario Cipollina – bass
 * Johnny Colla – guitar, saxophone, backing vocals
 * Bill Gibson – percussion, drums, backing vocals
 * Chris Hayes – guitar, backing vocals
 * Sean Hopper – keyboards, backing vocals

Additional personnel


 * Tower of Power – 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
 * Terry Persons – production manager
 * 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, NY).