Four Chords & Several Years Ago

Infobox Album
Name = Four Chords & Several Years Ago
Type = cover
Longtype =
Artist = Huey Lewis and the News


Released = November 1 1994
Recorded =
Genre = Rock & Roll
Length = 48:52
Label = Elektra
Producer = Stewart Levine
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:88qpg4hntvjz~T1 link]
Last album = "Hard at Play"
(1991)
This album = "Four Chords & Several Years Ago"
(1994)
Next album = "Time Flies... The Best of"
(1996)

"Four Chords & Several Years Ago" is the seventh album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). The title is a play on the first sentence in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address ("Four score and seven years ago ...").

It is a collection of 1960s rhythm & blues covers influential to the members of the group during their early years. It is the last album to feature founding member and bassist, Mario Cipollina, who left the band after the subsequent tour.

Track listing

#"Shake, Rattle and Roll" (Calhoun) – 3:07
#"Blue Monday" (Bartholomew, Domino) – 2:41
#"Searching for My Love" (Moore) – 2:50
#"(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful" (Ellison) – 3:06
#"But It's Alright" (Jackson, Tubbs) – 2:54
#"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" (Clark) – 2:32
#"Mother in Law" (Toussaint) – 2:43
#"Little Bitty Pretty One" (Byrd) – 2:04
#"Good Morning Little School Girl" (Williamson) (credited as "S.L. Hopkins")– 4:02
#"Stagger Lee" (Logan, Price) – 2:36
#"She Shot a Hole in My Soul" (Gayden, Neese) – 2:38
#"Surely I Love You" (Bracken, Oliver) – 2:51
#"You Left the Water Running" (Frank, Hall, Penn) – 3:06
#"Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash" (Calhoun) – 2:57
#"Function at the Junction" (Holland, Long) – 3:13
#"Better to Have and Not Need" (Covay, Watts) – 3:32
#"Going Down Slow" (Oden) – 2:00

Personnel

Huey Lewis & The News
*Huey Lewis - harmonica, vocals
*Mario Cipollina - bass
*Johnny Colla - saxophone, vocals
*Bill Gibson - percussion, drums, vocals
*Chris Hayes - guitar, vocals
*Sean Hopper - keyboard, vocals

Additional personnel
*Marvin McFadden - trumpet
*Linda Tillery - background vocals
*Jeanie Tracy - background vocals

Production

*Producer: Stewart Levine
*Executive producer: Bob Brown
*Engineer: Daren Klein
*Assistant engineers: Jim Champagne, Kevin Scott, Jim "Watts" Vereecke
*Mixing: Daren Klein
*Mastering: Bernie Grundman
*Art direction: Robin Lynch
*Design: JoDee Stringham
*Photography: Dennis Keeley

Charts

Album - "Billboard" (United States)

Singles - "Billboard" (United States)