Title Match
Records are a big part of sports. But sports aren't necessarily a part of records, even those that are actually called Sports. Here's how two albums by that name—one classic and one that broke big this month—stack up:
Huey Lewis And the News
Sports
1983
TUNES
Huey & Co.'s third album features soul and doo-wop influences, harmonized vocals.
ACCOLADES
Seven-time platinum with four top 10 hits.
JOCK CHECK
San Francisco outfit—whose lead singer is an avid fly-fisherman—performed The Star-Spangled Banner at Giants' 1985 opener and again before Game 4 of the 2010 NLCS. Follow-up album was named Fore!
SWEATY SOUNDS
Zero references to games or athletes, save for cover's sports-bar backdrop.
Weekend
Sports
2010
TUNES
Band's first full-length album is a mix of noise rock, lo-fi and shoegaze.
ACCOLADES
Pitchfork awarded it a stellar 8.2 rating; Rolling Stone called it a "marvelous racket."
JOCK CHECK
Vocalist and bassist Shaun Durkan says the trio, also from San Francisco, are big Giants, Niners and Warriors fans. The album title, he explains, alludes to a conflict or struggle, which translates musically into a "balance of melody and noise."
SWEATY SOUNDS
Again, no overt sports refs—unless one jumps out at you from the Rorschach-test-like cover art.
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CAPITOL RECORDS (HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS)
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SLUMBERLAND RECORDS (WEEKEND)