Hard at Play is the sixth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released in 1991 on EMI for most of the world and Chrysalis in the UK. Hard at Play peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200 pop albums chart and produced two top 40 singles, "Couple Days Off" and "It Hit Me Like a Hammer." Music videos were released for "It Hit Me like a Hammer," "Couple Days Off," and "He Don't Know."
Critical reception
In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine notes the "return to the straight-ahead blues-inflected pop/rock that made Huey Lewis and the News superstars in the early '80s" with Hard at Play.
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Year-end charts
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!Chart (1991)
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|align="left"|Canadian Albums Chart (RPM)
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Singles
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!Single
!Chart
!Position
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|1991
|rowspan=2|"Couple Days Off"
|Album Rock Tracks
|align="center"|3
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|1991
|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|11
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|1991
|"Build Me Up"
|Album Rock Tracks
|align="center"|27
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|1991
|rowspan=2|"It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|21
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|1991
|Adult Contemporary
|align="center"|10
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