Hall Amp; Oates Greatest Hits Full Album

[Shantelle Wenske]

thanksto my thanks to my colmpete and utter addiction to hall and oates and pop up video i know that this video was actually the idea of the director and H&O wanted to do this in a high school where they were singing in multiple teenage type situations but the director wanted to do this and hall later said it looked like survivor on acid

Kids in the seventies and eighties(punks) hated the self-absorbed nature of the baby boom generation. Diamond Dogs is a brilliant album. It has nothing to do with baby boomers just George Orwell mostly. Fripp from King Crimson is a brilliant musician. Way too ideosyncratic to affect Hall & Oates.

In the '80s Hall & Oates sold albums at a rate similar to that of Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson. Their song catalog filled jukeboxes across the country with their classic blue-eyed soul/funk pop, including a seemingly endless string of hits such as "Private Eyes," "Maneater" and "Kiss On My List." With popular musical tastes shifting to grunge in the '90s and their new releases since Do It For Love (U-Watch, 2003) either being live recordings, cover albums or a Christmas collection, the best selling duo of all-time decided to record a live performance at Los Angeles' famed Troubadour thirty-five years after they last performed there as an opening act.

Live At The Troubadour may be the best Hall & Oates greatest hits collection ever released. It is, however, more than that. The three-disc live set ( two CDs and a DVD) becomes more passionate and exciting as the show progresses. This concert finds the duo and their band in fine form. They present their back catalog in a way that removes all of the '80s-styled bombastic production and really brings the nineteen songs back to their genesis. By stripping the music back to acoustic arrangements the songs can be heard in all their glory as they were originally conceived.

The set is highlighted by "Sara Smile," an older track that was their first Top 10 single back in 1976, the bouncy nine minute version "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)," "You Make My Dreams," which remains vibrant and poppy regardless of its arrangement, "Had I Known You Better Then," a melodic ballad on which Oates took over on lead vocals, the energetic "Private Eyes" and "Out Of Touch," their last song to reach #1 on the Billboard Top 100 (from 1984). Though virtually every song is a certified huge hit, the scaled down, unplugged acoustic arrangements and slightly different instrumentation give them a fresh new perspective.

The DVD contains each of the tracks found on the two CDs as well as two bonus interviews—one with Hall, and the other with Oates. In the interviews they discuss how they started their career, appearing at The Troubadour, and how their careers and lives have progressed since the early days. The DVD is shot in an extremely intimate manner. Multiple cameras and angles provide strong close-ups as well as beautiful transitions. The Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is pristine and the picture is crystal clear and immaculate. The collection is also available solely on DVD and Blu-Ray. Track Listing CD1: Everything Your Heart Desires; When the Morning Comes; Family Man; Say It Isn't So; It's Uncanny; Had I Known You Better Then; She's Gone; Getaway Car; Cab Driver. CD2: One on One; Sara Smile; Maneater; Out of Touch; I Can't Go for That (No Can Do); Rich Girl; Kiss on My List; You Make My Dreams; Abandoned Luncheonette; Private Eyes. DVD: Everything Your Heart Desires; When the Morning Comes; Family Man; Say It Isn't So; It's Uncanny; Had I Known You Better Then; She

A brunette and a blonde walk into a ballroom in 1967. Shortly thereafter gunfire erupts and the two strangers both run to the same service elevator. Call it chance, fate, or divine intervention, but so goes the meet-cute story for the legendary band we know today as Hall & Oates. From that moment on musical harmony would never be the same.

Since the 1970s, the Philadelphia super duo has had an impressive slew of hits including six #1s on the Billboard Top 100 and seven platinum albums. Daryl Hall and John Oates will be bringing their musical stylings to Berkeley's Greek Theater on Saturday, August 29th and in their honor (and for your pleasure), we've power-ranked their top ten album covers of all time. Now while I think about how to be nice to people in elevators, scope our round up and enter to win a pair of tickets to their show.

"We wanted to capture the vibe of a run-down diner that was once moonlighting as a double wide trailer but now houses a cabal of feral children in rural Appalachia. I think we accomplished that with this album cover."

The fact that Hall & Oates have been making music since Richard "Dick" Nixon was President is incredibly impressive. Almost as impressive and amazing sounding as a Wonder Bread BLT with a side of Ritz crackers and some baby formula.

The depth of blue on this album cover is a Pantone lover's wet dream but most important is the presence of a boom box. For all you youths out there, a boom box was a portable machine used to project music in the park, or basketball court, or even one's stoop. There were no Otterbox cases for the boom box kids, only plastic bags.

For the album that brought the band their greatest hit, "You Make My Dreams Come True," it certainly feels like some weird inception business happening on this cover. Quasi Twilight Zone, partly paranoid, but mostly stoned. Not gonna say I'm not into it though.

Snowballing off their Voices album the band kept with their creepy psychotherapy vibe and went all pointillistic Rorschach on us. "At the same time I see nothing and everything. I am nowhere and everywhere. Ok actually just put "I Can't Go For That" on again while I spark this J."

Spaceship lighting meets futuristic dressing room with what I think is a computer (??). She may be a rich girl but she has some poor ass decor taste. And again with the Ritz crackers! This time served with red wine and what I can only hope is mayonnaise. Sounds like it's time for a Hall & Oates cookbook...

Oh HELL to the yeah! Nevermind the fact that this album cover looks like it was created using Microsoft Paint, the take away is easily the amazing late 80s hair - John's got curls for the girls while Daryl looks on jealously sans mustache attempting to channel his best Bowie.

Get out the way Kim K, Hall & Oates got their contour game strong! Just look at those cheekbones. The band's eponymous album easily lands the #1 spot on our countdown. From the skull necklace and feathers to the perfectly coiffed hair and eyebrows, everything about this cover is everything. 1975 never looked so good.

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