{"product_id":"daryl-hall-john-oates-the-very-best-of-coloured-vinyl","title":"Daryl Hall John Oates – The Very Best Of (Coloured Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's one thing wrong with \u003cem\u003eThe Very Best of Daryl Hall \u0026amp; John Oates\u003c\/em\u003e, and it's minor — the promotional 12\" mix of \"Adult Education\" is included in favor of the 7\" version. This isn't a big deal and it doesn't mar what is the best overview of Hall \u0026amp; Oates' RCA years, the era when they became the biggest-selling duo in the history of rock. If the Atlantic years were more adventurous, dabbling in folk and album rock, \u003cem\u003eThe Very Best of\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the virtues of consistency, since these blue-eyed soul songs rank among the very finest singles (and songs) of their time. And Hall \u0026amp; Oates weren't unadventurous, either, since they deftly blended elements of new wave, contemporary soul, and soft rock into their signature sound. Most impressively, smaller hits like \"Wait for Me\" and the splendid \"Did It in a Minute\" (easily one of the greatest songs they ever cut) more than hold their own alongside familiar items like \"Sara Smile,\" \"You Make My Dreams,\" \"Private Eyes,\" and \"Maneater.\" Hall \u0026amp; Oates may not have been hip, but they made addictive soul-pop that not only rocketed to the top of the charts but has stood the test of time as some of the best pop made during the early '80s. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/the-very-best-of-daryl-hall-john-oates-mw0000623353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAOTY\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaryl Hall and John Oates are the kind of artists some people resent for their charm. The same people who find some crude, dumb, loud, rough, violent thing to applaud dismiss the sensual, soulful appeal of the music of Hall and Oates. It is an unintentional compliment. Certainly, songs such as “Sara Smile” and “Rich Girl” require no apology: the former is as slow and sultry as anyone could want, seeming rooted in affection and attraction; and the latter, a critique of a spoiled girl, still carries something of its original air of social transgression. In “Sara Smile,” Daryl Hall’s voice dips into, rests on, and comes out of emotion and groove; and in “Rich Girl,” a blend of soul and rock, the singing is expressive, and matter-of-fact rather than angry.  It takes confidence and talent to perform like that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the song “Back Together Again,” a rhythm-and-blues dance song with high-voiced harmonies, Hall and Oates, both singers and guitarists, seem to be celebrating the return of a musician. (It could be a hat tipped to Philly soul, and Berry Gordy’s Motown.) It could be a prophetic vision of their own muse, as together the two men became one of the most popular male duos of all time, but stopped playing together in the mid-1980s, only to reunite a few years later. Most recently, each has done some solo recording, and recording with new collaborators; and they remain admired by their musical peers and by younger songwriters. It is quite a history. John Oates was born in New York, but Daryl Hall was born in Philadelphia. The two men met at Temple University in Philadelphia, where they both were students in the late 1960s, and some of their early music was folk rock—and they moved to New York in the mid-1970s. Their albums include Whole Oates, War Babies, and Bigger Than Both of Us, Voices, Beauty on a Back Street, Along the Red Ledge, Private Eyes, H-2-0, Rock N Soul Part 1, Big Bam, Boom, and Ooh Yeah!—and songs from some of those albums are included on \u003cem\u003eThe Very Best of Daryl Hall \u0026amp; John Oates\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHall’s voice is playful and sensual, seductive, in “One on One,” given slow, spare treatment; whereas, “Family Man,” focused on rebuffed sexual temptation, is dramatic, expressive, but not particularly touching. Daryl Hall seemed to be shifting from expressing feeling to dramatizing it. In “Family Man,” the singing is self-conscious, theatrical, both deadpan and expressive, amid music that is not easy to shove in a single genre box. With the theme of innocence and experience and a high school scenario, “Adult Education” has an interesting rhythm arrangement with cheerleader chanting, but the subject seems to have been approached from a distance. “You’re out of touch, I’m out of time,” sings Hall in “Out of Touch,” which might be heard as a return to the duo’s early soul sound (the song’s narrator may be alienated from the lover he is talking to, but the singer has come closer to music listeners). The line “Smoking guns, hot to the touch—they’d cool down if we didn’t use them so much” is a good one. However, “Everything Your Heart Desires,” a song about a covetous person, the next and the last song in the retrospective collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Very Best of Daryl Hall \u0026amp; John Oates\u003c\/em\u003e, seems an attempt to beat back dullness with a complicated music arrangement.  “Everything Your Heart Desires” has a busy—quirky and sweet—arrangement, with words advising practical appreciation, and singing that is both controlled and expressive, and it does achieve a distinctive theatricality. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/compulsivereader.com\/2012\/05\/28\/playful-and-sensual-seductive-the-very-best-of-daryl-hall-john-oates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eCompulsive Reaader\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReissued on gray \/ blue vinyl, 2LP\u003cbr\u003eLP1 is on gray vinyl, LP2 is on blue vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3LjCh3GXg9r9h4HORAUzXu?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: RCA \/ Legacy\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Gray \/ Blue\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2016 \/ Originally Released: 2001\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Rock, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Pop Rock, Soul, Synth-pop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: School Of Rock\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RCA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46626958213278,"sku":"889853309719","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/91HQu-IsEfL-_UF894-1000_QL80.jpg?v=1774076490","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.com\/products\/daryl-hall-john-oates-the-very-best-of-coloured-vinyl","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}