Product no.: 19940

Daryl Hall & John Oates Voices MFSL Gold CD UI Japan Pressung UDCD 530 RAR

Produktinformation

Erscheinungsdatum:  Feb. 1990
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Import aus: USA
Format: Audio CD

Tonträger CD
Besonderheiten Limited Edition, 24kt. Gold-CD
Jahr 1990
Orig. Release 1980
Zeit 43:33
Plattenfirma MFSL
Herstellungsland Japan
Musikrichtung Pop
EAN-Nr. 015775153035
Katalog-Nr. UDCD 530


         Tracks

1. How Does It Feel To Be Back 4:36   
2. Big Kids 3:39   
3. Untited State 3:09   
4. Hard To Be In Love With You 3:38   
5. Kiss On My List 4:25   
6. Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect) 3:36   
7. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling 4:36   
8. You Make My Dreams 3:10   
9. Everytime You Go Away 5:22   
10. Africa 3:38   
11. Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices) 3:44
 
 
Details
Playing time: 43 min.
Contributing artists: G.E. Smith
Producer: Daryl Hall, John Oates
Distributor: n/a
Recording type: Studio
Recording mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a

 
Album notes
Hall & Oates: Daryl Hall (vocals, mandar, keyboards, vocodor, synthesizer, percussion); John Oates (vocals, guitar, percussion).
Additional personnel: G.E. Smith, Jeff Southworth (guitar); Charlie Dechant (saxophone); Ralph Schuckett (organ); Mike Klvana (synthesizer); John Siegler (bass); Jerry Marotta (drums); Chuck Burgi (drums, percussion).       
Recorded at The Hit Factory and Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York.
Personnel: Daryl Hall (vocals, mandar, keyboards, vocoder, percussion); John Oates (vocals, guitar, percussion); Jeff Southworth, G.E. Smith (guitar); Charlie Dechant (saxophone); Ralph Schuckett (organ); Mike Klvana (synthesizer); John Siegler (bass); Jerry Marotta (drums); Chuck Burgi (drums, percussion).
Recorded at The Hit Factory and Electric Lady Studios, New York.
All songs written or co-written by Daryl Hall and John Oates except "You've Lost That Lovin'Feeling" (Phil Spector/Barry Mann/Cynthia Well).
Hall and Oates' (sort of) New Wave album, VOICES may not be a timeless classic but it's certainly one of the best pop albums of the early '80s, with nearly every song a tuneful, concise, well-crafted gem. In retrospect, the album's first hit, a cover of the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," is actually somewhat misrepresentative; nothing else here is as retro or bombastic. More typical is the opening "How Does It Feel," a big sounding yet spare piece of twelve-string folk rock by way of the REVOLVER-era Beatles. There's also the ebullient pop soul of "Kiss on My List" and the cleverly self-referential neo-'50s street corner harmonizing of "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear the Voices)."


Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

At the close of the '70s, Hall & Oates began inching toward a sleek, modern sound, partially inspired by the thriving punk and new wave scene and partially inspired by Daryl Hall's solo debut, Sacred Songs, a surprising and successful collaboration with art rock legend Robert Fripp. While 1979's X-Static found the duo sketching out this pop/soul/new wave fusion, it didn't come into fruition until 1980's Voices, which was their creative and commercial breakthrough. Essentially, Voices unveils the version of Hall & Oates that made them the most successful duo in pop history, the version that ruled the charts for the first half of the '80s. During the '70s, Hall & Oates drifted from folky singer/songwriters to blue-eyed soulmen, with the emphasis shifting on each record. On Voices, they place their pop craftsmanship front and center, and their production (assisted by engineer/mixer Neil Kernon) is clean, spacious, sleek, and stylish, clearly inspired by new wave yet melodic and polished enough for the mainstream. Thanks to the singles "Kiss on My List" and "You Make My Dreams" (and, to a lesser extent, their remake of the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and the original version of the heartbreaking ballad "Everytime You Go Away," later popularized by Paul Young), the mainstream enthusiastically embraced Hall & Oates, and the ubiquitousness of these hits obscures the odder, edgier elements of Voices, whether it's the rushed, paranoid "United State," tense "Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect)," the superb Elvis Costello-styled "Big Kids," the postmodern doo wop tribute "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear the Voices)," or even John Oates' goofy "Africa." Apart from the latter, these are the foundation of the album, the proof that the duo wasn't merely a stellar singles act, but expert craftsmen as writers and record-makers. The next few albums were bigger hits, but they topped the charts on the momentum created by Voices, and it still stands as one of their great records.

 

Condition: E:  EXCELLENT

"Item Condition" notes:

SS / OVP:       CD & LP is factory sealed in shrink-wrap or cellophane.

NEU / NEW:      CD & LP is open and not yet played.(Achtung: = Nicht alle neuen CDs werden vom Hersteller eingeschweißt!)

NM: NEAR MINT   CD & LP Just about in perfect condition.

E:  EXCELLENT   CD & LP Near perfect, may show very light signs of use & maybe one very light scratch.

VG: VERY GOOD   CD & LP  CD has some very minor wear (several very light scratches or marks). If insert, may have dimple marks or very light wrinkles/folds,

G:  GOOD        CD & LP  Some to very heavier wear or tear (some to very scratches throughout the CD), still plays perfectly. If insert, may have some wrinkles, folds, ripples, tears or multiple case. If  case has cracked or is broken.

Demo-Copy:      CD & LP = Promo - not for sale - particularly rare!!   

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