Greatest Hits--Rock 'n' Soul, Part 1: Hall & Oates: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Say It Isn't So

2. Sara Smile

3. She's Gone

4. Rich Girl

5. Kiss On My List

6. You Make My Dreams

7. Private Eyes

8. Adult Education

9. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

10. Maneater

11. One On One

12. Wait For Me (Live Version)

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Raised on Philly soul, Daryl Hall and John Oates hit their stride in the mid-'70s, when they abandoned the misguided folkish direction of their early albums for a sound that accurately reflected their roots in mainstream pop and smooth R&B--"rock 'n' soul" as they accurately called it. A string of brilliant hits followed, from the gorgeous "Sara Smile" and "She's Gone" to the wicked, finger-pointing "Rich Girl" and "Maneater" to Top 40 manna such as "Kiss on My List," "Private Eyes," and "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)." At only 12 tracks, this best-of collection is a little skimpy, but it'll do until the inevitable Hall & Oates box set arrives. --Daniel Durchholz

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, May 26 2004

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Blackberries (PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Hits--Rock 'n' Soul, Part 1 (Audio CD)

I'm sure everyone from the generation before my own has had wonderful memories of Hall and Oates in highschool and college. For those of you who have grown up with this music, my review will probably be nothing but drivel. But if anyone is reading this that is not too familiar with Hall and Oates and checking them out for the first time, then I implore you, get into them! Sadly, it took me years to actually give this album a listen. I had heard of Hall and Oates before, but they were stereotyped in my mind as cheesy 80s garbage. I couldn't have been more wrong. Every track on Rock 'n' Soul is absolutely breathtaking (with the exception of Adult Education, I can do without that one). The majority of the songs on this album are indeed made up of Rock and Soul, but that brief description hardly does justice to such passionate music. I can honestly say that anybody who enjoys a song that is full of love and life will thoroughly enjoy everything that this album has to offer. Tracks like Rich Girl, You Make My Dreams Come True and Wait For Me give me goosebumps every time I hear them. Other numbers like She's Gone, Kiss On My List, Private Eyes and One on One are stellar too. If you're looking for an ebullient, flavorful and longlasting listen, then you have found yourself the right recording in Rock 'n' Soul Pt. 1.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Dated Collection - Start Somewhere Else, May 14 2004

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L.A. Scene (Indian Trail, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Hits--Rock 'n' Soul, Part 1 (Audio CD)

This is a very dated collection of greatest hits. It was released back in 1983. At the time, it probably was a very good greatest hits collection. It contains 12 songs and back 20 years ago, to get any release with 12 songs was great - but that was in the pre-CD/digital days. Since then, Hall and Oates have released much better and more complete greatest hits collections. I'm recommending "Ultimate Daryl Hall and John Oates". This contains every song on the "Rock and Soul Part 1" CD, plus it goes deeper where Rock and Soul Part 1 failed to go and it contains post 1983 material.

One thing that really annoyed is when an artist calls something "Part 1" and never comes out with a "Part 2". To me, it would have been very easy to come up with a "Part 2" of their post 1983 hits and have another CD. This is just a gripe that I have. The liner notes are also pretty thin in here. Not a lot in terms of credits, discography, photos, etc. Inside the liner notes is a pseudo handwritten version of the lyrics for "Adult Education". I also did learn that Mickey Curry was the drummer for Hall and Oates. If you are a Bryan Adams fan, you will know Curry's work. Two glaring omissions from this collection are "Family Man" and "Did it in a minute". I would have liked to have seen these songs on the collection. This was probably to make room for "Adult Education" and "Say it isn't So" which were newer songs that were released for the first time.

In the post 1983 work, Big Bam Boom would become the next release. It was the most successful album by Hall and Oates and its hard to now see any Greatest Hits collection without songs from that album. You can't blame Rock and Soul Part 1 on this one, its just that more time passed since this was released.

Chances are, if you do get this CD - you probably are going to get it either used or at some sort of bargain sale. And if you can get a good price on it, go for it. Otherwise I'd recommend the 'Ultimate' collection is the way to go as the way to start up your H&O collection. The content is still there on the CD and there are some very good songs on here. My advice there are better places to start with Hall and Oates.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Daryl & John are rockin' and soulin', April 28 2004

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If it wasn't for the two original tracks,SAY IT ISN'T SO and ADULT EDUCATION,die-hard Hall & Oates fans wouldn't have likely bought this album. The two original tracks became hits also. There's another original track,a live version of WAIT FOR ME. The other nine tracks were previously released between 1974 and 1982,so there is a decade of hits on this album,released in 1983. There should be YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN',DID IT IN A MINUTE and FAMILY MAN on this album. This album came in different colors(only the cover). The previously released tracks are SHE'S GONE,SARA SMILE,YOU MAKE MY DREAMS,PRIVATE EYES,KISS ON MY LIST,RICH GIRL,I CAN'T GO FOR THAT(NO CAN DO),MANEATER and the ode to basketball players,ONE ON ONE.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good H & O intro. Today it's better as a sampler.
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