Name: Hall And Oates Greatest Hits Live
Brand: RCA Records
SKU: 344683
Price: 12.52 USD
Availability: InStock

Tracks

1. Did It In A Minute

2. How Does It Feel To Be Back

3. Diddy Doo Wop

4. Mano A Mano

5. Rich Girl

6. Shes Gone

7. Kiss On My List

8. I Can't Go For That

9. Sara Smile

10. Wait For Me

11. Private Eyes

12. You've Lost That Lovin ...

13. You Make My Dreams

14. United State

Performer Notes

Hall & Oates: Daryl Hall (vocals, guitar); John Oates (guitar, background vocals).
Additional personnel: G.E. Smith (guitar); Charlie DeChant (saxophone, keyboards); Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (bass); Mike Curry (drums).
Producers: Daryl Hall, John Oates.
Compilation producers: Paul Williams, Jeremy Holiday.
Recorded live in 1982. Includes liner notes by Jeremy Holiday.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Liner Note Author: Jeremy Holiday.
Recording information: 1982.
Photographer: Sam Emerson.
The words Greatest Hits Live naturally strike fear in the hearts of any seasoned record collector, since it signals one thing: an oldies set recorded by a band well past their prime. That's not the case with RCA's 2001 Hall & Oates release, Greatest Hits Live. This album is taken from concerts recorded on the group's 1981 Private Eyes tour, which means its from the band's peak, and it naturally sounds that way: the group is tight, the performances are spirited, and the whole thing is pretty fun. Since it was recorded during a tour supporting an album, the title's boast isn't strictly true -- John Oates' "Mano a Mano" isn't a greatest hit anywhere but in my heart -- but that's why the record works. It's not strictly a greatest hits live, although there are a lot of hits here, but it's a snapshot of an underrated band on-stage at their peak, which makes it an entertaining sidenote in their catalog, at least for their fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine