Private Eyes [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Hall & Oates, Daryl Hall & John Oates | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00021HNLQ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,933 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Their #5 smash from '81 with the hits Private Eyes; Did It in a Minute; I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) , and Your Imagination (including bonus 12" versions of those last two)!

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Identical to the US remaster, February 5, 2006

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Edward Doty Schatz (Baltimore, Maryland, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Private Eyes (Audio CD)

If you are looking to get this album, don't spend the extra money on this import. It is identical to the US remaster and bonus tracks. The remaster credits in the liner notes are the same as the US remaster. The only difference here is that you get a Japanese mini booklet with a translation and some liner notes in Japanese. If you speak Japanese, go right ahead.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock n' roll with rocking soul, January 11, 2006

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Dave Mock ""...brotherhood is not so wild... (Rockville Centre, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Private Eyes (Audio CD)

The BMG 2004 reissue of "Private Eyes" brings out the sharpness in what is already one of Hall and Oates' most important albums. There's not a clunker in any of the 11 original songs and two remixes, from the title track to the 12-inch version of "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)."

The sound reproduction, cleaner than either the original RCA CD or 1996 BMG reissue, also lets listeners hear how the duo tried to balance technology and sound effects with live instrumentation, never letting one take over the other. Even when the song is almost all computer and synth -- "I Can't Go For That" -- it's done with such balance that it still sounds perfect a quarter century later. You can hear Daryl and John coming into their own as songwriters and producers.

The reissue also gives the band's fans a chance to hear lost gems sounding better than ever -- especially "Looking For a Good Sign" and "Unguarded Minute." They can also debate the merits of the original "Your Imagination" version vs. its 12-inch remix. While the pounding, heavily-electronic remix was the basis for the single and MTV versions of the song, the album mix (with its acoustic drums and cymbals) wins out on sheer quality.

Also dig Ken Sharp's liner notes, which give listeners an interesting window into the duo's working dynamic, especially from Neil Kernon, their co-producer here and on "H2O."

It's hard to improve on a classic, but BMG does so here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can go for this!, January 13, 2008

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Namely (Jersey, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Private Eyes (Audio CD)

Another toppest album from Hall and Oates' golden years. Has the hard to find classics: "Friday Let Me Down", "Ungaurded Minute", "Head Above Water", and the song that gets me every time "Did it in a Minute".

If you haven't heard those songs, you are missing out.