Voices

Daryl Hall & John Oates, Hall & Oates

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W4S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #242,952 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. How Does It Feel to Be Back

2. Big Kids

3. United State

4. Hard to Be in Love with You

5. Kiss on My List

6. Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect)

7. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

8. You Make My Dreams

9. Everytime You Go Away

10. Africa

11. Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear Voices)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

24bit digitally remastered Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork. Features the bonus track "Give & Take". --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hear these "Voices" all day..., February 28, 2001

By	TomAzon (United States) - See all my reviews

Superb first self-produced album by Daryl & John which launched their incredible 80's success in spite of non-promotion by RCA and constant ignorance by radio programmers. To show they still haven't learned their lesson, programmers of today's "80's" stations STILL ignore the best rock duo in history.

"How Does It Feel To Be Back" is a rock classic and the crown jewel of John Oates-penned music. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" was ignored for two months before people started playing it, turning it into a Top 15 hit. "Kiss On My List" couldn't be ignored and had a three-week stay on top of the charts. Classic summer song.... "You Make My Dreams" was a Top 5 hit and other songs like "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices)", "Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect)" could have been hits in their own right but after more than a year, "Private Eyes" was hot on this album's heels and the rest is history.

Also featured is "Every Time You Go Away" which was written by Daryl Hall and became a number one hit in 1985 for Paul Young and received a "Song of The Year" nomination at the Grammy Awards. As you may recall, the award went to the over-hyped "We Are The World" song. A remix of "Every Time You Go Away" by Daryl and John appears on "The Ballads Collection" which I also recommend.

This album is a bona-fide definitive classic. Clear sound, great percussion and songwriting and the best vocals.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless H & O, July 15, 2002

By	Ace Jones (Singapore) - See all my reviews

Hall and Oates made a big difference in my life back then. Watching them on Solid Gold singing "How Does It Feel To Be Back" - I was wondering - who are these guys? There was a certain fire to their pop and discovering this album was a goldmine. Little did I know that it was the sound of a duo hitting its peak. And what a peak it was. H & O would rule the charts for the next few years, and deservedly so.

H & O have always tread the line between being commercial, mainstream and progressive. Voices captures the balance between these elements pretty well. Along with Private Eyes - these are my two favourite H & O albums. Classic, cool and intensely creative.

The range in this album is eclectic and electric. Doo-wop soul in the form of Everytime You Go Away (miles away better than Paul Young's lite version); Rock in United State; Quirky pop with Gotta Lotta Nerve; Reworked Nostalgia with You've Lost that Loving Feeling and Top 40 hits all over the shop with Kiss on My List and You Make My Dreams. John Oates' solo songs are usually the minority on Hall and Oates albums but his groove here works.
The cover of the Righteous Brothers is also one of the very few cover songs that the duo ever did.

It's hard to say which is the best Hall and Oates album - everyone has their favourite but Voices remains highly rewarding, and almost - just about perfect pop.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Great Lost Musical Act, February 22, 2000

By	Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Of H&O's 15 studio albums this is truly their most consistent and enjoyable. It pains me to say that most people snicker when H&O are mentioned, but this album is testimony to their place in rock and roll history. I have all 15 of their cds and all 4 of Daryl's solo cds. To be fair, Voices, Private Eyes, H2O and Big Bam Boom are all excellent discs with minimal flaws. However, it is Voices that still sounds like it could have been made today over the other three mentioned. I am biased towards the 1980-1984 H&O time period because it seems that was the time they were making their best music. I was only 7 when Voices was released but I have repeatedly gone back to it over the last 20 years. I never get tired of that cd, and if you are NOT a H&O fan, then this is the cd for you. It has hits: "How Does It Feel to Be Back", "Kiss on My List", "You Make My Dreams", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling", and the original, non-Paul Young version of "Everytime You Go Away." It also has some great non-hits: "Big Kids", "Gotta Lotta Nerve", "Africa" and "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear the Voices)". It's not a bloated, 75 minute opus like many of the cds being released today. It's 40 minutes in length and not a note wasted. No excessiveness, just a tight pop/r&b/punk/rock cd. Now, if only the record company would digitally remaster and re-release all 15 cds like other record companies have done for Billy Joel, Elton John, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, some Cheap Trick. Hall and Oates are an American classic. They haven't even been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame yet, what a shame. Let's not forget that they still hold the record for most successful duo of all time in rock. Buy the cd and tell me that it's not great, I dare you.