No Goodbyes (album)
1977 compilation album by Hall & Oates
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No Goodbyes is a 1977 compilation album by Daryl Hall & John Oates. It is a "Best of" compilation of their first three Atlantic Records albums. It was released after the duo left Atlantic and joined RCA Records, and after Atlantic had achieved a Top 10 hit with a re-release of "She's Gone" (included here). It contains three new songs: "It's Uncanny," "I Want to Know You for a Long Time," and "Love You Like a Brother." The latter two of these were later released on The Atlantic Collection.
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| Released | February 18, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1972–74 | |||
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| Length | 35:48 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Daryl Hall & John Oates chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
"It's Uncanny" was released as a single upon this album's release but failed to break the Billboard Top 40, reaching only #80. "Love You Like a Brother" was re-released on the 2009 four-disc box set Do What You Want, Be What You Are, as was "It's Uncanny." "It's Uncanny" was originally recorded in 1973 and "I Want to Know You for a Long Time" and "Love You Like a Brother" in 1974.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Daryl Hall, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "It's Uncanny" | Previously unreleased, 1973 | 3:43 | |
| 2. | "I Want to Know You for a Long Time" | Previously unreleased, 1973 | 3:17 | |
| 3. | Untitled (Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)) | John Oates | War Babies, 1974 | 2:49 |
| 4. | "Love You Like a Brother" |
| Previously unreleased, 1973 | 3:20 |
| 5. | "Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)" | Oates | Abandoned Luncheonette, 1973 | 2:57 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 6. | "She's Gone" |
| Abandoned Luncheonette | 5:15 |
| 7. | "Lilly (Are You Happy)" |
| Whole Oats, 1972 | 4:10 |
| 8. | "When the Morning Comes" | Abandoned Luncheonette | 3:12 | |
| 9. | "Beanie G. and the Rose Tattoo" | War Babies | 3:00 | |
| 10. | "70's Scenario" | War Babies | 3:57 | |
| Total length: | 35:48 | |||
Personnel
- Compilation & coordination – John Kalodner
- Produced by Daryl Hall (1, 2), John Oates (1, 2), Arif Mardin (1, 2, 4–8), and Todd Rundgren (3, 9, 10)
- Engineered and supervised by Todd Rundgren (3, 9, 10)
- Recording & assisting engineers – Gene Paul, Lew Hahn, Jimmy Douglass, Joel Kerr, Alan Ade, Gene Perly, and David LaSage (1, 2, 4–8)
- Production assistant – Christopher Bond (5, 6, 8)
- Photography – Benno Friedman
- Art direction – Bob Defrin
- Management & direction – Tommy Mottola
