Rock 'n Soul Part 1
1983 greatest hits album by Hall & Oates
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Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (also titled Greatest Hits – Rock 'n Soul Part 1) is a greatest hits album by American musical duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. Released by RCA Records on October 18, 1983, the album featured mostly hit singles recorded by the duo and released by RCA, along with one single from the duo's period with Atlantic Records and two previously unreleased songs recorded earlier in the year: "Say It Isn't So" and "Adult Education".
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Default color for the album. Three other color schemes were also issued. | ||||
| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | October 18, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1973–September 1983 | |||
| Venue | Montreal Forum | |||
| Studio | Electric Lady (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 47:48 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
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| Singles from Rock 'n Soul Part 1 | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Wall Street Journal | (favourable)[2] |
The album was originally released on LP and cassette, with sides labeled "Side One" and "Side A",[3] and was the duo's first album to be released on the then-new compact disc format.[citation needed] In 2006, the album was re-released on CD by RCA and Legacy Recordings with two bonus tracks. On October 16, 2015, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab released the album on SACD but it doesn't include the bonus tracks of the 2006 CD.[4]
The duo paired with HBO for a concert special; it became their first for pay TV; they performed a show at the Montreal Forum in Quebec, Canada on March 10 and 11, 1983; the performance was filmed and released as a VHS called: Rock 'n Soul Live; the video was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 15, 1986, denoting shipments of 500,000.[5][6][7] The concert premiered on HBO on March 20, 1983; it features selections from the duo's album H2O; it was directed by Mike Mansfield and produced by Danny O'Donovan.[5]
This compilation mostly features single versions of the songs.
Artwork and packaging
The cover of Rock 'n Soul Part 1 was illustrated by Nancy Dwyer with photography by Larry Williams and art direction, on the original release, by Jeb Brien, Dwyer and Ron Kellum; in the cover photo, the band members are dressed in the same costumes from the music video for "One on One." The original LP release also featured a limited edition twelve-month calendar for 1984 designed by Joe Telmach.[3] The 2006 CD release by RCA and Legacy with the reissue's art direction, design and remaster by Howard Fritzson, Bob Jones and Joseph M. Palmaccio, respectively. The CD case featured four alternate album covers on the inlay with fold-out liner notes with a reproduction of the twelve-month calendar as well as "The Rock 'n Soul Part 1 Sessions" by bassist Tom "T-Bone" Wolk.[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Say It Isn't So" | Daryl Hall | New recording | 4:17 |
| 2. | "Sara Smile" |
| Daryl Hall & John Oates, 1975 | 3:09 |
| 3. | "She's Gone" (single version) |
| Abandoned Luncheonette, 1973 | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Rich Girl" | Hall | Bigger Than Both of Us, 1976 | 2:24 |
| 5. | "Kiss on My List" |
| Voices, 1980 | 3:52 |
| 6. | "You Make My Dreams" |
| Voices | 3:07 |
| 7. | "Private Eyes" (edited version) |
| Private Eyes, 1981 | 3:27 |
| 8. | "Adult Education" |
| New recording | 5:23 |
| 9. | "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (single version) |
| Private Eyes | 3:45 |
| 10. | "Maneater" |
| H2O, 1982 | 4:31 |
| 11. | "One on One" | Hall | H2O | 3:57 |
| 12. | "Wait for Me" (live at the Montreal Forum, March 1983) | Hall | X-Static, 1979 | 6:03 |
| Total length: | 47:48 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 13. | "Family Man" |
| H2O | 3:25 |
| 14. | "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" | Voices | 4:09 | |
| Total length: | 55:23 | |||
Personnel
- Daryl Hall – lead vocals (all except 14), keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, vibraphone, arrangements (8)
- John Oates – lead vocals (3, 14), backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, arrangements (8)
- Charlie DeChant – keyboards, saxophones, additional backing vocals
- Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, additional backing vocals, arrangements (8)
- G. E. Smith – lead guitars
- Mickey Curry – drums
Additional musicians (Tracks 1 & 8)
- Robbie Kilgore – keyboards
- Wells Christy – synthesizers
- Clive Smith – synthesizers
- Jimmy Bralower – drum programming (1)
Production
- Daryl Hall – producer (1, 2 & 5–12)
- John Oates – producer (1, 2 & 5–12)
- Bob Clearmountain – co-producer (1 & 8), engineer (1 & 8), remixing (12)
- Christopher Bond – producer (2 & 4)
- Arif Mardin – producer (3)
- Neil Kernon – co-producer (5–7, 9–11)
- Bruce Buchalter – assistant engineer (1 & 8)
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- Nile Rodgers – arrangements (8)
- J. J. Stelmach – calendar design
- Jeb Brien – art direction
- Nancy Dwyer – art direction, illustration
- Ron Kellum – art direction
- Larry Williams – inner sleeve photography
- Tommy Mottola – management
- Joseph M. Palmaccio – remastering of 2006 reissue at Sony Music Studios (New York, NY)
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[17] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[18] | Gold | 7,500^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[20] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||