Voices (Hall & Oates album)

The album slowly became a massive hit, spinning off four singles into the top 40 of the American pop charts: "How Does It Feel to Be Back" (#30 in fall, 1980), "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (#12 in winter, 1980), "Kiss on My List" (#1 for three weeks in spring, 1981), and "You Make My Dreams" (#5 in summer, 1981). "Everytime You Go Away" was not released as a single, but was covered by Paul Young in 1985, when it went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Singers Elisa Chan and Danny Summer covered this song in Cantonese in 1985 and 1986.

The album is seen as a revolution in the Hall & Oates sound, paving the way for future blockbusters like Private Eyes. It was the first album that Hall & Oates produced by themselves, working in conjunction with renowned engineer Neil Kernon.

The original LP album cover was in black & white and had several variations with the duo in different poses and the half circle, sound-like waves were embossed & raised; a marketing technique commonly used in late '70's record sleeve packaging. It was subsequently replaced in 1981 with a color photograph of the duo, excluding the original pose of Hall "escaping" from his white trench coat-like jacket. The album was re-released in 2004 as a remastered version with a slightly different cover photo but no additional tracks. The Japanese re-release version had two extra tracks: a remixed version of "Kiss on My List" that had previously appeared on the album 12 Inch Collection 2 and a remix of "Everytime You Go Away" that was also available on the album The Ballads Collection - RCA 100th Anniversary Series.

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Track listing

Side One

"How Does It Feel to Be Back" (Oates) - 4:35
"Big Kids" (Hall, Oates) - 3:40
"United State" (Hall, Oates) - 3:08
"Hard to Be in Love with You" (Hall, Neil Jason, Oates) - 3:38
"Kiss on My List" (Janna Allen, Hall) - 4:25
"Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect)" (Sara Allen, Hall, Oates) - 3:37

Side Two

"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil) - 4:37
"You Make My Dreams" (Sara Allen, Hall, Oates) - 3:11
"Everytime You Go Away" (Hall) - 5:23
"Africa" (Oates) - 3:39
"Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear the Voices)" (Hall, Oates) - 3:43

Bonus tracks on Japanese reissue

"Kiss on My List" (Remix) - 5:41
"Everytime You Go Away" (Remix) - 5:06

Singles

The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.

Release Date	Title	Hot 100	UK singles
July 1980	"How Does It Feel to Be Back"	30	-
September 1980	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	12	55
January 1981	"Kiss on My List"	1	33
April 1981	"You Make My Dreams"	5	-

Credits

Produced by Daryl Hall and John Oates
Engineered by Neil Kernon and Bruce Tergeson
Assistant Engineers: Jon Smith and John Palermo
Mixed by Neil Kernon
Recorded at the Hit Factory and Electric Lady Studio, New York City
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York City
Album Cover Design: Sara Allen
Art Direction: J.J. Stelmach
Photography by Ebet Roberts

Personnel

The Band

Daryl Hall: lead vocals (2-9, 11), backing vocals, mando-guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, vocoder, percussion
John Oates: lead vocals (1, 7, 10), backing vocals, 6 and 12-string guitars, percussion, Roland CR-78 drum machine
G.E. Smith: guitars
Charlie DeChant: saxophone
John Siegler: bass guitar
Jerry Marotta: drums
Chuck Burgi: drums & percussion

Additional Musicians

Jeff Southworth: lead guitar on "Kiss On My List"
Ralph Schuckett: organ on "Everytime You Go Away"
Mike Klvana: synthesizers on "Africa", equipment technician

References

Hall & Oates: "Voices" CD Liner Notes. 1980, RCA Records.

Hall & Oates

Daryl Hall John Oates

Studio albums	Whole Oats (1972) Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) War Babies (1974) Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) Beauty on a Back Street (1977) Along the Red Ledge (1978) X-Static (1979) Voices (1980) Private Eyes (1981) H₂O (1982) Big Bam Boom (1984) Ooh Yeah! (1988) Change of Season (1990) Marigold Sky (1997) Do It for Love (2003) Our Kind of Soul (2004) Home for Christmas (2006)

Live albums	Livetime (1978) Live at the Apollo (1985)

Compilation albums	No Goodbyes (1977) Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) The Atlantic Collection (1996) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001) VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002) Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004) The Singles (2008)

Singles	"She's Gone" (1974) "Sara Smile" (1976) "Rich Girl" (1977) "Wait for Me" (1979) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) "Kiss on My List" (1981) "You Make My Dreams" (1981) "Private Eyes" (1981) "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) "Did It in a Minute" (1982) "Maneater" (1982) "One on One" (1983) "Family Man" (1983) "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) "Say It Isn't So" (1983) "Adult Education" (1984) "Out of Touch" (1984) "Method of Modern Love" (1985) "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985) "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) "Love Train" (1989) "So Close" (1990) "Do It for Love" (2002) "Someday We'll Know" (2003) "Getaway Car" (2003) "I'll Be Around" (2004) "Without You" (2004) "I Can Dream About You" (2005) "Ooh Child" (2005) "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (2006)

Hall solo albums	Sacred Songs (1980) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986) Soul Alone (1993) Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) Laughing Down Crying (2011)

Oates solo albums	Phunk Shui (2002) John Oates: Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House (2004) John Oates Solo – The Album, The Concert (2006) 1000 Miles of Life (2008) Mississippi Mile (2011) The Bluesville Sessions (2012) Good Road to Follow (2014)

Related articles	Discography Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates Live from Daryl's House

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