1980 Hall & Oates – Voices
Voices is the ninth studio album by American pop music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. The album was released on July 29, 1980, by RCA Records. It spent 100 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 17.
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” (number 30 in summer, 1980), “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” (number 12 in fall, 1980), “Kiss on My List” (number 1 for three weeks in spring, 1981), and “You Make My Dreams” (number 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 number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 27, 1985. Singers Elisa Chan and Danny Summer covered this song in Cantonese in 1985 and 1986.
Voices was the first album that Hall & Oates produced by themselves, working in conjunction with renowned engineer Neil Kernon.
Tracks
1 How Does It Feel To Be Back (John Oates) 04:36
2 Big Kids (Daryl Hall; John Oates) 03:41
3 United State (Daryl Hall; John Oates) 03:09
4 Hard To Be In Love With You (Daryl Hall; John Oates; Neil Jason) 03:39
5 Kiss On My List (Daryl Hall; Janna Allen) 04:26
6 Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect) (Daryl Hall; John Oates; Sara Allen) 03:37
7 You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling (Barry Mann; Cynthia Weil; Phil Spector) 04:38
8 You Make My Dreams (Daryl Hall; John Oates; Sara Allen) 03:12
9 Everytime You Go Away (Daryl Hall) 05:24
10 Africa (John Oates) 03:40
11 Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices) (Daryl Hall; John Oates) 03:44
Biography
Musicians
Bass | John Siegler |
Drums | Jerry Marotta |
Drums | Chuck Bürgi |
Guitar | John Oates |
Guitar | George Edward Smith |
12 String Guitar | John Oates |
Mandar | Daryl Hall |
Keyboards | Daryl Hall |
Synthesizer | Daryl Hall |
Vocoder | Daryl Hall |
Percussion | Chuck Bürgi |
Percussion | John Oates |
Percussion | Daryl Hall |
Vocals | John Oates |
Vocals | Daryl Hall |
Other Musicians
5 Kiss On My List
Guitar | Jeff Southworth |
9 Everytime You Go Away
Organ | Ralph Schuckett |
10 Africa
Synthesizer | Mike Klvana |
Liner Notes
Producer – Daryl Hall, John Oates
Arranged By – Charlie Dechant, Chuck Bürgi, Daryl Hall, GE Smith, Jerry Marotta, John Oates, John Siegler
Engineer – Bruce Tergesen, Neil Kernon
Engineer (Assistant) – John Palermo, Jon Smith
Mixed By – Neil Kernon
Technician – Mike Klvana
Design – Sara Allen
Photography – Ebet Roberts
Mastered At Masterdisk
Phonographic Copyright RCA Records
Recorded At The Hit Factory
Recorded At Electric Lady Studios