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Released
  
November 3, 1973

Length
  
36:42

Artist
  
Hall & Oates

Producer
  
Arif Mardin

Recorded
  
1973

Abandoned Luncheonette(1973)
  
War Babies(1974)

Release date
  
3 November 1973

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Genres
  
Blue-eyed soul, Soft rock, Folk music, Folk rock

Similar
  
Hall & Oates albums, Soul music albums

Abandoned Luncheonette is the second studio album by the American pop music duo Hall & Oates, released in 1973, which combines folk, philly soul, and acoustic soul. It is the most commercially successful of their first three albums of the duo's Atlantic Records period, the album reached #33 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. Twenty-nine years after its release, the album was certified platinum (over one million copies sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Contents

Hall oates when the morning comes


Notable songs

The most well-known track from the album is "She's Gone." While the tune did not become a hit when first released as a single (it only peaked at #60 on the U.S Billboard Hot 100), the song gained momentum from two later covers, one by Lou Rawls, and one by Tavares. After the latter cover topped the Billboard R&B chart in 1974, the original was re-released and became a Top 10 pop hit in 1976, reaching #7 in the U.S, while the album reached #33 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. This song was included on its single version in Hall & Oates's 1983 greatest hits compilation Rock and Soul Part 1 and the album version is included in numerous other compilations such as The Singles (2008), The Essential (2005), Looking Back: The Best Of (1991) but the song is missing on the albums The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001) and Playlist: The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2008).

Another song from the album, "Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)," although written by Oates, draws its inspiration from Hall's then-girlfriend and future songwriting collaborator Sara Allen, much as the later "Sara Smile" would.

Album cover

The diner on the album cover was formerly the Rosedale Diner, located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. When it went out of business, its structure was dumped in a small wooded area located along Route 724 in Kenilworth, PA, at the entrance of Towpath Park in East Coventry Township, where the photo on the linked page was taken. Stripped by souvenir-hunters, the structure remained in place until about 1983, when Ridge Fire Company, along with the owner, burned what was left to clear the land.

Track listing

Side One
  1. "When the Morning Comes" (Daryl Hall) – 3:12
  2. Daryl Hall - lead vocals, mandolin
  3. John Oates - acoustic guitar
  4. Joe Farrell - oboe
  5. Hugh McCracken - electric guitar
  6. Chris Bond - Mellotron
  7. Steve "Fontz" Gelfand - bass
  8. Bernard Purdie - drums
  9. Ralph MacDonald - percussion
  10. "Had I Known You Better Then" (John Oates) – 3:22
  11. Daryl Hall - electric piano
  12. John Oates - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  13. Chris Bond - electric guitar
  14. Jerry Ricks - acoustic guitar
  15. Steve "Fontz" Gelfand - bass
  16. Rick Marotta - drums, percussion
  17. "Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)" (Oates) – 2:57
  18. Daryl Hall - lead vocals, electric piano
  19. John Oates - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  20. Joe Farrell - tenor saxophone
  21. Chris Bond - acoustic guitar
  22. Pat Rebillot - organ
  23. Gordon Edwards - bass
  24. Bernard Purdie - drums
  25. Pancho Morales - congas
  26. "She's Gone" (Hall, Oates) – 5:15
  27. Daryl Hall - lead vocals, electric piano
  28. John Oates - lead vocals, wah-wah guitar
  29. Joe Farrell - tenor saxophone
  30. Chris Bond - electric guitar, mellotron, synthesizer
  31. Steve "Fontz" Gelfand - bass
  32. Bernard Purdie - drums
  33. Ralph MacDonald - percussion
  34. "I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man)" (Oates) – 3:20
  35. Daryl Hall - electric piano
  36. John Oates - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  37. Chris Bond - electric guitar, mellotron
  38. Jerry Ricks - acoustic guitar
  39. Gordon Edwards - bass
  40. Bernard Purdie - drums
Side Two
  1. "Abandoned Luncheonette" (Hall) – 3:55
  2. Daryl Hall - lead vocals, piano, part of the humanity chorus
  3. Joe Farrell - alto saxophone
  4. Richard Tee - piano
  5. Gloria Agostini - harp
  6. Gordon Edwards - bass
  7. Bernard Purdie - drums
  8. Arif Mardin, Christian Bond, Donald Wanner, John Oates, Kathy Mae Hohl, Ronald Wanner, Walter F. Hohl - humanity chorus
  9. "Lady Rain" (Hall, Oates) – 4:26
  10. Daryl Hall - lead vocals, mandolin
  11. John Oates - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  12. John Blair - electric Vi-tar
  13. Hugh McCracken - electric guitar
  14. Steve "Fontz" Gelfand - bass
  15. Bernard Purdie - drums
  16. Ralph MacDonald - percussion
  17. "Laughing Boy" (Hall) – 3:20
  18. Daryl Hall - lead vocals, piano
  19. Marvin Stamm - flugelhorn
  20. "Everytime I Look At You" (Hall) – 7:04
  21. Daryl Hall - lead vocals, keyboards
  22. John Oates - electric guitar
  23. Larry Packer - fiddle
  24. Chris Bond - electric guitar, mellotron, synthesizer
  25. Mark Horowitz - banjo
  26. Steve "Fontz" Gelfand - bass
  27. Bernard Purdie - drums
  • All background vocals performed by Daryl Hall and John Oates.

    • Production

  • Produced by Arif Mardin
  • Production Assistant: Christopher Bond
  • Recording & Engineering: Alan Ade, Jimmy Douglass, Lewis Hahn, Joel Kerr, Gene Paul
  • Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios and Advantage Sound Studios (New York, NY)
  • Mixing: Christopher Bond, Jimmy Douglass
  • Mastered By Stephen Innocenzi at Atlantic Recording Studios
  • Album Design and Photography: B. Wilson
  • Coordinator: Tommy Mottola

    • Songs

    1When the Morning Comes3:14
    2Had I Known You Better Then3:28
    3Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)2:59

    References

    Abandoned Luncheonette Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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