Released September 1977 Producer Christopher Bond Artist Hall & Oates Label RCA Victor | Recorded 1977 Release date September 1977 | |
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Beauty on a Back Street is the sixth studio album by Hall & Oates, released in 1977.
Contents
This album takes a more rock-oriented approach, similar to War Babies, but more streamlined and polished.
Both Daryl Hall and John Oates claim to hate this album, and many of Hall and Oates' most comprehensive compilations, such as The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates (originally released as Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates) and the 2009 box set, Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Hall and Oates, do not include any songs from this album (although the "3.0" edition of The Essential does contain the album's sole charting single, "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts?" as a bonus track).
Track listing
- "Don't Change" (Hall, Oates) (3:37)
- "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?" (Sara Allen, Hall) (3:16)
- "You Must Be Good for Something" (Hall, Oates) (3:32)
- "The Emptyness" (Oates) (3:35)
- "Love Hurts (Love Heals)" (Oates) (3:11)*
- "Bigger Than Both of Us" (Hall, Oates) (4:31)
- "Bad Habits and Infections" (Hall) (6:03)*
- "Winged Bull" (Hall) (4:39)
- "The Girl Who Used to Be" (Oates) (4:10)
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Don't Change3:34
2Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?3:13
3You Must Be Good for Something3:28