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Beauty on a Back Street

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Released
  
September 1977

Producer
  
Christopher Bond

Artist
  
Hall & Oates

Label
  
RCA Victor

Recorded
  
1977

Beauty on a Back Street (1977)
  
Livetime (1978)

Release date
  
September 1977

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Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music, Rock and roll

Similar
  
Hall & Oates albums, Pop music albums

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

Side One
  1. "Don't Change" (Hall, Oates) (3:37)
  2. "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?" (Sara Allen, Hall) (3:16)
  3. "You Must Be Good for Something" (Hall, Oates) (3:32)
  4. "The Emptyness" (Oates) (3:35)
  5. "Love Hurts (Love Heals)" (Oates) (3:11)*
Side Two
  1. "Bigger Than Both of Us" (Hall, Oates) (4:31)
  2. "Bad Habits and Infections" (Hall) (6:03)*
  3. "Winged Bull" (Hall) (4:39)
  4. "The Girl Who Used to Be" (Oates) (4:10)
  • "Love Hurts (Love Heals)" and "Bad Habits and Infections" are switched around for the CD reissue.

    • Personnel

  • Daryl Hall - lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8), backing vocals, keyboards, Polymoog synthesizer, guitars, mandolins
  • John Oates - lead vocals (4, 5, 9), backing vocals, rhythm guitars, mando-guitar, dulcimer (4), electric piano (4)
  • Tom Scott - tenor saxophone (5, 9)
  • Christopher Bond - background vocals (2, 3, 4, 8, 9); keyboards, synthesizers, tonalities, lead 6 and 12 string guitars (8, 9); arrangements, conductor, string arrangements
  • Jeff Porcaro - drums, electronic drums
  • Gary Coleman - percussion, sound effects
  • Lee Sklar - bass (1-4, 6-9)
  • Scott Edwards - bass (5)
  • Jim Hughart - second bass (4)
  • Tommy Mottola - background vocals (3)

    • Production

  • Produced by Christopher Bond
  • Recorded and Engineered by John Mills
  • Assistant Engineer: Linda Tyler
  • Strings engineered by Armin Steiner
  • Recorded and Mixed at Sound Labs (Hollywood, CA)
  • Remixed at Hit Factory (New York, NY)
  • Mastered by Greg Calbi at Stetling Sound (New York, NY)
  • Art Direction: Dick Smith
  • Photography: John Beau
  • Production Assistant: Candy Van Duser
  • Management and Direction: Tommy Mottola

    • Songs

    1Don't Change3:34
    2Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?3:13
    3You Must Be Good for Something3:28

    References

    Beauty on a Back Street Wikipedia
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