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H2O (Hall and Oates album)

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Released
  
October 4, 1982

Length
  
47:08

Release date
  
4 October 1982

Recorded
  
1981–82

Artist
  
Hall & Oates

Label
  
RCA Records

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H2O (1982)
  
Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983)

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music, Pop rock, Rock and roll, New wave

Producers
  
Daryl Hall, John Oates, Neil Kernon

Similar
  
Hall & Oates albums, Pop music albums

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H2O is the eleventh studio album by Hall & Oates, released in 1982. It featured three top 10 US singles, one being "Maneater", which was the biggest hit of their career, spending four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album title is a play on the chemical formula for water, where "H" is for Hall and "O" is for Oates.

Contents

H2O is certified double Platinum by the RIAA with sales of over two million copies.

In 2009, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group released a triple pack of Hall & Oates albums. Along with this album, the pack included Daryl Hall & John Oates and Ooh Yeah!.

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Maneater" (Hall, Oates, Sara Allen) – 4:33
  2. "Crime Pays" (Hall, Oates, S. Allen) – 4:31
  3. "Art of Heartbreak" (Hall, S. Allen, Janna Allen) – 3:43
  4. "One on One" (Hall) – 4:17
  5. "Open All Night" (Hall, S. Allen) – 4:35

Side B

  1. "Family Man" (Mike Oldfield, Tim Cross, Maggie Reilly, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye, Morris Pert) – 3:25
  2. "Italian Girls" (Oates) – 3:17
  3. "Guessing Games" (Hall, J. Allen) – 3:15
  4. "Delayed Reaction" (Hall, Oates, S. Allen) – 3:59
  5. "At Tension" (Oates) – 6:16
  6. "Go Solo" (Hall) – 4:35

Bonus tracks on 2004 compact disc re-release

  1. "Family Man" (Rock Mix) – 5:47
  2. "Maneater" (Special Extended Club Mix) – 6:00
  3. "One on One" (Club Mix) – 5:31

Personnel

  • Daryl Hall – lead vocals (1-6, 8, 9, 11), backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
  • John Oates – backing vocals, lead vocals (7, 10), 6 and 12-string guitars, electric piano, Roland CR-78 drum machine, Linn LM-1
  • G.E. Smith – lead guitar
  • Charlie "Mr. Casual" DeChant – saxophone
  • Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass guitar
  • Mickey Curry – drums, percussion
  • "Little Italy Mandolinos" – Daryl Hall, John Oates and Tom "T-Bone" Wolk
  • Larry Fast – synthesizer programming

    • Production

  • Produced by Daryl Hall and John Oates
  • Engineered and Co-produced by Neil Kernon
  • Assistant Engineers: Bruce Buchalter, Michael Somers-Abbott, Barry Harris
  • Recorded at Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY)
  • Mixed by Hugh Padgham
  • Mastered by Bob Ludwig
  • Art Direction: Mick Haggerty and Geoffrey Kent
  • Cover Photography: Hiro (51)
  • Inner Sleeve Photography: Larry Williams
  • Management: Tommy Mottola

    • Album

  • #3 (15 weeks): US Billboard Albums Chart
  • #3: Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart
  • #4: US Billboard Albums Chart -Year End 1983

    • Singles

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

    Songs

    1Maneater4:29
    2Crime Pays4:32
    3Art of Heartbreak3:44

    References

    H2O (Hall & Oates album) Wikipedia
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