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May 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

John Oates: Arkansas

John Oates Arkansas PS Records One of the strangest things you’ll hear – or hear about – in music this year is John Oates doing a country album. Yes, he of Hall & Oates, the Maneater/She’s Gone co-creator. There’s nothing on this album that sounds like anything he did with Daryl Hall. And there’s no […]

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February 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 584

Daryl Hall, Three Hearts In The Happy Ending Machine (1986) What was Daryl Hall trying to say when he posed next to a cow for the cover inlay here? That he didn’t need John Oates at all? That he could make music with anyone? That he was, erm, milking it… We may never know. But […]

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December 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 970

Daryl Hall & John Oates, Hall & Oates Collection (1981) Probably my favourite rediscovery of 2014 was the music of Hall & Oates – and so when I rushed out recently to buy Private Eyes I also returned with this – a handy collection of the duo’s earlier work – including some great songs like […]