Starting all over again

Artist: Hall & Oates Label: Bmg Int'l Category: Music Average customer rating: Format: Import Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 2 UPC: 743215249122 EAN: 0766484220722 ASIN: B0000088I4 Release Date: 1999-05-21

Starting all over again

Tracks:

1. Maneater
2. Rich Girl
3. Kiss On My List
4. Private Eyes
5. Everything Your Heart Desires
6. Mano A Mano
7. One On One
8. Method Of Modern Love
9. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
10. So Close
11. Sara Smile
12. Why Do Lovers Break Each
13. Family Man
14. Out Of Touch
15. Did It In A Minute
16. Dreamtime
17. It's A Laugh
18. Possession Obsession
19. Starting All Over Again
20. Everywhere I Look
21. Everytime You Go Away
22. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
23. You Make My Dreams
24. Change Of Season
25. Adult Education
26. Back Together Again
27. Kerry
28. Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
29. I Ain't Gonna Take It This Time
30. I Don't Wanna Lose You
31. Say It Isn't So
32. Someone Like You
33. Guessing Games
34. She's Gone
35. Italian Girls
36. Do What You Want Be What

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Customer Reviews:

Far better than Rock n Soul Vol I.......2005-11-17

Their complete spectrum of hits.......2004-05-30

Starting all over again sounds great! It contains the full spectrum of hits such as "she's gone", "rich girl", "kiss on my list", "you make my dreams", "private eyes", "I can't go for that", "man eater", "one and one" (what a gem), "family man", "say it isn't so", "adult education", "out of touch", "method of modern love", "dreamtime" and their last hit from 1988, "everything your heart desires". There is a few less known hits, such as the original version of "every time you go away", "Sara's smile" and there cover of "you've lost that loving feeling".

The only thing that really irritates me about this release is that horrid version of "out of touch". This was my favourite Hall and Oates song. Just can't stand that wacky intro, hense the four star rating. When will BMG release a compilation with the original seven inch version?

This review is based on the two CD set released in Australia.

Not Everything MY Heart Desires.......2004-04-17

Simply stated, the Top 20 hit "Wait For Me" has been omitted. On a collection with 36 tracks, which includes far less successful singles and a plethora of album tracks, there's simply NO excuse for leaving off such a major hit! It reeks of the "let's randomly leave off a major hit or two" strategy used by record labels (most notoriously Capitol, but by no means confined to them) on hits collections since the advent of CDs. How many additional CDs have YOU bought by the same artist just to get songs that were left off earlier CDs?

Now I should state my bias - "Wait For Me" happens to be my favorite single by Daryl Hall & John Oates (who are more popularly known as Hall & Oates, although they have NEVER recorded under that name). It's just a catchy little song with a kind of wistful sadness that really grabs me - and that electric guitar/piano intro just soars straight up to the stars!

But "Wait For Me" is by no means the only omission here. "Your Imagination", one of the duo's most cutting edge singles - and a Top 40 hit - has also been left off. And - can you say "How Does It Feel To Be Back"? Can you sing it? I'm sure you can, but what you can't do is find it on this 2-CD set.

So let me be the one voice in the wilderness to counter these other reviewers (including a Top 50 Reviewer!) that are telling you that this collection has everything you could want by Daryl Hall & John Oates.

With that said, this is still a pretty cool - and eclectic - collection. The inclusion of the album track "Kerry" (it just may have been a single, too, but if so it didn't chart) from their fantastic "Bigger Than the Both of Us" album is a definite plus in favor of buying this collection. The song is one of Daryl Hall's most memorable and enduring compositions. Another nice touch is the inclusion of "Dreamtime", a Daryl Hall solo hit. The rest of the album tracks scattered through this collection make up a wide range of styles, and do tend to represent some of the pair's best work OFF the singles charts.

Of course all the monster 80's hits are here, as well as the classic "She's Gone" from their early years on Atlantic, and the last couple hits from the 90's on Arista.

Just be aware that this collection now has a domestic counterpart (as of Spring of 2004): the 2-disc "Ultimate Daryl Hall & John Oates". Now that collection actually DOES have every Top 40 hit the duo had, plus: some singles that weren't as big; their most recent material for independent labels, including the hit "Do It For Love"; and a few choice album cuts, including two from their classic "Abandoned Luncheonette" album on Atlantic. I'd recommend that over this by far, although... darn it, you really ought to hear "Kerry" if you haven't heard it!

Worth the import price!.......2002-09-22

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