From 1980-1984, the Billboard chart could have been dubbed the Hall & Oates chart for their seemingly never ending assault of number one singles (amazingly, they never had a number one album). However, after Big Bam Boom and their live pre-sabbatical At the Apollo, Hall again embarked on his solo album for six/seven years and the overblown Three Hearts and its happy ending machine were born. When they returned on Arista in 1988, they delivered a very good album in Ooh Yeah. But the legendary Hall & Oates were treated as comeback artists. Pulling the rug from under their feet, critics slammed the album as the worst for a decade. A case of old news. Ooh Yeah is shock horror as good as H2O or Private Eyes, but the stigma of bad apple gave it a bad name. Ironically, Oates enjoyed U.S. Top Ten success at the time thanks to a collaboration with Icehouse on "Electric Blue," and with Hall, the lead single "Everything Your Heart Desires" managed an admirable number three. The album itself is more or less standard but shows a creative touch towards the end with its trilogy: "Soul Love," "reaLove," and "Keep On Pushing Love." ~ Kelvin Hayes, All Music Guide
Mike Scott (Engineer), John Oates (Performer), Janna Allen (Vocals (Background)), Daryl Hall (Arranger), Tommy Mottola (Management), James Hellman (Keyboard Technician), T-Bone Wolk (Guitar (Bass)), Jimmy Bralower (Drum Programming), Al Smith (?), Pat Buchanan (Guitar), T-Bone Wolk (Accordion), Pat Buchanan (Guitar (Rhythm)), Jeff Bova (Programming), Jane Arginteanu (?), Tom T-Bone Walk (Producer), Sammy Merendino (Synthesizer), Jimmy Bralower (Sequencing), Mike Klvana (Synclavier), T-Bone Wolk (Arranger), John Oates (Producer), Bob Clearmountain (Mixing), Mike Scott (Mixing), Jerry Goodman (Vocals), Laura Levine (Hand Tinting), Craig Vogel (Assistant), Roger Tarkov (Mixing Assistant), Brian Doyle (?), Tony Beard (Drums), Daryl Hall (Keyboards), Maude Gilman (Art Direction), Mark Corbin (Assistant), Chris Porter (Mixing), Vince Guttman (Drum Technician), Gary Wright (Mixing Assistant), T-Bone Wolk (Bass), Jeff Bova (Synthesizer), T-Bone Wolk (Keyboards), Jeb Brien (?), Jeff Bova (Synthesizer Programming), Daryl Hall (Guitar (Electric)), Daryl Hall (Bass), T-Bone Wolk (Vibraphone), Mike Klvana (Keyboard Technician), Daryl Hall (Guitar), Daryl Hall (Vocals), Daryl Hall (Synthesizer), T-Bone Wolk (Guitar), Mark Rivera (Saxophone), Philippe Saisse (Synthesizer Programming), Jimmy Ripp (Guitar), James Hellman (Synthesizer), John Oates (Linn 9000), Rick Iantosca (Tom-Tom), Daryl Hall (Synthesizer Bass), Sammy Merendino (Drum Programming), John Oates (Vocals), Danny Wolensky (Saxophone), Sammy Merendino (Sequencing), John Oates (Keyboards), Lenny Pickett (Saxophone), Rick Marotta (Drums), Scott Forman (Assistant), Philippe Saisse (Keyboards), Pat Rustici (?), John Oates (Guitar), Daryl Hall (Producer), T-Bone Wolk (Synthesizer Bass), Narada Michael Walden (Drums), Sammy Merendino (Percussion), Jeff Bova (Sequencing), T-Bone Wolk (Producer), Gary Wright (Assistant), Mark Corbin (Mixing Assistant), Roger Tarkov (Assistant), James Hellman (MIDI Technician), Keisuke Kuwata (Vocals), Danny Wilensky (Saxophone), Laura Levine (Photography), John Oates (Arranger), Sammy Merendino (Programming), Rick Iannacone (Percussion), John Oates (Programming), Philippe Saisse (Synthesizer), Narada Michael Walden (Arranger), Rob Klein (?), Tommy Mottola (Direction), Jimmy Bralower (Programming), Scott Forman (Mixing Assistant), Daryl Hall (Vibraphone), T-Bone Wolk (Vocals), Daryl Hall (Performer), Sammy Figueroa (Percussion), Gary Wright (Assistant Engineer), Sammy Merendino (Timbales), Mel Terpos (Guitar Technician), Randy Hoffman (?), James Hellman (Synthesizer Programming), Janna Allen (Vocals), John Oates (Synthesizer), Craig Vogel (Mixing Assistant), Bashiri Johnson (Percussion), Pael Presco (Guitar), Jerry Goodman (Violin (Electric))
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 H2O.
