Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2009)

Product Summary Label: RCA RECORDS/SBME UPC: 00886973697429 Release Date: 10/13/2009 Buy.com Sku: 211981828 Item#: M4RCS9 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Girl I Love You - (with The Temptones) ~ Hall & Oates 2. I Need Your Love - (with The Masters) ~ Hall & Oates 3. Say These Words of Love - (with The Temptones) ~ Hall & Oates 4. Perkiomen ~ Hall & Oates 5. I'm Sorry ~ Hall & Oates 6. Fall In Philadelphia ~ Hall & Oates 7. Waterwheel ~ Hall & Oates 8. Lilly (Are You Happy) ~ Hall & Oates 9. Had I Known You Better Then ~ Hall & Oates 10. Las Vegas Turnaround ~ Hall & Oates 11. She's Gone ~ Hall & Oates 12. You're Much Too Soon ~ Hall & Oates 13. Is It a Star ~ Hall & Oates 14. It's Uncanny ~ Hall & Oates 15. Love You Like a Brother ~ Hall & Oates 16. Lady Rain - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates 17. Beanie G. and the Rose Tattoo - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates 18. Better Watch Your Back - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates 19. Abandoned Luncheonette - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates 20. When the Morning Comes - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Camellia ~ Hall & Oates 2. Sara Smile ~ Hall & Oates 3. Alone Too Long ~ Hall & Oates 4. Gino (the Manager) [2009 Remix] - (remix, previously unreleased) ~ Hall & Oates 5. Ennui On the Mountain ~ Hall & Oates 6. Out of Me, Out of You ~ Hall & Oates 7. Back Together Again ~ Hall & Oates 8. Rich Girl ~ Hall & Oates 9. Crazy Eyes ~ Hall & Oates 10. Have I Been Away Too Long ~ Hall & Oates 11. August Day ~ Hall & Oates 12. It's a Laugh ~ Hall & Oates 13. I Don't Wanna Lose You [7" Remix] - (remix) ~ Hall & Oates 14. Wait For Me ~ Hall & Oates 15. Time's Up (Alone Tonight) ~ Hall & Oates 16. Woman Comes and Goes, The ~ Hall & Oates 17. How Does It Feel To Be Back ~ Hall & Oates 18. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling ~ Hall & Oates 19. Kiss On My List ~ Hall & Oates 20. Everytime You Go Away - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. You Make My Dreams ~ Hall & Oates 2. Private Eyes ~ Hall & Oates 3. Head Above Water ~ Hall & Oates 4. Did It In a Minute ~ Hall & Oates 5. Your Imagination ~ Hall & Oates 6. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) ~ Hall & Oates 7. Don't Go Out - (previously unreleased) ~ Hall & Oates 8. Maneater ~ Hall & Oates 9. Family Man ~ Hall & Oates 10. One On One ~ Hall & Oates 11. Go Solo ~ Hall & Oates 12. Say It Isn't So ~ Hall & Oates 13. Adult Education ~ Hall & Oates 14. Out of Touch [7" Version] ~ Hall & Oates 15. Method of Modern Love ~ Hall & Oates 16. Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid ~ Hall & Oates 17. Possession Obsession ~ Hall & Oates 18. Nite At the Apollo Live! the Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl [7" Version], A - (live, featuring David Ruffin/Eddie Kendrick) ~ Hall & Oates Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Everything Your Heart Desires [Video Mix] - (remix) ~ Hall & Oates 2. Missed Opportunity ~ Hall & Oates 3. Keep On Pushin' Love ~ Hall & Oates 4. Storm Warning - (previously unreleased) ~ Hall & Oates 5. Change of Season ~ Hall & Oates 6. Starting All Over Again - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates 7. So Close - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates 8. Do It For Love ~ Hall & Oates 9. Forever For You ~ Hall & Oates 10. Heartbreak Time ~ Hall & Oates 11. All the Way From Philadelphia - (previously unreleased) ~ Hall & Oates 12. Have You Ever Been In Love - (previously unreleased) ~ Hall & Oates 13. Me and Mrs. Jones - (live) ~ Hall & Oates 14. I Want Someone [Live From Daryl's House] - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates 15. Do What You Want, Be What You Are - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Hall & Oates 16. Dreamer ['72-'09 Redux] - (remix, previously unreleased) ~ Hall & Oates They are the most successful pop music duo of all time. Daryl Hall and John Oates have long since surpassed Simon and Garfunkel and the Everly Brothers in the annals of pop pairings, having scored no less than 22 Billboard Top 20 singles, including six number ones, six platinum albums (sales of more than one million copies) plus another six gold LPs (sales of more than 500,000 units). Spanning the years 1966-2009, DO WHAT YOU WANT, BE WHAT YOU ARE: THE MUSIC OF DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES, the definitive Hall & Oates anthology, collects 74 sublime tracks, culled from seven different labels on its four discs. The set showcases 16 previously unreleased cuts including a host of wonderful live performances, as well as never before heard studio tracks and remixes. This set is enhanced with an eloquent introductory essay penned by pop critic Roy Trakin, plus invaluable track-by-track annotation and commentary regarding each track by Daryl Hall and John Oates, drawn from extensive interviews by Ken Sharp.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Author: Ken Sharp. Photographers: Chris Walter; David Gahr; Ken Regan; Neal Preston; Lynn Goldsmith; Laura Levine; John Rockwood; Larry Williams . It's telling that DO WHAT YOU WANT TO BE WHAT YOU ARE, Sony/Legacy's comprehensive, career-spanning Daryl Hall and John Oates box set, takes its title from a moderately successful mid-'70s single from the duo, written and recorded just as the group was hitting their creative stride. The slow Philly groove of "Do What You Want Be Who You Are" may have hearkened back to the duo's soul roots, side-stepping some of the outr? pop experiments they had done just two years earlier on War Babies, but Hall & Oates took the title's sentiment to heart, blurring boundaries between rock, pop, and soul in a way that wasn't always easy to appreciate at the peak of their popularity in the '80s. During that decade, Hall & Oates were omnipresent, seemingly dominating every radio format and MTV, racking up so many hits that it was easy to overlook how "Private Eyes" wore bright, angular New Wave threads, or how "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" pulsated on electronic rhythms, not to mention the duo's earliest folk-rock records. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO BE brings all this into perspective, rounding up all the group's big hits and sharply selected album tracks, enhancing the canon with several rarities ranging from early singles (Hall as a member of the Temptones, Oates as one of the Masters) to a host of live cuts from throughout the years. Many of the live tracks are mildly revelatory--particularly the lengthy stretch of WAR BABIES material at the end of Disc One, which diminishes the Todd Rundgren influence and emphasizes Hall & Oates' muscular melodicism. The group's fort? was within the studio, where they set the sounds of the time, from the lush early '70s to the synthesized '80s. This, too, is where the box shines, when it traces the duo's remarkable, restless progression from WHOLE OATES to BIG BAM BOOM, a narrative that takes up the first three discs of the four-disc set. Like many career-spanning boxes, this does lose a little momentum on the last disc, when the hits start to slow down, but by smartly balancing outtakes and unreleased concert cuts, this final disc makes a convincing argument for Hall & Oates' enduring strengths adding a fitting coda to a box that stands as a testament to the duo's considerable musical legacy. Producer: Rob Santos (Compilation); Jeremy Holiday (Compilation) Musical Guests David Ruffin Eddie Kendrick   Compilation Appearances 1982-Billboard Top Hits Two Rooms-Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin Wcbs-Fm 25th Anniversary Edition - The Best Of The 70's Best Of The 70's 80's Rock Hits Wedding Singer-Vol. 2 Vol. 8 Runaway Bride Wogl's Philly Favorites Eyes Have It Smooth Grooves-After Hours More Pure 80's Pure 80's Hits 1970's Americas Top 10 #2 WITH A BULLET-HITS OF THE 80s Hit Me With Your 80's Box Jukebox Hits Of The 70's Jukebox Hits Of The 80's Cherish Everything '80s Mega Rock 2 Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection-70's Sound Of The 70'S-supe898 Wogl's Philly Favorites Sounds of the 80's: Classic 80's Casey Kasem Presents: americas Top Ten Anchorman Deep Groove Vol 1 Pure 80's Party Gold(2cd) Another Lost Decade: The '80s Hard to Find Vice City(box Set) 1002 Gold: 80's Pure 80's:number 1's Best Of Blue Eyed Soul #1 Hits: Classic 80's Rock #1 Hits: Retro 80's Rock 80's #1 Hits Billboard #1S: The 70's Barry Williams 70's Music Explosion Hits Of The 80'S-3cd Tin Superstars Of The 80's #1 Super 70'S Hits 1006 All No 1 Hits 70's Seventies: Soft 70'S Gold 2 Gold:soft Rock Classic Soft Rock Christmas Whole Oats Atlantic Soul (1959-1975) The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas Top Of The Pop Hits:70's Vol 1 Top Of The Pop Hits:80's Atlantic Records: Time Capsule (Limited Edition) Bugged Out Mix By Hot Chip 500 Days Of Summer (Soundtrack)   Associated Artists and Works Beach Boys (The) Hall, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall, Daryl Live At The Apollo With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendr ~ Hall, Daryl The Collection: H2O/Private Eyes/Voices [Box] ~ Hall, Daryl   Technical Info Release Date : 10/13/2009 Original Release Date : 2009 Catalog ID : 36974 Label : RCA Records (USA) Number of Discs : 4 Runtime : 314m : 42s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00886973697429   Professional Reviews Spin (p.82) - "This career-spanning four-CD box proves that Hall is one of the few truly great blue-eyed soul singers..."    Product Images