Product Description

This was Hall and Oates' most commercially successful album, and in retrospect it's not hard to figure out why; almost every track is either diabolically catchy (just try listening to "Out of Touch" without immediately having the chorus resonate in your head for the next few weeks), danceable ("Method of Modern Love"), arena-rock bombastic ("Bank On Your Love") or all three at the same time ("Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid"). It also helped that H&O had an ear toward hip-hop before most of their contemporaries, as witness the brief mostly instrumental "Dance on Your Knees" that opens the album; it's practically a homage to the Sugar Hill Gang's "White Lines".

Track Listing

1. Dance On Your Knees
2. Out Of Touch
3. Method Of Modern Love
4. Bank On Your Love
5. Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
6. Going Thru’ The Motions
7. Cold Dark And Yesterday
8. All American Girl
9. Posession Obsession
10. Out Of Touch (12" version) (Bonus Track)
11. Method Of Modern Love (12" version) (Bonus Track)
12. Possession Obsession (12” version) (Bonus Track)
13. Dance On Your Knees (12” version) (Bonus Track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53762 in Music
• Released on: 2004-07-26
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Starting to lose it
Out of Touch, the first single from this album, is one of their best (hats off to Mr Oates for the chorus) but the rest sacrifices the melody of their earlier 80s albums for big drum sounds and bombast. It still hangs together better than anything they produced later.

Sheer Brilliance
My wifes car only has a tape player, so hunting under the stairs I found this album. I have binned most tapes from this era, but relistening to this one was a joy! Hall and Oates are best known for soul, but this album is pure pop/dance, brought alive by talented vocals and great arrangements. The amazon review is spot on - Once you have listened to this album you cannot get half of the tunes out of your head! I had to get the CD!