- Our Kind of Soul
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Our Kind of Soul Studio album by Hall & Oates Released October 26, 2004 Recorded 2004 Genre Soul, pop Length 69:28 Label U-Watch Records Producer Daryl Hall, T-Bone Wolk, Greg Bieck Hall & Oates chronology Do It for Love
(2003)Our Kind of Soul
(2004)The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates
(2004, 2005)Our Kind of Soul was Hall & Oates' seventeenth album of all new material, released in 2004.
The album was spawned by Michael McDonald's Motown albums of around the same era. The album contains three original tracks and 14 covers of soul hits of the 1960s, '70s and '80s. The album is mostly acoustic with some electric guitar and synthesizers.
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Track listing
- "Let Love Take Control" (Hall, Oates, Billy Mann)
- "Standing In The Shadows of Love" (Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Jr., Brian Holland)
- "I'll Be Around" (Thom Bell, Phil Hurtt)
- "Used To Be My Girl" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)
- "Soul Violins" (Hall, Greg Bieck)
- "I Can Dream About You" (Dan Hartman)
- "Don't Turn Your Back on Me" (Hall)
- "Fading Away" (Warren "Pete" Moore, William Robinson Jr., Robert Rodgers)
- "Neither One Of Us" (Jim Weatherly)
- "After The Dance" (Marvin Gaye, Leon Ware)
- "Rock Steady" (Aretha Franklin)
- "Love TKO" (Gip Noble, Cecil Womack, Linda Womack)
- "What You See Is What You Get" (Anthony Hester)
- "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" (Barry White)
- "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
- "I'm Still In Love With You" (Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr., Willie Mitchell)
- "Ooh Child" (Stan Vincent)
- "Without You" [Non-US Bonus Track] (Tom Evans, Pete Ham)
Personnel
- Daryl Hall - Lead and background vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar)
- John Oates - Lead and background vocals, electric guitar
- Tom "T-Bone" Wolk - Acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
- Greg Bieck - Drum programming, synth strings, keyboards
Additional personnel
- Dave Sancious - Background vocals (track 3) and keyboards (tracks 4, 8, 11, 16)
- Steve Jordan - Drums (tracks 6, 8, 11, 14)
- Charles DeChant - Horns (tracks 8, 11, 16)
- Lenny Pickett - Horns (tracks 8, 11, 16)
- Bobby Eli - Electric guitar (tracks 3, 4, 12, 14)
- Jeff Catania - Electric guitar (tracks 6, 8)
- David Spinozza - String Arrangements, String Conductor
- Robert Shaw - Violin and concert master (tracks 1-4, 7, 17)
- Cenovia Cummins - Violin (tracks 1-4, 7, 17)
- Carol Pool - Violin (tracks 1-4, 7, 17)
- Stephanie Cummins - Cello (tracks 1-4, 7, 17)
- Sarah Hewitt-Roth - Cello (tracks 1-4, 7, 17)
Daryl Hall · John Oates Studio albums Whole Oats (1972) · Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) · War Babies (1974) · Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) · Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) · Beauty on a Back Street (1977) · Along the Red Ledge (1978) · X-Static (1979) · Voices (1980) · Private Eyes (1981) · H2O (1982) · Big Bam Boom (1984) · Ooh Yeah! (1988) · Change of Season (1990) · Marigold Sky (1997) · Do It for Love (2003) · Our Kind of Soul (2004) · Home for Christmas (2006)
Live albums Livetime (1978) · Sweet Soul Music (1983) · Live at the Apollo (1985)
Compilation albums No Goodbyes (1977) · Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) · Special Mix on CD (1989) · Looking Back – The Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (1991) · VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002)
Singles "How Does It Feel to Be Back" (1980) · "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) · "Kiss on My List" (1981) · "You Make My Dreams" (1981) · "Private Eyes" (1981) · "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) · "Did It in a Minute" (1982) · "Your Imagination" (1982) · "Maneater" (1982) · "One on One" (1983) · "Family Man" (1983) · "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) · "Say It Isn't So" (1983) · "Adult Education" (1984) · "Out of Touch" (1984) · "Method of Modern Love" (1985) · "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" (1985) · "Possession Obsession" (1985) · "Out of Touch" (re-mix) (1985) · "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985) · "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) · "Missed Opportunity" (1988) · "Downtown Life" (1988) · "Talking All Night" (1988) · "Love Train" (1989) · "So Close" (1990) · "Don't Hold Back Your Love" (1991) · "Everywhere I Look" (1991) · "Starting All Over Again" (1991)
Hall solo albums Sacred Songs (1980) · Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986) · Soul Alone (1993) · Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) · Live in Philadelphia (2004)Oates solo albums Phunk Shui (2002) · John Oates: Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House (2004) · John Oates Solo – The Album, The Concert (2006) · 1000 Miles of Life (2008) · Mississippi Mile (2011)Related articles Book:Hall & Oates
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