Voices
- 艺人
- Hall & Oates
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- RCA
- 发行时间
- 1980年02月14日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
At the close of the '70s, Hall & Oates began inching toward a sleek, modern sound, partially inspired by the thriving punk and new wave scene and partially inspired by Daryl Hall's solo debut, Sacred Songs, a surprising and successful collaboration with art rock legend Robert Fripp. While 1979's X-Static found the duo sketching out this pop/soul/new wave fusion, it didn't come into fruition until 1980's Voices, which was their creative and commercial breakthrough. Essentially, Voices unveils the version of Hall & Oates that made them the most successful duo in pop history, the version that ruled the charts for the first half of the '80s. During the '70s, Hall & Oates drifted from folky singer/songwriters to blue-eyed soulmen, with the emphasis shifting on each record. On Voices, they place their pop craftsmanship front and center, and their production (assisted by engineer/mixer Neil Kernon) is clean, spacious, sleek, and stylish, clearly inspired by new wave yet melodic and polished enough for the mainstream. Thanks to the singles &Kiss on My List& and &You Make My Dreams& (and, to a lesser extent, their remake of the Righteous Brothers' &You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling& and the original version of the heartbreaking ballad &Everytime You Go Away,& later popularized by Paul Young), the mainstream enthusiastically embraced Hall & Oates, and the ubiquitousness of these hits obscures the odder, edgier elements of Voices, whether it's the rushed, paranoid &United State,& tense &Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect),& the superb Elvis Costello-styled &Big Kids,& the postmodern doo wop tribute &Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear the Voices),& or even John Oates' goofy &Africa.& Apart from the latter, these are the foundation of the album, the proof that the duo wasn't merely a stellar singles act, but expert craftsmen as writers and record-makers. The next few albums were bigger hits, but they topped the charts on the momentum created by Voices, and it still stands as one of their great records.
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