Private Eyes

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艺人: Hall & Oates
语种: 英语
厂牌: RCA
发行时间: 1981年09月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Hall & Oates were in the middle of recording Private Eyes when Voices suddenly, unexpectedly broke big, with &Kiss on My List& reaching number one not just on the Billboard charts, but in Cashbox and Record World. As the album's producer, Neil Kernon, admits in Ken Sharp's liner notes to the 2004 reissue of the album, everybody knew that the new record would have to do better than Voices, but even if Hall & Oates were under a lot of pressure, they were in the fortunate position of not just having reintroduced their modernized, new wave-influenced blue-eyed soul on their previous record, but they already had much of the material nailed down. In other words, the sound and songs on Private Eyes were essentially conceived when the group was confident of the artistic breakthrough of Voices but not swaggering with the overconfidence of being the biggest pop act in America, and the result is one of their best albums and one of the great mainstream pop albums of the early '80s. Hall & Oates don't repeat the formula of Voices; they expand it, staying grounded in pop-soul but opening up the stylized production, so it sounds both cinematic and sharp. Lots of subtle effects are layered on the voices, guitars, and pianos as they mingle with synthesized instruments, from the keyboard loops that give &Head Above Water& a restless momentum to the drum machine that lends &I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)& a sexy, seductive groove. ... Read More...

Private Eyes

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