Beauty on a Back Street
by Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Type: Album
- Released: 11 October 1977
- Label: RCA
- Country: United States
- Length: 36:29
- Community rating: 2.95/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: mandoguitar, Jeff Porcaro, Scott Edwards, Leland Sklar, Tommy Mottola, Gary Coleman
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Beauty on a Back Street' marks a noticeably harder-edged and rock-oriented detour for the celebrated blue-eyed soul duo. Recorded with long-time producer Christopher Bond, the sessions reflect the personal turbulence and exhaustion experienced by the pair during a grueling touring schedule. The resulting tracks largely eschew their signature R&B smoothness in favor of dense guitars and aggressive pop-rock structures.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic
Tracklist
- Don't Change (3:35)
- Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart? (3:15)
- You Must Be Good for Something (3:30)
- The Emptyness (3:37)
- Love Hurts (Love Heals) (3:10)
- Bigger Than Both of Us (4:32)
- Bad Habits and Infections (6:02)
- Winged Bull (4:36)
- The Girl Who Used to Be (4:09)
Credits
- Daryl Hall & John Oates - primary artist, arranged by [arrangements by], keyboards, synthesizer [polymoog], mandolin [mandolins], vocals [all vocals by], music by, words by, rhythm guitar [rhythm guitars], mandoguitar [mando guitar], electric piano, dulcimer
- Leland Sklar - bass guitar
- Jeff Porcaro - drums, electronic drums
- Greg Calbi - lacquer cut by
- Nicole - other [one-liners by]
- Gary Coleman - percussion, effects [special effects]
- Sara Allen - words by
- Jim Hughart - bass guitar [2nd bass guitar]