Daryl Hall, John Oates* – Private Eyes
Tracklist
| A1 | Private Eyes | 3:29 | |
| A2 | Looking For A Good Sign | 3:55 | |
| A3 | I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) | 5:07 | |
| A4 | Mano A Mano | 3:53 | |
| A5 | Did It In A Minute | 3:37 | |
| B1 | Head Above Water | 3:34 | |
| B2 | Tell Me What You Want | 3:50 | |
| B3 | Friday Let Me Down | 3:33 | |
| B4 | Unguarded Minute | 4:08 | |
| B5 | Your Imagination | 3:32 | |
| B6 | Some Men | 4:15 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
- Copyright © – RCA Records
- Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
- Published By – Hot-Cha Music Co.
- Published By – Six Continents Music Publishing, Inc.
- Published By – Fust Buzza Music, Inc.
- Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk
Credits
- Art Direction, Design, Photography By [Cover Photo] – Ed Caraeff
- Bass – John Siegler
- Co-producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Neil Kernon
- Drums – Jerry Marrotta*
- Engineer [Assistant] – Bruce Buckhhalter*
- Lacquer Cut By – RL*
- Lead Guitar, Soloist [Vindaloo Solos] – G. E. Smith*
- Management, Creative Director [Direction] – Tommy Mottola
- Other [Special Thanks To The Champions] – Al Smith, Jeb Brien, Randy Hoffman
- Percussion – Jimmy Maelen
- Photography By [Inner Sleeve Photos] – Lynn Goldsmith
- Producer – Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Saxophone – Charlie De Chant*
- Synthesizer, Programmed By – Larry Fast
- Technician [Equipment Technician] – Michael Klvana
- Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Mandoguitar [Mando Guitar] – John Oates
- Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Guitar [Mandar], Strings [Mandola, Mandocella], Timbales, Programmed By [Compurhythm] – Daryl Hall
Notes
Recorded March-June 1981 at Electric Lady Studios NYC
Includes inner sleeve printed with lyrics.
Labels list first side as "Side A" and second side as "Side One"
A1, A3, A5, B1, B2, B3, B4: © 1981 Hot-Cha Music Co. / Six Continents Music Publishing, Inc. / Fust Buzza Music, Inc.
A2, A4, B5, B6: © 1981 Hot-Cha Music Co. / Six Continents Music Publishing, Inc.
"Looking For A Good Sign" dedicated to David, Eddie, Melvin, Otis & Paul
Runouts are mostly etched, "MASTERDISK", Indianapolis "I" and plating numbers are stamped.
Includes inner sleeve printed with lyrics.
Labels list first side as "Side A" and second side as "Side One"
A1, A3, A5, B1, B2, B3, B4: © 1981 Hot-Cha Music Co. / Six Continents Music Publishing, Inc. / Fust Buzza Music, Inc.
A2, A4, B5, B6: © 1981 Hot-Cha Music Co. / Six Continents Music Publishing, Inc.
"Looking For A Good Sign" dedicated to David, Eddie, Melvin, Otis & Paul
Runouts are mostly etched, "MASTERDISK", Indianapolis "I" and plating numbers are stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7863-54028-1
- Barcode (Scanned): 078635402810
- Rights Society: BMI
- Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): I
- Matrix / Runout (Label A): AFL1-4028-A
- Matrix / Runout (Label B): AFL1-4028-B
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 1): AFL1-4028A-30 MASTERDISK RL I A3 J
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 1): AFL1-4028B-30 I A2 T
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 2): AFL1-4028-A 1 MASTERDISK RL I A2 B
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 2): AFL1-4028-B1 I A1 C
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 3): AFL1-4028-A1 MASTERDISK RL I A3 A
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 3): AFL1-4028-B1 I A1 K
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 4): AFL1-4028-A1 MASTERDISK RL I B1 W
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 4): AFL1-4028-B1 I A3 AA
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 5): AFL1-4028-A1 MASTERDISK RL I A1 S
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 5): AFL1-4028-B1 I B2 T
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 6): AFL1-4028-A 2 MASTERDISK RL I A 2 S
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 6): AFL1-4028-B 1 I B 3 B
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 7): AFL1-4028-A 2 MASTERDISK RL I A2 J
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 7): AFL1-4028-B1 I B2
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Private Eyes (LP, Album, Orange label) | RCA | PL 14028 | 1981 | |||
| Private Eyes (LP, Album) | RCA | AFL1-4028 | Canada | 1981 | |||
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Private Eyes (LP, Album) | RCA Victor | PL-14028 | Spain | 1981 | ||
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Private Eyes (LP, Album) | RCA | PL 14028 | Italy | 1981 | ||
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Private Eyes (LP, Album, Repress, Black label) | RCA | PL 14028 | 1981 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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I have a clean copy of this one, in my opinion the pressing is a bit flat. Not a ton of lower end depth. Even cranked up. Amazing songs, but wish I had more out of it. -
Edited 2 years agoI found a pretty moldy funky basement selling copy that I brought back from the dead. No damage to the record itself so, it was easy to salvage. It sounds amazing. I mean, it's 80's era Hall & Oates. The songwriting and the production of this era was top notch. There was no way that this was going to sound like a bad record any way. -
I have a clean copy of this and although I don’t have a different press to compare it to, after comparing it to their H20 album, this pressing sounds quite boxy with a limited soundstage. Could be production, could be mastering, but I’m not very impressed with the sound quality on this one. Songs are great though. -
Edited 3 years agoThese guys are solid gold. This early recording from '81 shows their amazing writing skills and great singing. A bit of synth pop which ultimately becomes very much their thing.
Highlights of course are "I Can't Go For That", the title track, and "Mano".
Pressing is a good one -
Hall and Oates follow-up to their album Voices, Private Eyes takes on more of that pop-feel found on Voices with Kiss on My List, throw in some synthisizer for good measure, and you've got a pretty good album. The title track definitely is the biggest hit on here, with some very catchy lyrics and good vocals from Hall. Other notable tracks here are I Can't Go for That, Did it in a Minute, Head Above Water, and Looking for a good sign. I can't help but feel on the album that Side A is better than Side B, Side B seems to take on a more darker feel, while Side A sounds very light-hearted.
But this is still a good album, worth a listen, and found very cheaply. Don't hesitate to pick it up.
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