This 1996 reissue marks the first time ALONG THE RED LEDGE has appeared on CD.
Hall & Oates: Daryl Hall, John Oates.
Reissue producer: Basil Marshall.
Originally released on RCA (2804).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Daryl Hall & John Oates: John Oates (vocals, guitars); Daryl Hall (vocals, keyboards).
Additional personnel: Dick Wagner, Jay Graydon, Rick Nielsen, Robert Fripp, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro, Todd Rundgren, George Harrison, Les Thompson, Steve Foreman, George Bitzer.
Audio Mixer: Ed Sprigg.
Arrangers: Daryl Hall; Gene Page; John Oates; David Foster.
This album continues the mix of Philly soul and hard rock Hall and Oates began to flirt with on BEAUTY ON A BACK STREET. Hall occasionally oversings here. On the attempted big ballad "Have I Been Away Too Long" he confuses melisma with yodeling (which is actually pretty funny, albeit unintentional). Elsewhere, however, the album is smart and tuneful, with "The Last Time"--a Phil Spector tribute--and "Pleasure Beach," a '60s party song complete with cheesy Farfisa organ as particular standouts.
