Beauty on a Back Street

Studio album by Hall & Oates

Released

September 1977

Recorded

1977

Pop, rock

Christopher Bond

Hall & Oates chronology

No Goodbyes
(1977)

Beauty on a Back Street
(1977)

Livetime
(1978)

Beauty on a Back Street is the sixth studio album by Hall & Oates, released in 1977.

This album takes a more rock-oriented approach, similar to War Babies, but more streamlined and polished.

Both Daryl Hall and John Oates claim to hate this album, and many of Hall and Oates' most comprehensive compilations, such as The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates (originally released as Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates) and the 2009 box set, Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Hall and Oates, do not include any songs from this album (although the "3.0" edition of The Essential does contain the album's sole charting single, "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts?" as a bonus track).

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	(not rated) link

Track listing

Side One

"Don't Change" (Hall, Oates) (3:37)
"Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?" (Sara Allen, Hall) (3:16)
"You Must Be Good for Something" (Hall, Oates) (3:32)
"The Emptyness" (Oates) (3:35)
"Love Hurts (Love Heals)" (Oates) (3:11)

Side Two

"Bigger Than Both of Us" (Hall, Oates) (4:31)
"Bad Habits and Infections" (Hall) (6:03)
"Winged Bull" (Hall) (4:39)
"The Girl Who Used to Be" (Oates) (4:10)

Personnel

Daryl Hall - lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8), backing vocals, keyboards, Polymoog synthesizer, guitars, mandolins
John Oates - lead vocals (4, 5, 9), backing vocals, rhythm guitars, mando-guitar, dulcimer (4), electric piano (4)
Tom Scott - tenor saxophone (5, 9)
Christopher Bond - background vocals (2, 3, 4, 8, 9); keyboards, synthesizers, tonalities, lead 6 and 12 string guitars (8, 9); arrangements, conductor, string arrangements
Jeff Porcaro - drums, electronic drums
Gary Coleman - percussion, sound effects
Lee Sklar - bass (1-4, 6-9)
Scott Edwards - bass (5)
Jim Hughart - second bass (4)
Tommy Mottola - background vocals (3)

Production

Produced by Christopher Bond
Recorded and Engineered by John Mills
Assistant Engineer: Linda Tyler
Strings engineered by Armin Steiner
Recorded and Mixed at Sound Labs (Hollywood, CA)
Remixed at Hit Factory (New York, NY)
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Stetling Sound (New York, NY)
Art Direction: Dick Smith
Photography: John Beau
Production Assistant: Candy Van Duser
Management and Direction: Tommy Mottola

Hall & Oates

Daryl Hall John Oates

Studio albums	Whole Oats (1972) Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) War Babies (1974) Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) Beauty on a Back Street (1977) Along the Red Ledge (1978) X-Static (1979) Voices (1980) Private Eyes (1981) H₂O (1982) Big Bam Boom (1984) Ooh Yeah! (1988) Change of Season (1990) Marigold Sky (1997) Do It for Love (2003) Our Kind of Soul (2004) Home for Christmas (2006)

Live albums	Livetime (1978) Live at the Apollo (1985)

Compilation albums	No Goodbyes (1977) Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) The Atlantic Collection (1996) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001) VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002) Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004) The Singles (2008)

Singles	"She's Gone" (1974) "Sara Smile" (1976) "Rich Girl" (1977) "Wait for Me" (1979) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) "Kiss on My List" (1981) "You Make My Dreams" (1981) "Private Eyes" (1981) "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) "Did It in a Minute" (1982) "Maneater" (1982) "One on One" (1983) "Family Man" (1983) "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) "Say It Isn't So" (1983) "Adult Education" (1984) "Out of Touch" (1984) "Method of Modern Love" (1985) "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985) "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) "Love Train" (1989) "So Close" (1990) "Do It for Love" (2002) "Someday We'll Know" (2003) "Getaway Car" (2003) "I'll Be Around" (2004) "Without You" (2004) "I Can Dream About You" (2005) "Ooh Child" (2005) "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (2006)

Hall solo albums	Sacred Songs (1980) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986) Soul Alone (1993) Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) Laughing Down Crying (2011)

Oates solo albums	Phunk Shui (2002) John Oates: Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House (2004) John Oates Solo – The Album, The Concert (2006) 1000 Miles of Life (2008) Mississippi Mile (2011) The Bluesville Sessions (2012) Good Road to Follow (2014)

Related articles	Discography Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates Live from Daryl's House

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