Soul Alone

Soul Alone
Studio album by Daryl Hall
Released	September 7, 1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Rock, Pop, Soul
Length	56:17
Label	Epic
Producer	Daryl Hall, Peter Lord Moreland, Michael Peden, V. Jeffrey Smith
Daryl Hall chronology
Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986)Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine1986 Soul Alone (1993) Can't Stop Dreaming (1996)Can't Stop Dreaming1996

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Soul Alone is a 1993 album by Daryl Hall released on Epic Records. Distinct from the sound of Daryl's successful duo Hall & Oates, this album features a more soulful and jazzy feel. However, Epic failed to find a marketing niche for Hall's new sound, and the album was not a commercial success. Soul Alone featured singer Mariah Carey and producer/multi-instrumentalist Walter Afanasieff as composers.^[2] One single was released from the album, the track "I'm in a Philly Mood".^[3] The Japanese version of the album came with an extra 12th track, "I've Finally Seen The Light."

Songwriter Janna Allen, who co-composed "Written In Stone" (the only song on the album Hall didn't have a hand in writing), died two weeks before the album's release. In addition to being a longtime musical collaborator of Hall's, she was the sister of his longtime girlfriend Sara Allen.

Track listing

1. "Power of Seduction" 5:50 (Hall, Moreland, Smith)
2. "This Time" 4:58 (Hall, Sara Allen, Moreland, Smith)
3. "Love Revelation" 4:35 (Hall, Moreland, Smith, Alan Gorrie)
4. "I'm in a Philly Mood" 5:15 (Hall, Moreland, Smith, Gorrie)
5. "Borderline" 6:16 (Hall, L. Flagbe, Michael Peden)
6. "Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You" 4:41 (Marvin Gaye, Hall, S. Allen)
7. "Help Me Find a Way to Your Heart (Hall, Moreland, Smith, Gorrie, Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff)
8. "Send Me" 4:55 (Hall, Moreland, Smith, Gorrie)
9. "Wildfire" 4:58 (Hall, Moreland, Smith, S. Allen)
10. "Money Changes Everything" 4:51 (Hall, Gorrie)
11. "Written in Stone" 5:02 (Janna Allen, S. Dubin, Kevin Savigar)
12. "I've Finally Seen the Light" (Japan only Bonus Track)

Singles

The album's single, I'm In A Philly Mood, went to #82 on the Hot 100 on October 2, 1993 and remained on the chart for two weeks.^[4]

Production

• Produced by Daryl Hall, Peter Lord Moreland, Michael Peden & V. Jeffrey Smith
• Engineers: Paul Max Bloom, Martin Hayles, Yan Meemi, David Morales, Peter Moshay, Michael Peden, John Poppo
• Assistant Engineers: Paul Max Bloom, Yan Meemi
• Mixing: David Morales, Michael Peden, John Poppo
• Mastering: Vladimir Meller

Personnel

• Daryl Hall: keyboards, lead & backing vocals
• Bernard Davis, Trevor Murrell: drums
• Miles Bould: percussion
• Frank Ricotti: vibraphone
• Bob Bitsand, Alan Gorrie, Rich Tancredi: bass guitar
• Tommy Eyre, Eric Kupper, Peter "Ski" Schwartz, Alec Shantzis: keyboards
• Peter Lord Moreland: keyboards, arrangements, backing vocals
• Terry Burrus: acoustic piano
• "Tag": guitars
• V. Jeffrey Smith: electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, synth bass, saxophone, backing vocals
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk: acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar
• Charles DeChant: saxophone
• Phillip Todd: flute, saxophone, EWI programming
• Peter Moshay, Mel Wesson: programming
• The London Session Orchestra: strings
• Strings composed & arranged by Nick Ingman, Arif Mardin & Joe Mardin
• Gavyn Wright: conductor
• Lorna Bannon, Alan Gorrie, Tee Green, Lorraine McIntosh, Sandra St. Victor: backing vocals

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