DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES "PRIVATE EYES" MFSL, LP, LE, NE, SO, 180G, NEW/SEALED

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                                                               DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 'PRIVATE EYES'
ORIGINALLY RECORDED (1981) AND RELEASED ON RCA RECORDS, REISSUED AND REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES, HALF-SPEED PRODUCTION AND MASTERING BY MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB, LIMITED EDITION (RELEASED JANUARY 18, 2014), NUMBERED EDITION (#2935), SOLD-OUT EDITION, SPECIALLY PLATED AND PRESSED ON 180 GRAMS OF HIGH DEFINITION VINYL, SPECIAL STATIC FREE-DUST FREE INNER SLEEVE, HEAVY DUTY PROTECTIVE PACKAGING.
"FREEING THEMSELVES FROM SOULFUL FOLK, DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES DEVELOPED INTO HOUSEHOLD NAMES ON 1980'S SLEEK, STYLISH, AND POP-SOPHISTICATED "VOICES"-A BLOCKBUSTER 'ROLLING STONE' PERFECTLY DESCRIBED AS TEACHING THE GROUP "THE WAY TO MAKE ROCK GIRLS, DISCO GIRLS, AND NEW-WAVE GIRLS SCREAM TOGETHER. ANCHORED BY THE SMASHES "KISS ON MY LIST" AND "YOU MAKE MY DREAMS", IT SIGNIFIES THE BEGINNING OF THE ALL-TIME BEST-SELLING BOY-BOY DUO'S CHART DOMINANCE THAT CONTINUED WITH "PRIVATE EYES" AND "H2O", MULTI-PLATINUM AFFAIRS THAT STRIKE A KEEN EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN POLISH, MELODY, MUSCLE, AND CRAFT. 1980'S POP DOESN'T COME MORE VETTED. THIS 1981 ALBUM ESTABLISHED PARAMETERS FOR DECADE'S CELEBRATED POP SOUNDS. HALL & OATES COULD'VE EASILY FOLLOWED THE PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED ON THEIR BREAKTHROUGH "VOICES", DONE NOTHING ELSE, AND WATCHED 1981'S FOLLOW-UP "PRIVATE EYES" SCALE THE CHARTS. YET THE DUO CONTINUES TO PRESS FORWARD, FURTHER REFINING THE ERA-DEFINING STYLISTIC MELANGE THAT PROPELLED THEM TO MASS STARDOM A YEAR PRIOR. THE CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC PEAK OF THE ALL-TIME BEST-SELLING MALE DUO'S OUTPUT, "PRIVATE EYES" DELIVERS RELENTLESS POP BLISS AND FUNCTIONS AS AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL THAT, AS 'ROLLING STONE' OPINED, STILL TEACHES "THE WAY TO MAKE ROCK GIRLS, DISCO GIRLS, AND NEW-WAVE GIRLS SCREAM TOGETHER. FOR THE FIRST TIME, LISTENERS CAN GET INSIDE THE SONG'S INTERNAL MECHANISMS BY EXPERIENCING FIRST-HAND THE VAST SURFEIT UNDERSTATED SONIC EFFECTS. WELL-APPOINTED TONES NOW GRACE THE ARRAY OF GUITARS, PIANOS, BASSES, AND VOICES PLACED AGAINST SYNTHESIZED BACKDROPS. EACH MEMBER'S SINGING ALSO CLAIMS ENHANCED INTIMACY AND BALANCE. ADVANCING THEIR RHYTHMIC SUPPORT AND MELODIC SYMMETRY, HALL & OATES GIVE EXTRA SPACE TO THEIR STILL-UNDERRATED BACKING BAND, AFFORDING THE MATERIAL A MUSCULAR PUNCH AND ORGANIC WARMTH CRUCIAL TO THEIR SUCCESS AND ABILITY TO TRANSCEND THE LARGELY ARTIFICIAL ERA. WHILE THE TANDEM'S PEERS OFTEN RELIED ON ROBOTIC MECHANISMS AND NOW-DATED KEYBOARD NOISES, HALL & OATES WISELY MERGE THE PERIOD'S SAVVY SOUNDS WITH TRIED-AND-TRUE SOULFUL INSTRUMENTATION. REFLECTING THE ALBUM'S INFALLIBLE LEVEL OF QUALITY CONTROL, NO SONG DISAPPOINTS. THE THREE 'TOP 40' SINGLES-THE TITLE TRACK, "I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)", AND "YOUR IMAGINATION"-FEATURE CLEVER ELEMENTS SUCH AS HAND-CLAPPED CHORUSES AND STACCATO PIANO LINES. THE DISTINCTIVE TRAITS COMPLEMENT THE DUO'S HALLMARK HARMONY VOCALS AND ADD R&B FLAVORS TO ALREADY-SCINTILLATING POP CONCOCTIONS. YET "PRIVATE EYES" PLEASURES ADVANCE WELL BEYOND THE RADIO SINGLES. WHETHER WITNESSED VIA THE TAUT TENSION OF "SOME MEN", REGGAE-SPLASHED "TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT", OR MOTOWN HOMAGE "LOOKING FOR A GOOD SIGN":, THE GROUP'S BLEND OF DANCE VIBES, ELECTRIFYING HOOKS, KEYBOARD LOOPS, AND SLEEK BEATS EPITOMIZES SEDUCTION, STYLE, AND SWAGGER.
                      "PRIVATE EYES" IS AN 80'S JUGGERNAUT THAT HASN'T LOST A STEP. UTTERLY CLASSIC!