They were lean, nervy and presented without the fuzzy production ticks that hampered the mid-'70s. All these elements would gird Hall & Oates as they broke out in the '80s with a cunning mix of new wave and R&B.This reframing felt like it was already under way, as Along the Red Le...
Hall & Oates had taken a short break after turning more toward rock on 1977's gold-selling Beauty on the Back Street. Hall recorded a solo debut with King Crimson's Robert Fripp that emptied almost all the soul from his sound, only to see the LP shelved. But it wasn't for naught.Fr...