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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
For me this just shades it over H20 as the best Hall and Oates album. It's maybe a bit less consistent but has a touch more new wave grit left over from Voices. The title track is near-perfect pop and I Can't Go for That is a trailblazing pop-soul pension fund. Elsewhere, Did It in a Minute and Head Above Water are great soft rock and Looking for a Good Sign is a Temptations homage. Hall's voice has never been better and Oates's songs are typically earnest stompers.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The times they are a changin!!!
More & more of us "Consumers" are either burning albums from our mates,or downloading them,because,let`s face it,it`s easier & cheaper for us all to do!
Iv`e heard that the future of our music purchasing may very well lie in downloading individual tracks from a bands new album on the net,& that this will replace our traditional visit to the local music store to buy a band`s whole album.
I must admit,I can see the logic in that.
I own about 300 Albums,on both vinyl & CD.
Each album has an average 12 song content.
4 of those songs on each album are fantastic tunes,& are the reason that I bought it.
Typically,the rest of the songs on each,have me reaching for the "Skip Button" and are really just album fillers.
This is where I finally get to my point about "Private Eyes"!!!
It is one of those very rare things,an album that you can leave on,& enjoy every track from start to finish!!!
The instant stand out tunes are the title track & of course the classic "I Can`t Go For That".
The intro bass line in the latter has been "borrowed!" by many other artists,(too numerous to mention)but here is the original.
"Head Above Water" is another great offering,as is "Looking For A Good Sign".
I noticed that the best selling Hall & Oates album on Amazon was,rather predictably, a "Best Of" compilation.
Of course,I would strongly advise anyone to buy the above,
but in addition,why not be a bit different,& buy yourself "Private Eyes"
It would definately be one of my "Desert Island Discs"
More & more of us "Consumers" are either burning albums from our mates,or downloading them,because,let`s face it,it`s easier & cheaper for us all to do!
Iv`e heard that the future of our music purchasing may very well lie in downloading individual tracks from a bands new album on the net,& that this will replace our traditional visit to the local music store to buy a band`s whole album.
I must admit,I can see the logic in that.
I own about 300 Albums,on both vinyl & CD.
Each album has an average 12 song content.
4 of those songs on each album are fantastic tunes,& are the reason that I bought it.
Typically,the rest of the songs on each,have me reaching for the "Skip Button" and are really just album fillers.
This is where I finally get to my point about "Private Eyes"!!!
It is one of those very rare things,an album that you can leave on,& enjoy every track from start to finish!!!
The instant stand out tunes are the title track & of course the classic "I Can`t Go For That".
The intro bass line in the latter has been "borrowed!" by many other artists,(too numerous to mention)but here is the original.
"Head Above Water" is another great offering,as is "Looking For A Good Sign".
I noticed that the best selling Hall & Oates album on Amazon was,rather predictably, a "Best Of" compilation.
Of course,I would strongly advise anyone to buy the above,
but in addition,why not be a bit different,& buy yourself "Private Eyes"
It would definately be one of my "Desert Island Discs"
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Identical to the US remaster
5 Feb 2006
Format:Audio CD
If you are looking to get this album, don't spend the extra money on this import. It is identical to the US remaster and bonus tracks. The remaster credits in the liner notes are the same as the US remaster. The only difference here is that you get a Japanese mini booklet with a translation and some liner notes in Japanese. If you speak Japanese, go right ahead.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Rock n' roll with rocking soul
12 Jan 2006
Format:Audio CD
The BMG 2004 reissue of "Private Eyes" brings out the sharpness in what is already one of Hall and Oates' most important albums. There's not a clunker in any of the 11 original songs and two remixes, from the title track to the 12-inch version of "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)."
The sound reproduction, cleaner than either the original RCA CD or 1996 BMG reissue, also lets listeners hear how the duo tried to balance technology and sound effects with live instrumentation, never letting one take over the other. Even when the song is almost all computer and synth -- "I Can't Go For That" -- it's done with such balance that it still sounds perfect a quarter century later. You can hear Daryl and John coming into their own as songwriters and producers.
The reissue also gives the band's fans a chance to hear lost gems sounding better than ever -- especially "Looking For a Good Sign" and "Unguarded Minute." They can also debate the merits of the original "Your Imagination" version vs. its 12-inch remix. While the pounding, heavily-electronic remix was the basis for the single and MTV versions of the song, the album mix (with its acoustic drums and cymbals) wins out on sheer quality.
Also dig Ken Sharp's liner notes, which give listeners an interesting window into the duo's working dynamic, especially from Neil Kernon, their co-producer here and on "H2O."
It's hard to improve on a classic, but BMG does so here.
The sound reproduction, cleaner than either the original RCA CD or 1996 BMG reissue, also lets listeners hear how the duo tried to balance technology and sound effects with live instrumentation, never letting one take over the other. Even when the song is almost all computer and synth -- "I Can't Go For That" -- it's done with such balance that it still sounds perfect a quarter century later. You can hear Daryl and John coming into their own as songwriters and producers.
The reissue also gives the band's fans a chance to hear lost gems sounding better than ever -- especially "Looking For a Good Sign" and "Unguarded Minute." They can also debate the merits of the original "Your Imagination" version vs. its 12-inch remix. While the pounding, heavily-electronic remix was the basis for the single and MTV versions of the song, the album mix (with its acoustic drums and cymbals) wins out on sheer quality.
Also dig Ken Sharp's liner notes, which give listeners an interesting window into the duo's working dynamic, especially from Neil Kernon, their co-producer here and on "H2O."
It's hard to improve on a classic, but BMG does so here.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I can go for this!
13 Jan 2008
Format:Audio CD
Another toppest album from Hall and Oates' golden years. Has the hard to find classics: "Friday Let Me Down", "Ungaurded Minute", "Head Above Water", and the song that gets me every time "Did it in a Minute".
If you haven't heard those songs, you are missing out.
If you haven't heard those songs, you are missing out.
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