Rock 'n Soul Part 1

For albums with similar names, see Rock and Soul.

Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (also titled Greatest Hits – Rock 'n Soul Part 1) is a greatest hits album by American musical duo Hall & Oates, credited as "Daryl Hall John Oates" on the album cover. Released by RCA Records on October 18, 1983, the album featured mostly hit singles recorded by the duo and released by RCA, along with one single from the duo's period with Atlantic Records and two previously unreleased songs recorded earlier in the year: "Say It Isn't So" and "Adult Education".

Rock 'n Soul Part 1
Greatest hits album by Hall & Oates
Released	October 18, 1983 (1983-10-18)
Recorded	1973 – September 1983 in New York City at Electric Lady Studios
Studio	Electric Lady Studios in New York City
Genre	Pop rock blue-eyed soul
Length	47:48
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Daryl Hall John Oates Bob Clearmountain Christopher Bond Arif Mardin Neil Kernon[1]
Hall & Oates chronology
H2O (1982) Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) Big Bam Boom (1984)
Singles from Rock 'n Soul Part 1
"Say It Isn't So" Released: October 29, 1983 "Adult Education" Released: February 18, 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Wall Street Journal	(favourable)[2]

The album was originally released on LP and cassette, with sides labeled "Side One" and "Side A",^[3] and was the duo's first album to be released on the then-new compact disc format.^{[citation needed]} In 2006, the album was re-released on CD by RCA and Legacy Recordings with two bonus tracks. On October 16, 2015, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab released the album on SACD but it doesn't include the bonus tracks of the 2006 CD.^[4]

The duo paired with HBO for a concert special; it became their first for pay TV; they performed a show at the Montreal Forum in Quebec, Canada on March 10 and 11, 1983; the performance was filmed and released as a VHS called: Rock 'n Soul Live; the video was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 15, 1986, denoting shipments of 500,000.^[5][6][7] The concert premiered on HBO on March 20, 1983; it features selections from the duo's album H₂O; it was directed by Mike Mansfield and produced by Danny O'Donovan.^[5]

This compilation mostly features single versions of the songs.

Artwork and packaging

The cover of Rock 'n Soul Part 1 was illustrated by Nancy Dwyer with photography by Larry Williams and art direction, on the original release, by Jeb Brien, Dwyer and Ron Kellum; in the cover photo, the band members are dressed in the same costumes from the music video for "One on One." The original LP release also featured a limited edition twelve-month calendar for 1984 designed by Joe Telmach.^[3] The 2006 CD release by RCA and Legacy with the reissue's art direction and design by Howard Fritzson and Bob Jones, respectively. The CD case featured four alternate album covers on the inlay with fold-out liner notes with a reproduction of the twelve-month calendar as well as "The Rock 'n Soul Part 1 Sessions" by bassist Tom "T-Bone" Wolk.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Say It Isn't So" (Daryl Hall) – 4:17
2. "Sara Smile" (Hall, John Oates) – 3:09
3. "She's Gone" [Single Version] (Hall, Oates) – 3:26
4. "Rich Girl" (Hall) – 2:24
5. "Kiss on My List" [Single Version] (Hall, Janna Allen) – 3:52
6. "You Make My Dreams" (Hall, Oates, Sara Allen) – 3:07
7. "Private Eyes" [Edited Version] (Hall, S. Allen, J. Allen, Warren Pash) – 3:27
8. "Adult Education" (Hall, Oates, S. Allen) – 5:23
9. "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" [Single Version] (Hall, Oates, S. Allen, J. Allen) – 3:45
10. "Maneater" (Hall, Oates, S. Allen) – 4:31
11. "One on One" [Single Version] (Hall) – 3:57
12. "Wait for Me" [Recorded live at the Montreal Forum in March, 1983] (Hall) – 6:03

2006 remastered CD bonus tracks

13. "Family Man" (Maggie Reilly, Morris Pert, Mike Oldfield, Tim Cross, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye) – 3:25
14. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" [Single Version] (Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 4:09

Personnel

• Daryl Hall – lead vocals (all except 14), keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, vibraphone, arrangements (8)
• John Oates – lead vocals (3, 14), backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, arrangements (8)
• Charlie DeChant – keyboards, saxophones, additional backing vocals
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, additional backing vocals, arrangements (8)
• G. E. Smith – lead guitars
• Mickey Curry – drums

Additional musicians (Tracks 1 & 8)

• Robbie Kilgore – keyboards
• Wells Christy – synthesizers
• Clive Smith – synthesizers
• Jimmy Bralower – drum programming (1)

Production

• Daryl Hall – producer (1, 2 & 5–12)
• John Oates – producer (1, 2 & 5–12)
• Bob Clearmountain – co-producer (1 & 8), engineer (1 & 8), remixing (12)
• Christopher Bond – producer (2 & 4)
• Arif Mardin – producer (3)
• Neil Kernon – co-producer (5–7, 9–11)
• Bruce Buchalter – assistant engineer (1 & 8)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• Nile Rodgers – arrangements (8)
• J. J. Stelmach – calendar design
• Jeb Brien – art direction
• Nancy Dwyer – art direction, illustration
• Ron Kellum – art direction
• Larry Williams – inner sleeve photography
• Tommy Mottola – management

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1983–1984) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[8] 12 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] 12 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 9 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 43 UK Albums (OCC)[13] 16 US Billboard 200[14] 7 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[15] 26

Year-end charts Chart (1984) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 47

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[17]	2× Platinum	200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[18]	Gold	7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	Silver	60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[20]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.