Voices
A masterclass in transitional pop where 70s soul warmth meets the sleek, rhythmic precision of the 80s. Infectious, harmonically rich, and undeniably urban.
July 29, 1980 · Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
A masterclass in transitional pop where 70s soul warmth meets the sleek, rhythmic precision of the 80s. Infectious, harmonically rich, and undeniably urban.
July 29, 1980 · Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Voices represents the exact moment where the grit of 1970s New York studio sessions met the neon-lit precision of the 1980s. It is an album that feels like a city at twilight: vibrant, slightly restless, but ultimately sophisticated. The duo moves away from their more experimental, rock-oriented 70s output toward a sound that is tighter, more rhythmic, and relentlessly melodic. It is the sound of two master songwriters finally realizing how to package their R&B roots into the emerging New Wave aesthetic.
How does Voices sound next to the rest of Daryl Hall & John Oates's catalogue?
Romantic saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.
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