Our Kind of Soul

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Our Kind of Soul
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Studio album by Hall & Oates
Released October 26, 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Soul, pop
Length 69:28
Label U-Watch Records
Producer Daryl Hall, T-Bone Wolk, Greg Bieck
Hall & Oates chronology
Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates
(2004)Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates2004
Our Kind of Soul
(2004)
Home for Christmas
(2006)Home for Christmas2006

Our Kind of Soul is the seventeenth studio album by Hall & Oates, released in 2004.

The album contains three original tracks and 14 covers of soul hits of the 1960s, '70s and '80s. The album is mostly acoustic with some electric guitar and synthesizers.

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Track listing

  1. "Let Love Take Control" (Hall, Oates, Billy Mann)
  2. "Standing In The Shadows of Love" (Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Jr., Brian Holland)
  3. "I'll Be Around" (Thom Bell, Phil Hurtt)
  4. "Used To Be My Girl" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)
  5. "Soul Violins" (Hall, Greg Bieck)
  6. "I Can Dream About You" (Dan Hartman)
  7. "Don't Turn Your Back on Me" (Hall)
  8. "Fading Away" (Warren "Pete" Moore, William Robinson Jr., Robert Rodgers)
  9. "Neither One Of Us" (Jim Weatherly)
  10. "After The Dance" (Marvin Gaye, Leon Ware)
  11. "Rock Steady" (Aretha Franklin)
  12. "Love TKO" (Gip Noble, Cecil Womack, Linda Womack)
  13. "What You See Is What You Get" (Anthony Hester)
  14. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" (Barry White)
  15. "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
  16. "I'm Still In Love With You" (Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr., Willie Mitchell)
  17. "Ooh Child" (Stan Vincent)
  18. "Without You" [Non-US Bonus Track] (Tom Evans, Pete Ham)

Personnel

  • Daryl Hall - lead and background vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
  • John Oates - lead and background vocals, electric guitar
  • Tom "T-Bone" Wolk - acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar
  • Greg Bieck - drum programming, synth strings, keyboards

Additional personnel

  • Dave Sancious - background vocals (3), keyboards (4,8,11,16)
  • Steve Jordan - drums (6,8,11,14)
  • Charles DeChant - horns (8,11,16)
  • Lenny Pickett - horns (8,11,16)
  • Bobby Eli - electric guitar (3,4,12,14)
  • Jeff Catania - electric guitar (6,8)
  • David Spinozza - string arrangements & conductor
  • Robert Shaw - violin & concertmaster (1-4,7,17)
  • Cenovia Cummins - violin (1-4,7,17)
  • Carol Pool - violin (1-4,7,17)
  • Stephanie Cummins - cello (1-4, 7, 17)
  • Sarah Hewitt-Roth - cello (1-4,7,17)