Beauty on a Back Street
{{short description|1977 studio album by Hall & Oates}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Beauty on a Back Street
| type = Studio album
| artist = Hall & Oates
| cover = Hall_Oates_BOABS.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 11, 1977
| recorded = April 1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2022/01/hall-and-oates-biggest-duo-in-chart-history|title= Rock 'n Soul Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date= January 15, 2022|access-date= March 22, 2024}}
| length = 36:34
| label = RCA Victor
| producer = Christopher Bond
| prev_title = No Goodbyes
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Livetime
| next_year = 1978
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/beauty-on-a-back-street-mw0000186641|title=Beauty on a Back Street – Daryl Hall & John Oates|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2018-09-05}}
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=302}}
}}
Beauty on a Back Street is the sixth studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates, released in 1977 by RCA Records.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Don't Change
| writer1 = Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen
| length1 = 3:37
| title2 = Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?
| writer2 = Hall, Allen
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = You Must Be Good for Something
| writer3 = Hall, Oates
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = The Emptyness
| writer4 = Oates
| length4 = 3:35
| title5 = Love Hurts (Love Heals)
| writer5 = Oates
| length5 = 3:11
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Bigger Than Both of Us
| writer6 = Hall, Oates
| length6 = 4:31
| title7 = Bad Habits and Infections
| writer7 = Hall
| length7 = 6:03
| title8 = Winged Bull
| writer8 = Hall
| length8 = 4:39
| title9 = The Girl Who Used to Be
| writer9 = Oates
| length9 = 4:10
}}
Personnel
- Daryl Hall – lead vocals (1–3, 6–8), backing vocals, keyboards, Polymoog synthesizer, guitars, mandolins
- John Oates – lead vocals (4, 5, 9), backing vocals, rhythm guitars, mando-guitar, electric piano and dulcimer (4)
- Christopher Bond – backing vocals (2–4, 8, 9); keyboards, synthesizers, tonalities, lead 6-string and 12-string guitars (8, 9); arrangements, string arrangements and conductor
- Leland Sklar – bass (1–4, 6–9)
- Jim Hughart – second bass (4)
- Scott Edwards – bass (5)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, electronic drums
- Gary Coleman – percussion, sound effects
- Tom Scott – tenor saxophone (5, 9)
- Tommy Mottola – backing vocals (3)
Production
- Produced by Christopher Bond
- Recorded and Mixed by John Mills
- Assistant Engineer – Linda Tyler
- Strings engineered by Armin Steiner
- Recorded and Mixed at Sound Labs (Hollywood, CA).
- Remixed at The Hit Factory (New York, NY).
- Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
- Art Direction and Design – Dick Smith
- Photography – John Beau
- Production Assistant – Candy Van Duser
- Management and Direction – Tommy Mottola
References
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