Laughing Down Crying
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{{Infobox album
| name = Laughing Down Crying
| type = Studio
| artist = Daryl Hall
| cover = Daryl Hall Laughing Down Crying.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 27, 2011
| recorded = 2010–2011
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop rock, rock, R&B, soul
| length = 44:48
| label = Verve, Verve Forecast
| producer =
- Greg Bieck
- John Fields
- Daryl Hall
- Paul Pesco
- T-Bone Wolk
| prev_title = Can't Stop Dreaming
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = BeforeAfter
| next_year = 2022
}}
Laughing Down Crying is the fifth solo album by American recording artist Daryl Hall. It was released on September 27, 2011, on Verve Records.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/laughing-down-crying/id462933597 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009060813/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/laughing-down-crying/id462933597 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |title=iTunes Music - Laughing Down Crying by Daryl Hall |publisher=iTunes Store |date=2011-09-27 |access-date=2013-05-29}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Laughing-Down-Crying/dp/B005MW6SBG |title=Laughing Down Crying: Daryl Hall: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |access-date=2013-05-29}} Co-producer and bandmate T-Bone Wolk died during early recording sessions for the disc; Hall dedicated the record to him.{{cite web|last=Jurek |first=Thom |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/laughing-down-crying-mw0002187946 |title=Laughing Down Crying - Daryl Hall : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2011-09-27 |access-date=2013-05-29}} Hall debuted the album on a two-part episode of his series Live from Daryl's House.{{Cite web|url=http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/currentep.html?ep_id=62|title = Live from Daryl's House: This Month's Episode}}
Track listing
- All tracks written and composed by Daryl Hall except as noted.
{{Track listing
| total_length = 48:57
| title1 = Laughing Down Crying
| note1 =
| length1 = 4:11
| title2 = Talking To You (Is Like Talking To Myself)
| note2 =
| length2 = 4:26
| title3 = Lifetime Of Love
| writer3 = Hall, Billy Mann
| length3 = 3:48
| title4 = Eyes For You (Ain't No Doubt About It)
| note4 =
| length4 = 5:34
| title5 = Save Me
| note5 =
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Message to Ya
| writer6 = Hall, Paul Pesco
| length6 = 4:15
| title7 = Wrong Side of History
| note7 =
| length7 = 3:45
| title8 = Get Out of the Way
| note8 =
| length8 = 4:59
| title9 = Crash & Burn
| note9 =
| length9 = 4:44
| title10 = Problem With You
| note10 =
| length10 = 4:38
| title11 = Don't Wait Too Long (bonus track)
| note11 = Japanese edition only
| length11 = 4:09
}}
Singles
The lead single, "Talking To You (Is Like Talking To Myself)",{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} reached number 16 on the Adult Contemporary chart on the November 12, 2011 issue, it stayed there for two weeks and remained on the chart for twenty weeks and it was the most successful song of the album.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/300338/daryl-hall/chart?f=341|title=Daryl Hall - Chart history|magazine=Billboard|language=en|access-date=2017-02-25}}
The album's single of the same name peaked at number five on the Billboard
"Eyes For You" went to number 23 on the Adult Contemporary chart on July 14, 2012 staying there for a week and remained on the chart for 14 weeks.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/300338/daryl-hall/chart?f=341|title=Daryl Hall - Chart history|magazine=Billboard|language=en|access-date=2017-02-25}}
Charts
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (2011)
!Peak |
|---|
| US Billboard 200{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/daryl-hall/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Daryl Hall Chart History – Billboard 200 |website=Billboard |access-date=May 17, 2022}}
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Personnel
- Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, synth bass, percussion
- Greg Bieck – keyboards, drum programming
- John Fields – keyboards (3), synth bass (10), drum programming (10)
- Paul Pesco – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass (1, 6)
- T-Bone Wolk – acoustic guitar (3, 7, 10), bass (3, 7, 10)
- Zev Katz – bass (1, 2, 9)
- Jerry Duplessis – bass (9)
- Shawn Pelton – drums (1, 3, 6, 7, 9)
- Mickey Curry – drums (2, 8, 10)
- John Scarpulla – baritone saxophone (3, 5, 6), tenor saxophones (3, 5, 6)
- Charles DeChant – tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6)
- David Mann – tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6)
- Barry Danielian – trumpet (3, 5, 6)
- Larry Gold – horn arrangements (3, 5, 6), string arrangements (9)
- March Fry – backing vocals (3-5)
- Klyde Jones – backing vocals (3), bass (5, 6)
- Everett Bradley – backing vocals (6)
Production
- Producers – Daryl Hall, Greg Bieck and Paul Pesco.
- Additional Producers – John Fields and T-Bone Wolk
- Engineers – Greg Bieck and Peter Moshay
- Recorded at A-Pawling Studios (Pawling, NY); Red House Studios (Bedfordshire, England); Studio 44 (Monster, Holland); Afro Head Studios.
- Mixed by Michael H. Brauer at Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY).
- Package Design – Kathy Phillips at Phillips Design.
- Photography – Mark Maglio (cover and interior shots); Elliot Lewis (back cover interior shots); Paul Pesco and Peter Moshay.
- Management – Jonathan Wolfson at Wolfson Entertainment, Inc.
References
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