Whole Oats

Whole Oats
Whole Oats
Studio album by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Released	September 1972
Recorded	May 1972
Studios	Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, U.S.
Genres	Soul; blue-eyed soul; folk;
Length	38:08
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Arif Mardin
Daryl Hall & John Oates chronology
Singles from Whole Oats
	"Goodnight and Goodmorning / All Our Love"; Released: 1972;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]

Whole Oats is the debut studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates. The album was released in September 1972, by Atlantic Records.

The duo consisted of Daryl Hall and John Oates, both of Philadelphia. Prior to making this album, the duo made numerous demos, some of which were released on the Past Times Behind & Vintage collections. It was released on CD for the second time on February 12, 2008 by American Beat Records, putting it back in print after the original Atlantic Records CD release went out of print.^[5] On February 24, 2017, Friday Music released a remastered version of the album along with their third studio album, War Babies.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Daryl Hall, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Sorry"	Hall John Oates	3:06
2.	"All Our Love"	Hall Oates	2:41
3.	"Georgie"		2:42
4.	"Fall in Philadelphia"		3:58
5.	"Waterwheel"		3:52
6.	"Lazyman"		3:15

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Goodnight and Goodmorning"	Hall Oates	3:18
8.	"They Needed Each Other"		3:59
9.	"Southeast City Window"	Oates	2:31
10.	"Thank You For..."	Oates	4:36
11.	"Lilly (Are You Happy)"	Hall Oates	4:10
Total length:			38:08

Personnel

Daryl Hall – lead vocals (1-8, 11), backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, guitars, mandolin, vibraphone, arrangements, cello and arrangements on "Southeast City Window"
John Oates – lead vocals (2, 9-11), backing vocals, guitars, arrangements
Jerry Ricks – guitar on "Southeast City Window"
Bill Keith – pedal steel guitar on "All Our Love" and "Southeast City Window"
Mike McCarthy – bass
Jim Helmer – drums, percussion
Arif Mardin – horn and string arrangements

Production

Produced by Arif Mardin
Recorded and Engineered by Lewis Hahn and Gene Paul
Mixed by Gene Paul
Mastered by Stephen Innocenzi
Art Direction and Design – Richard Mantel
Photography – John Paul Endress

References

1 2 Molanphy, Chris (January 15, 2022). "Rock 'n Soul Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
↑ Rolli, Bryan (January 24, 2022). "Daryl Hall Announces Spring 2022 U.S. Tour with Todd Rundgren". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
↑ "Whole Oats - Goodnight and Good Morning / All Our Love". Discogs. 1972.
↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Whole Oats – Daryl Hall & John Oates". AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
↑ "Discogs page on album". Discogs. 1972.
↑ "Discogs page on double reissue". Discogs. February 24, 2017.

[Molanphy_2022-1] 1 2 Molanphy, Chris (January 15, 2022). "Rock 'n Soul Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[Rolli-2] Rolli, Bryan (January 24, 2022). "Daryl Hall Announces Spring 2022 U.S. Tour with Todd Rundgren". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

[3] "Whole Oats - Goodnight and Good Morning / All Our Love". Discogs. 1972.

[4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Whole Oats – Daryl Hall & John Oates". AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2018.

[5] "Discogs page on album". Discogs. 1972.

[6] "Discogs page on double reissue". Discogs. February 24, 2017.

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Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall John Oates
Studio albums	Whole Oats (1972) Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) War Babies (1974) Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) Beauty on a Back Street (1977) Along the Red Ledge (1978) X-Static (1979) Voices (1980) Private Eyes (1981) H₂O (1982) Big Bam Boom (1984) Ooh Yeah! (1988) Change of Season (1990) Marigold Sky (1997) Do It for Love (2003) Our Kind of Soul (2004) Home for Christmas (2006)
Live albums	Livetime (1978) Live at the Apollo (1985) Greatest Hits Live (2001)
Compilation albums	No Goodbyes (1977) Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) Looking Back – The Best of Daryl Hall + John Oates (1991) The Atlantic Collection (1996) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001) VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002) Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004) The Singles (2008)
Singles	"She's Gone" (1974) "Alone Too Long" (1975) "Sara Smile" (1976) "Rich Girl" (1977) "Wait for Me" (1979) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) "Kiss on My List" (1980) "You Make My Dreams" (1981) "Private Eyes" (1981) "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) "Did It in a Minute" (1982) "Maneater" (1982) "One on One" (1983) "Family Man" (1983) "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) "Say It Isn't So" (1983) "Adult Education" (1984) "Out of Touch" (1984) "Method of Modern Love" (1985) "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985) "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) "Love Train" (1989) "So Close" (1990) "Don't Hold Back Your Love" (1990) "Starting All Over Again" (1991) "Do It for Love" (2002) "Someday We'll Know" (2003) "Getaway Car" (2003) "I'll Be Around" (2004) "Without You" (2004) "I Can Dream About You" (2005) "Ooh Child" (2005) "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (2006)
Other songs	"Everytime You Go Away" (1980)
Hall solo albums	Sacred Songs (1980) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986) Soul Alone (1993) Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) Laughing Down Crying (2011) BeforeAfter (2022) [compilation] D (2024)
Oates solo albums	Phunk Shui (2002) Arkansas (2018)
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