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Title: What Happened?
Review: I remember first hearing this back when it came out and considered it an almost perfect album. I now have it on CD and it is still an amazing piece of musical art. On this CD both of these guys have a real chance to shine as one side belongs to Hall and one to Oates. This early stuff has an acoustic mellowness to it that really runs contrary to the more recent "do wop" type stuff they migrated to. The compositions are more personal and the lyrics are filled with sincerity.It almost seems that after this point Hall and Oates morphed into something entirely different and never returned. What happened to these guys? I guess success took quite a toll. If you have never listened to this, I think you will be shocked by the almost thematic quality of the album and you might not even believe that these are the same guys that did the stupid eighties videos and sang about maneaters and that other crap.
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