Daryl Hall & John Oates - The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates [3CD] (2009) {Limited Edition 3.0}
Pop/Rock, Soul/Funk, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 03:07:49 | 1,59 Gb
Label: RCA/Arista/Legacy (USA) | Cat.# 88897 54794 2 | Released: 2009-09-01 (2005-06-14)
Pop/Rock, Soul/Funk, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 03:07:49 | 1,59 Gb
Label: RCA/Arista/Legacy (USA) | Cat.# 88897 54794 2 | Released: 2009-09-01 (2005-06-14)
RCA/Arista/Legacy's 2005 release The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates is a repackaging of BMG Heritage's excellent 2004 compilation Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates. Spanning two discs and 37 tracks, the set contains all 18 songs from 2001's The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates, which was a single-disc, 18-track collection that contained all of the duo's big hits from the '70s and '80s (three tracks were in alternate single mixes on that collection; they're presented in their original album mixes here), along with "She's Gone" (absent on The Very Best) and two other Atlantic tracks from the early '70s, selections from their Arista recordings of the late '80s and early '90s, as well as cuts from 1997's Marigold Sky and 2003's excellent comeback single, "Do It for Love."