Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates

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Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2010 (2010-03-23)
Genre Indie pop, electronic
Length30:09
Label Blue Note
Producer Greg Kurstin
The Bird and the Bee chronology
Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
(2009)
Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates
(2010)
Recreational Love
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B+ [3]
Billboard favorable [4]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The New York Times favorable [7]
Now 2/5 [8]
Phoenix New Times C [9]
PopMatters 5/10 [10]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates is the third studio album by American indie pop duo The Bird and the Bee. It was released on March 23, 2010 by Blue Note Records and is a tribute album to Hall & Oates.

Contents

The album includes eight classic Daryl Hall and John Oates covers, along with the original song "Heard It on the Radio". Shirley Manson of the alternative rock band Garbage performs backing vocals during the chorus of their cover of the 1982 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Maneater".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heard It on the Radio" Greg Kurstin, Inara George 3:03
2."I Can't Go for That" Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen 3:36
3."Rich Girl"Hall2:49
4."Sara Smile"Hall, Oates3:06
5."Kiss on My List" Janna Allen, Hall4:19
6."Maneater"Hall, Oates, S. Allen3:32
7."She's Gone"Hall, Oates3:03
8."Private Eyes"Hall, Warren Pash, S. Allen, J. Allen3:03
9."One on One"Hall3:40
Total length:30:09
Japan bonus track [12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."4th of July"Kurstin, George2:45
Total length:32:54

Personnel

Credits for Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates adapted from liner notes. [13]

The Bird and the Bee
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Japanese Albums Chart [14] 145
US Billboard 200 [15] 75
US Alternative Albums [15] 14
US Rock Albums [15] 20

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