Our Kind of Soul

Our Kind of Soul
Studio album by Hall & Oates
Released	October 26, 2004
Recorded	2004
Studio	A-Pawling Studios (Pawling, New York) Great Divide Studios (Aspen, Colorado) The Clubhouse (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Soul, pop
Length	69:28
Label	U-Watch Records
Producer	Daryl Hall T-Bone Wolk Greg Bieck
Hall & Oates chronology
Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004) Our Kind of Soul (2004) Home for Christmas (2006)

Our Kind of Soul is the seventeenth studio album by Hall & Oates, released in 2004. The album contains three original tracks and 14 covers of soul hits of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. It is mostly acoustic with some electric guitar and synthesizers. It covers a number of their favorite soul songs. ^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

1. "Let Love Take Control" (Hall, Oates, Billy Mann) - 3:29
2. "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Jr., Brian Holland) - 3:59
3. "I'll Be Around" (Thom Bell, Phil Hurtt) - 4:02
4. "Used to Be My Girl" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) - 4:00
5. "Soul Violins" (Hall, Greg Bieck) - 4:05
6. "I Can Dream About You" (Dan Hartman) - 3:16
7. "Don't Turn Your Back on Me" (Hall) - 4:50
8. "Fading Away" (Warren "Pete" Moore, Smokey Robinson, Robert Rodgers) - 3:39
9. "Neither One of Us" (Jim Weatherly) - 4:19
10. "After the Dance" (Marvin Gaye, Leon Ware) - 4:11
11. "Rock Steady" (Aretha Franklin) - 4:04
12. "Love TKO" (Gip Noble, Cecil Womack, Linda Womack) - 5:20
13. "What You See Is What You Get" (Anthony Hester) - 4:30
14. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" (Barry White) - 3:48
15. "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 3:55
16. "I'm Still in Love with You" (Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr., Willie Mitchell) - 4:06
17. "Ooh Child" (Stan Vincent) - 3:51
18. "Without You" [Non-US Bonus Track] (Tom Evans, Pete Ham) - 4:23

Personnel

• Daryl Hall – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitars, string arrangements and conductor (7)
• John Oates – lead vocals, backing vocals, electric guitars
• Greg Bieck – keyboards, synth strings, drum programming, sequencing
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitar

Additional personnel

• David Sancious – backing vocals (3), keyboards (4, 8, 11, 16)
• Bobby Eli – electric guitars (3, 4, 12, 14)
• Jeff Catania – electric guitars (6, 8)
• Steve Jordan – drums (6, 8, 11, 14)
• Charles DeChant – horns (8, 11, 16)
• Lenny Pickett – horns (8, 11, 16)
• David Spinozza – string arrangements and conductor (1–6, 8–17)
• Stephanie Cummins – cello (1–4, 7, 17)
• Sarah Hewitt-Roth – cello (1–4, 7, 17)
• Cenovia Cummins – violin (1–4, 7, 17)
• Carol Pool – violin (1–4, 7, 17)
• Robert Shaw – violin (1–4, 7, 17), concertmaster (1–4, 7, 17)

Production

• Daryl Hall – producer, arrangements, liner notes
• T-Bone Wolk – producer, arrangements
• Greg Bieck – producer, arrangements, engineer, mixing
• Sean Price – assistant engineer
• Peter Moshay – additional engineer
• Dave O'Donnell – additional engineer
• Jamie Rosenberg – additional engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
• Art Smith – drum and studio technician
• Kathy Phillips – design coordinator
• Elliot Lewis – cover photography
• Lynn Goldsmith – other photography
• Justin Wilson – other photography
• David Wild – track notes

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [3]	4

References

1. Oates, John; Epting, Chris (2017). "Afterwords-Whole Oates". Change of Seasons: A Memoir (e-Book version).
2. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Our Kind of Soul". AllMusic . Retrieved May 6, 2023.
3. "Daryl Hall & John Oates Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

Bibliography

• Oates, John; Epting, Chris (2017), Change of Seasons: A Memoir (e-Book version), St. Martin's Press, ISBN   978-1-250-08266-4