Our Kind of Soul

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Our Kind of Soul
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 26, 2004
Recorded2004
Genre Soul, pop
Length69:28
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]

Contents

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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

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Charts

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

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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.

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