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At this stage (1973) Hall and Oates still hadn't quite figured out how to make music that reflected their doo-wop and Philly soul roots, but ABANDONED LUNCHEONETTE is a big step forward. There's still too much country-boy-city-rock going on here, but their blue-eyed soul period is foreshadowed in "She's Gone." The concluding "Everytime I Look at You" is a convincing funk workout a la Sly and the Family Stone.
Hall & Oates: Daryl Hall (vocals, mandolin, keyboards); John Oates (vocals, guitar).
Additional personnel: Chris Bond, Hugh McCracken (guitar); Marc Horowitz (banjo); Larry Packer (fiddle); John Blair (electric violin); Gloria Agostini (harp); Joe Farrell (oboe, tenor saxophone); Marvin Stamm (flugelhorn); Pat Rebillot, Richard Tee (keyboards); Jerry Ricks, Gordon Edwards, Steve "Fontz" Gelfland (bass); Bernard Purdie (drums); Ralph MacDonald, Pancho Morales (percussion).
Abandoned Luncheonette Music | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Folk Rock, Philly Soul, Rock | | Label | Flashback | | Orig Year | 1973 | | All Time Sales Rank |  49702  | | CD Universe Part number | 7663906 | | Catalog number | 19139 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 20, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Daryl Hall - vocals, mandolin, keyboards
John Oates - vocals, guitar
Also: Ralph MacDonald, Hugh McCracken, Richard Tee, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Joe Farrell, Marvin Stamm, Gordon Edwards, Gloria Agostini, Pancho Morales, Pat Rebillot, Larry Packer, Jerry Ricks, John Blair, Chris Bond, Marc Horowitz |
Abandoned Luncheonette Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  An "Abandoned Luncheonette" of a masterpiece
Sure, you could argue that they were better later, more commercial and more accessible later in their careers, but this album has some of their absolute-best songs ever written by them. Each song shines on its own merits, with the folk-pop of "When The Morning Comes", the soul of "Las Vegas Turnaround" and "She's Gone (the long, five-minute album version, which is the better version)", the progressive rock of the title track and "Laughing Boy", and the rock of "Lady Rain" and "Every Time I Look At You". The couple other songs that I didn't mention are just as good. They were so sunny, so affluent, so on the top of their game on this album that this should have catapulted the duo to stardom, but I guess fate intervened. Don't wait to buy this CD; buy it now, if you're a Hall & Oates fan. You not only will be satisfied, you will be utterly impressed. Don't let this go the way of Paul Simon's "Hearts & Bones". It is too freakin' good to overlook.
Submitted by Galen Baumgartner (Anchorage, AK, USA)
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