H2O (Hall & Oates album)

Infobox Album |
Name = H₂O
Type = Studio Album
Artist = Hall & Oates


Released = October 13, 1982
Genre = Pop/Rock
Length = 47:08
Label = RCA Records
Producer = Daryl Hall & John Oates, Neil Kernon
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1e831vgjzzba link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/halloates/albums/album/220275/review/5944307/h2o link]
Last album = "Private Eyes"
(1981)
This album = "H₂O"
(1982)
Next album = "Rock 'n Soul Part 1"
(1983)

"H₂O" is the 1982 hit album from the duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. It featured three Top 10 U.S. singles, including "Maneater" which was the biggest hit of their career, spending four weeks at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The album title is a play on the chemical formula for water, where "H" is for Hall, and "O" is for Oates.

Track listing

# "Maneater" (Hall, Oates, Sara Allen) - 4:33
# "Crime Pays" (Hall, Oates, Sara Allen) - 4:31
# "Art of Heartbreak" (Hall, Oates, Sara Allen, Janna Allen) - 3:43
# "One on One" (Hall) - 4:17
# "Open All Night" (Hall, Sara Allen) - 4:35
# "Family Man" (Mike Oldfield, Tim Cross, Maggie Reilly, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye, Morris Pert) - 3:25
# "Italian Girls" (Oates) - 3:17
# "Guessing Games" (Hall, Janna Allen) - 3:15
# "Delayed Reaction" (Hall, Oates, Sara Allen) - 3:59
# "At Tension" (Oates) - 6:16
# "Go Solo" (Hall) - 4:35
# "Family Man" (Rock Mix) *
# "Maneater" (Special Extended Club Mix) *
# "One on One" (Club Mix) *

* Tracks 12 - 14 are bonus tracks from the 2004 re-release

Personnel

*Daryl Hall - vocals, synthesizer, guitar, mandolin, vibraphone
*John Oates - vocals, synthesizer, guitar, percussion, electric piano
*Mickey Curry - drums
*Charles DeChant - keyboards, saxophone, vocals
*Larry Fast - synthesizer, synthesizer programming
*Tommy Mottola - direction
*Hugh Padgham - mixing
*G.E. Smith - guitar
*Tom "T-Bone" Wolk - bass

Peak Chart Positions

Album

* #3 U.S. Billboard Albums Chart

ingles

The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.