It had been seven years since Daryl Hall & John Oates
\nreleased a new album. In 1990,
\nChange Of Season<\/i> was released, and when it was announced in
\n1997 that H&O were due with a new album, it was just a matter
\nof waiting for the new release to hit the stores.
\nMarigold Sky<\/i> is that album, and since I am a huge fan of
\nthis duo, without hearing any media reviews concerning the album,
\nit was quite obvious for me to pick up this new release. (I don’t
\nknow what the reviews were; I can say that I was not disappointed
\nwith this album.)<\/p>\n
Hall & Oates’ music in the past had a 1970s soul feel. But
\non
\nMarigold Sky<\/i>, the first six songs have a standard pop-rock
\nsound, and some songs (from the first six) meets the standards of
\ntoday’s rock and alternative. (That’s a surprise!) The remaining
\nsix songs are your standard Hall and Oates’ soul-inspired
\nregulars.<\/p>\n
The first six songs – An Update: Hall and Oates meet the
\n1990s…<\/p>\n
“Romeo Is Bleeding” starts out the album, yet it doesn’t have
\nthe soul of their past hit, “Say It Isn’t So”, it is a bouncy pop
\nsong. The title track, “Marigold Sky”‘s main verses has a sound
\nsimilar to John Mellencamp’s most recent material, as in “Just
\nAnother Day”, from his album called
\nMr. Happy Go Lucky<\/i>.<\/p>\n
“The Sky Is Falling” is another pop-rock song, and it has a
\ngentle feeling to it. “Out Of The Blue” has a more grittier rock
\nsound. Likewise, “Want To” and “Love Out Loud” are songs with grit,
\nand both have an alternative\/rock style that could become regular
\nplaylist items on any alternative rock station. (YIKES!! That’s
\ndifferent for Hall and Oates, but I’m not complaining…)<\/p>\n
The remaining six songs – Back to Basics<\/p>\n
These remaining tunes captures the sweet soul sound Hall &
\nOates are famous for. “Throw The Roses Away”, is a ballad. Having a
\n1990s sound to it, this is a song that Boyz II Men could of easily
\nrecorded. “I Don’t Think So” has a 1970s soul feel to it. The
\nsolo-Lionel Richie sounding tune, “Promise Ain’t Enough”, is
\nanother soft ballad that is enjoyable and has a smooth new-age jazz
\nstyle.<\/p>\n
“Time Won’t Pass Me By”‘s guitar works is compared to those
\nheard in Barry White’s songs. “Hold On To Yourself” is a funky
\nnumber, mixing both styles of the 1970s and 1990s. “War Of Words”
\ncloses out the album, and is another soft ballad done well, only
\nHall and Oates can do.<\/p>\n
\nMarigold Sky<\/i>‘s beginning tracks are different than the
\ncommon sound normally heard by Daryl Hall and John Oates. It’s pop
\nrock, and songs with a harder rock edge. This is considered Side
\nOne. Side Two returns the duo back to what they were famous for:
\nRecording tunes with a sound compared to soul, mixing this style to
\nthe 1990s style of today (in some cases).<\/p>\n
For the die-hard H&O fan,
\nMarigold Sky<\/i> is not a disappointment. This album returns the
\nduo back to their common ground popularity, meaning that Hall and
\nOates can still write and record songs in their usual style, even
\nif the sound of today’s popular music is different to theirs. Hall
\nand Oates didn’t change their style of music completely, they just
\ntook their normal sound and updated it. Hall and Oates are just one
\nof many few white artists that can truly capture the sound of sweet
\nsoul music, and stamp their names as part of that musical
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