ONCE UPON A TIME...Along The Red Ledge

 

HALL & OATES  Along The Red Ledge  (RCA,1978) - Pop rock


     Along the Red Ledge showed where Daryl Hall & John Oates were headed. Unfortunately, they weren't quite there yet.
     Hall & Oates had taken a short break after turning more toward rock on 1977's gold-selling Beauty on the Back Street. Hall recorded a solo debut with King Crimson's Robert Fripp that emptied almost all the soul from his sound, only to see the LP shelved. But it wasn't for naught.
     Fripp returned during sessions for Hall & Oates' next LP to add a guitar solo on "Don't Blame It on Love," but his real contribution had been in helping Hall sharpen his focus. The best moments on Along the Red Ledge echoed their work together on Hall's postponed Sacred Songs. They were lean, nervy and presented without the fuzzy production ticks that hampered the mid-'70s. All these elements would gird Hall & Oates as they broke out in the '80s with a cunning mix of new wave and R&B.

TRACKLIST : It's A Laugh
                       Melody For A Memory
                       The Last Time
                       I Don't Wanna Lose You
                       Have I Been Away Too Long
                       Alley Katz
                       Don't Blame It On Love
                       Serious Music
                       Pleasure Beach
                       August Day

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