Before After

by Daryl Hall

Overview

Daryl Hall conducted his solo career largely concurrently with his work with John Oates, stepping outside the duo whenever they reached a creative or business crossroads. The first of these happened in the back half of the 1970s, when the success of "Sara Smile" and "Rich Girl" paradoxically left Hall & Oates in a corner where they battled with their label and producer during the recording of Beauty on a Back Street. Frustrated, Hall took a busman's holiday and recorded the angular, arty Sacred Songs with King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp. Hall & Oates incorporated many of the artistic innovations of Sacred Songs on such blockbusters as Voices, Private Eyes, and H2O, albums that made the duo the biggest hitmakers of the early 1980s. When that run concluded, Hall released Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine, a dense, psychedelic-infused album made with David A. Stewart of Eurythmics -- an album inspired by post-New Wave trends that did give Hall a hit in "Dreamtime." Both Sacred Songs and Three Hearts are sampled heavily on Before After, a double-disc compilation covering the entirety of Daryl Hall's solo career. Sequenced with a studious disregard for chronology, Before After uses the modernist pop as bracing contrasts with the smooth rock & soul that constitutes the rest of Hall's career, including highlights from his acclaimed, long-running internet show Live from Daryl's House. The cumulative effect can downplay the appealing weirdness of the first two records, but that amounts to a fair portrait of Hall's solo work: he worked out his experiments early, then returned to R&B for 1993's Soul Alone, a fine record that set the template for Can't Stop Dreaming and Laughing Down Crying. If there are few surprises in form, the overall strength of the material can come as a shock: Hall remained a strong craftsman into the 21st century and, as versions of Eurythmics' "Here Comes the Rain Again" and Todd Rundgren's "Can We Still Be Friends" prove, an expert interpreter of material. At two-and-a-half hours, Before After is a bit lengthy, but taken on a cut-by-cut basis, each song serves as a testament to one of Hall's skills, whether it's as a songwriter, singer, or recordmaker. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	04/01/2022
Label:	Legacy / Sony Music
UPC:	0194399895825

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Daryl Hall   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin,Keyboards,Percussion,Lead Vocals,Synthesizer,Synthesizer Bass,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Paul Pesco   Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Robbie McIntosh   Guitar
Everett Bradley   Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Steve Ferrone   Percussion
Steve Wolf   Drums
Jack Daley   Bass (Electric)
Ray Fuller   Guitar
Eliot Lewis   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Greg Bieck   Keyboards
Elliot Lewis   Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
V. Jeffrey Smith   Vocals (Background),Guitar,Keyboards,Synthesizer Bass
Joni Mitchell   Vocals (Background)
Peter Lord   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Sandra St. Victor   Vocals (Background)
Roger Ball   Saxophone
Roger Pope   Drums
Kate St. John   Vocals (Background)
Peter Moshay   Percussion
Eric Kupper   Keyboards
Lorna Bannon   Vocals (Background)
Olle Romo   Percussion
Mickey Curry   Drums
Monte Montgomery   Featured Artist,Guitar (Acoustic)
Miles Bould   Percussion
Alan Gorrie   Vocals (Background)
Tommy Eyre   Keyboards
Lorraine McIntosh   Vocals (Background)
Charlie DeChant   Saxophone
T-Bone Wolk   Bass,Guitar,Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Tony Beard   Drums,Percussion
Kenny Passarelli   Bass
Craig Ross   Guitar
David Bellochio   Drums
Frank Ricotti   Electronic Vibes
G.E. Smith   Guitar
Jamie West-Oram   Guitar
Shawn Pelton   Drums
London Session Orchestra   Strings
Todd Rundgren   Featured Artist
Caleb Quaye   Guitar
Brian Dunne   Drums
Wah Wah Watson   Guitar
Bernard Davis   Drums
Robert Fripp   Guitar
Phil Todd   Flute,Saxophone
Peter Lord Moreland   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Mike Klvana   Keyboards
June Montana   Vocals (Background)
Trevor Murrell   Drums
Tee Green   Vocals (Background)
Richard Morcombe   Guitar
Patrick Seymour   Emulator,Keyboards
Tag   Guitar
Michel Delaporte   Percussion
Joe Interlande   Guitar (Acoustic)
Bob Bitsand   Bass
March Fry   Vocals (Background)
Robby Kilgore   Keyboards
Stephen Gillifant   Emulator
Geroud   Hurdygurdy
Paul Livant   Guitar
Dave Stewart   Guitar,Featured Artist,Guitar (Acoustic)
Zev Katz   Bass,Bass (Upright)
Dan Shea   Piano

Technical Credits

Peter Moshay   Mixing,Engineer,Programming,Mixing Engineer
Paul Butterfield   Composer,Lyricist
Paul Hamingson   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Paul Pesco   Producer
Ted Spencer   Assistant Engineer
Bob Clearmountain   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Bob Hilliard   Composer,Lyricist
Bob Riley   Drum Programming
Nick Ingman   Arranger,String Arrangements
Jeremy Holiday   Liner Notes
Frank Filipetti   Engineer
Ed Sprigg   Engineer
Joanna Walton   Composer,Lyricist
Greg Bieck   Engineer,Producer,Drum Programming
Frank Fagnano   Engineer
Peter Lord   Producer
Jimmy Bralower   Drum Programming
Sara Allen   Composer,Lyricist
Marvin Gaye   Composer,Lyricist
Steve Harvey   Drum Programming
Jim Weatherly   Composer,Lyricist
Martin Hayles   Engineer,String Engineer
Walter Afanasieff   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Michael Kamen   String Arrangements
Michael Brauer   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Alan Gorrie   Composer,Lyricist
David Bellochio   Composer,Producer
Yan Memmi   Assistant Engineer
T-Bone Wolk   Producer
Ian Johnson   Photography
Mel Wesson   Programming
Todd Rundgren   Composer,Lyricist
Daryl Hall   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Drum Programming
John Fields   Producer
David Morales   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
John Poppo   Mixing Engineer
Lena Fiagbe   Composer,Lyricist
Robert Fripp   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Frippertronics
Jon Bavin   Engineer
V. Jeffrey Smith   Composer,Producer,Programming
Louis Brown   Composer,Lyricist
Peter Lord Moreland   Composer,Producer
Mike Klvana   Synclavier Programming
Buster & Shavoni   Producer
Ken Steiger   Assistant Engineer
Vlado Meller   Mastering Engineer
Dick Beetham   Assistant Engineer
Michael Peden   Mixing,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Buster   Producer
John Beeby   Composer
Yan Meemi   Assistant Engineer
Noah Baron   Assistant Engineer
Louis Brown III   Lyricist
Paul Max Bloom   Assistant Engineer
Serge Pauchard   Assistant Engineer
Paul Bloom   Assistant Engineer
Kathy Philips   Artwork,Package Design
Mark Maglio   Photography
Vernon J. Smith   Composer,Lyricist
Peter Moreland   Composer,Lyricist
Stuart Berg   Cover Photo,Illustrations
Stephen Gillifant   Assistant Engineer
Frederick Defaye   Assistant Engineer
Shovani   Producer
Tim Burrell   Assistant Engineer
Manu Guiot   Engineer,Drum Programming
Anna Gordy Gaye   Composer
Dave Stewart   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Drum Programming
Annie Lennox   Composer,Lyricist
Mort Garson   Composer
David A. Stewart   Producer
Dan Shea   Composer,Lyricist
Dana Jon Chappelle   Engineer