Voices by Hall and Oates

Voices, Daryl Hall & John Oates' ninth studio album, came out on RCA on July 29, 1980, and it's the record where the Philadelphia duo's blue-eyed soul got itself a new wave haircut. Hall does most of the singing, Oates handles guitar and harmonies, G.E. Smith adds guitar and keyboards, and a sleek synth-pop sheen gets laid over the old soul grooves.

It was a slow, steady seller rather than a smash, peaking at 17 on the Billboard 200 but hanging around for 100 weeks, long enough for "Kiss on My List" to go all the way to number one. They would go on to be counted the most successful duo of all time, and in 2020 Rolling Stone ranked Voices 80th among the 80 greatest albums of 1980.

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