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1974 studio album by Daryl Hall & John Oates
War Babies
Released October 1974 Recorded June – July 1974 Studio Secret Sound Studios, New York
Genre
Length 43 :25
Label
Atlantic
Producer
Todd Rundgren
"Can't Stop The Music (He Played It Much Too Long)" Released: December 1974
War Babies is the third
studio album by American
pop music duo
Daryl Hall & John Oates . The album was released in October 1974, by
Atlantic Records . It was their last of three albums for Atlantic Records before moving to
RCA Records . The album was produced by
Todd Rundgren .
[2] Rundgren and other members of
Utopia , his then-recently-formed
prog-rock band, perform on the record.
The album was a radical departure from the previous two albums, alienating fans of the
blue-eyed soul material that dominated the albums. War Babies is a more rock-oriented LP with heavy keyboard work, sarcastic lyrical content, and elements of
hard rock .
[3]
[4] War Babies was their first charting album, reaching #86 on the
Billboard 200 .
On February 24, 2017, Friday Music released a remastered version of the album along with their first studio album,
Whole Oats .
[5]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
[2]
Track listing
Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)"
John Oates 2:50 2. "Is It a Star"
Daryl Hall , Oates 4:41 3. "Beanie G and the Rose Tattoo" Hall 3:01 4. "You're Much Too Soon" Hall 4:08 5. "70's Scenario" Hall 4:00
Side two Title Writer(s) 6. "War Baby Son of Zorro" Hall 4:10 7. "I'm Watching You (A Mutant Romance)" Hall 4:27 8. "Better Watch Your Back" Hall 4:15 9. "Screaming Through December" Hall 6:35 10. "Johnny Gore and the ‘C’ Eaters" Hall, Oates 5:18
Personnel
Daryl Hall – lead vocals (3-10), backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars,
mandolin ,
vibraphone
John Oates – backing vocals, lead vocals (1, 2, 10), keyboards, synthesizers, guitars
Don York – keyboards, arrangements on "Is It a Star",
ARP String Ensemble on "70's Scenario"
Todd Rundgren – lead guitar, backing vocals
Richie Cerniglia – lead guitar on "Is It a Star"
John Siegler – bass
John G. Wilcox – drums
Sandy Allen – backing vocals on "War Baby Son of Zorro" and "Johnny Gore and the "C" Eaters"
Gail Boggs – backing vocals on "War Baby Son of Zorro" and "Johnny Gore and the "C" Eaters"
Hello People – backing vocals on "Johnny Gore and the "C" Eaters"
"Admiral Television" – "soloist" [presumably TV-broadcast noise] on "War Baby Son of Zorro"
Tommy Mottola – voice ["Erased
Conelrad warning"] on "War Baby Son of Zorro"
Production
Produced and Engineered by Todd Rundgren
Assistant Engineer – David Lesage
Mastered by Jean Ristori at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).
Art Direction – Bob Defrin
Artwork – Peter Palombi
Photography – David Gahr and Armin Kachaturian
Musical Assistance – David LaSage and Gene Perla
References
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Singles Other songs Hall solo albums Oates solo albums Related articles