Ooh Yeah!   <1>   ("Ooh Yeah!" Songbook, page 4-6, 1988)

The natural exultation that derives from the rock and soul feeling of the music, the unabashed romanticism of its Iyrical themes, the way the songs were put together. lt reflects an emotion that reaches a peak, and most importantly, feels so right: ooh veah! And after a three year hiatus of solo projects and the pursuit of separate interests, that's precisely how Daryl Hall and John Oates feel about working together again, and about their new LP. A full year in the making, the album once again reunites two artists who the New York Times calls "Pop music's number one singing duo," a pair who have blended black and white musical styles and spun more crossover hits than any other group, according to Billboard's Paul Grein, with a flair that's made their audience among the most fully integrated in the history of American music.

The new LP began almost at the exact moment of their mutual parting, three years ago, after the smash LP Big Bam Boom had rocked the charts with hits like "Out of Touch" and "Method of Modern Love." During the '80s, Daryl and John had enjoyed an unbroken string of platinum LPs (Voices, Private Eyes, H20, Rock 'n' Soul Part 1) and hit singles ("Kiss On My List," "You Make My Dreams," "Private Eyes," "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)," ,"Maneater," "Family Man," "Say lt lsn't So," "Adult Education") that had made them, according to RIAA figures, rock's all-time best-selling duo, with over 40 million records sold. In May of 1985, the pair conceived a show at New York City's Apollo Theater to pay tribute to the soul music that had influenced them, a United Negro College Fund Benefit featuring their childhood idols, original Temptations, Eddie Kendrick and David Ruffin (releasing a live LP, Daryl Hall and John Oates Live at the Apollo With David Ruffin and Eddie Kendrick, along with a medley single of "The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl").

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