No Goodbyes (album)

No Goodbyes is a 1977 collection by Hall & Oates. It is a "Best of" compilation of their first three Atlantic Records recordings. No Goodbyes was released after the duo left Atlantic and joined RCA Records, and after Atlantic had achieved a Top 10 hit with a re-release of "She's Gone" (included here). It contains three new songs: "It's Uncanny," "I Want to Know You for a Long Time," and "Love You Like a Brother." The latter two of these were later released on The Atlantic Collection. "It's Uncanny" was released as a single upon this album's release but failed to break the Billboard Top 40, reaching only #80. "Love You Like a Brother" was re-released on the 2009 four-disc box set Do What You Want, Be What You Are, as was "It's Uncanny." "It's Uncanny" was originally recorded in 1973 and "I Want to Know You for a Long Time" and "Love You Like a Brother" in 1974.

Track listing

Side one

1. "It's Uncanny" (Hall) – 3:43*
2. "I Want to Know You for a Long Time" (Hall) – 3:19*
3. "Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)" – 2:43
4. "Love You Like a Brother" (Hall, Oates) – 3:22*
5. "Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)" – 2:57

Side two

1. "She's Gone" – 5:15
2. "Lilly (Are You Happy)" – 4:10
3. "When the Morning Comes" – 3:12
4. "Beanie G. and the Rose Tattoo" – 3:00
5. "70's Scenario" – 3:57

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Previously unreleased

Personnel

• John Kalodner – album compilation coordinator
• Arif Mardin – producer (1, 2, 4–8)
• Daryl Hall – producer (1, 2)
• John Oates – producer (1, 2)
• Todd Rundgren – producer (3, 9, 10), engineer (3, 9, 10)
• Christopher Bond – assistant producer (5, 6, 8)
• Alan Ade, Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn, Joel Kent, David LaSage, Gene Paul and Gene Perly – recording and assistant engineers (1, 2, 4–8)
• Bob Defrin – art direction
• Benno Friedman – photography

References