Daryl Hall - 3 Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
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Artist: Daryl HallEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
- Dreamtime
- Only a Vision
- I Wasn't Born Yesterday
- Someone Like You
- Next Step
- For You
- Foolish Pride
- Right as Rain
- Let It Out
- What's Gonna Happen to Us
Free Music Notes for 3 Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Free Music Review: Hall Looking To The Future
Hit: 5 Stars
Daryl Hall begun a paralell solo career to Hall & Oates with his album Sacred Songs and this turned out to be the follow up album. As soon as he began making music away from John Oates he seemed determined to make his music far removed from the sound that the two of them did as a duo. Co-produced by Dave Stewart (the same man who helmed Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Southern Accents during the same time) this album forged ahead with a sound that was very much in tune with pop music production of the mid 1980's but also with a sound that encompassed not only his blue eyed soul sound but elements of contemporary synth funk and psychedelia along the way. It tries to do a lot and I suppose a lot of people might consider it a pretentious disaster. Yet when you really get down to it,even with the heavy production it's a wonderful album with a lot of excitment and musical value.
The leadoff song and hit single "Dreamtime" doesn't sound like either Hall nor his producer exactly. With the scalling orchestral string swirls,heavily revered leslie amped vocal bridges and the heavily crafted melodic structure sounds more like one of Jeff Lynn's elaborate productions with ELO. Even still only two other songs on the album actually fit into the rock catagory at all:the more soulful "Next Step" and the heavier rocking and rolling "Let It Out". Otherwise than that the music on this album ranged from tough grooving electro funk style tunes such as "Only A Vision" and "Right As Rain" to Jam/Lewis inspired smooth groovers such as "Someone Like You" and the closing "What's Gonna Happen To Us" which has a worldly theme someone connected to Hall's participation in We Are The World: U.S.A For Africa. The two songs that sound the most like his work with Oates is the catchy "I Wasn't Born Yesterday" (which wouldn't have been at all out of place on their Big Bam Boom and the shuffling "For You" which has a similar flavor.
So this is an album of many ideas and lyrics that range from romantic musings to different sorts of internal monlogues on what seem like dream visions and social concerns. Much like with Philly contempory Todd Rundgren Hall is one of those people who seems to always have a lot on his mind musically and has a tendency to throw a lot into each one of his own songs. This is a quality that was tempered by John Oates to a degree,someone who seemed to prefer a sound that was more sussinct and to the point. And it's a good thing Hall's solo career in the 80's went on a different tract because it kept him in the spotlight during hard times and granted him the ability to adapt and change his sound if needed,considering it didn't always have the huge commercial success he'd had while with Oates. So in that sense this stands as another example of how a minor success in music can sometimes be better for ones creative muse than too huge a triumph.
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Full title, 'Three Hearts In The Happy Ending Machine'. Japanese exclusive 24-bit K2 remastered reissue of 1986 album. Packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve.Pop Music CDs
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