On the turntable this Sunday...Private Eyes

Private Eyes is the tenth studio album from Daryl Hall and John Oates, released in 1981. The album includes two #1 hits — the title track, "Private Eyes" and "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," as well as the Top Ten hit "Did It in a Minute." "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" also spent a week at the top of the R&B charts – a rare accomplishment for a "white" act.

Though the act had hit the upper reaches of the Billboard charts with "She's Gone," "Sara Smile," and "Rich Girl", the group didn't return to major mainstream success until they released a cover version of The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" on its 1980 album, Voices. The heavy airplay eventually led to the duo's first Number One hit in four years, the Voices release, "Kiss on My List" in early 1981.

As the liner notes to the 2004 Private Eyes reissue indicate, it was while Daryl Hall and John Oates were recording the follow-up album in their adopted hometown of New York City, during the spring of 1981, that "Kiss On My List" went to Number One in three trade publications. Determined to follow up on their success, the duo produced Private Eyes assisted by their co-producer Neil Kernon.

Track listing:

Side One

1."Private Eyes" (Sara Allen, Janna Allen, Daryl Hall, Warren Pash) - 3:39

2."Looking for a Good Sign" (Hall) - 3:57

3."I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (S. Allen, Hall, John Oates) - 5:09

4."Mano a Mano" (Oates) - 3:56

5."Did It in a Minute" (S. Allen, J. Allen, Hall) - 3:39

Side Two

1."Head Above Water" (S. Allen, Hall, Oates) - 3:36

2."Tell Me What You Want" (S. Allen, Hall) - 3:51

3."Friday Let Me Down" (S. Allen, Hall, Oates) - 3:35

4."Unguarded Minute" (S. Allen, Hall, Oates) - 4:10

5."Your Imagination" (Hall) - 3:34

6."Some Men" (Hall) - 4:15

Personnel

Daryl Hall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Keyboards, Synthesizers. Mandocello, Vibraphone, Percussion, Mandola

John Oates: Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Lead & Backing Vocals, Mando-Guitars

Jerry Marotta: Drums, Percussion

Jimmy Maelen: Percussion

Charles DeChant: Keyboards, Saxophone

Larry Fast: Synthesizer Programming

Ray Gomez: Guitars

Mickey Curry: Drums, Percussion

John Siegler: Bass

G.E. Smith, Jeff Southworth: Additional Electric & Acoustic Guitars

John Jarett: Backing Vocals

Chuck Burgi: Drums, Percussion