Whole Oats

Biography

Whole Oats is the debut studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates. It was released in 1972 on Atlantic Records. The duo consisted of Daryl Hall and John Oates, both of Philadelphia. Prior to making this album the duo made numerous demos, some of which were released on the Past Times Behind collection. It was released on CD for the second time on February 12, 2008 by American Beat Records, putting it back in print after the original Atlantic Records CD release went out of print. The mu...

Whole Oats is the debut studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates. It was released in 1972 on Atlantic Records. The duo consisted of Daryl Hall and John Oates, both of Philadelphia. Prior to making this album the duo made numerous demos, some of which were released on the Past Times Behind collection. It was released on CD for the second time on February 12, 2008 by American Beat Records, putting it back in print after the original Atlantic Records CD release went out of print. The music on this record is a combination of soft rock, folk, and soul. "I'm Sorry" was covered by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues for his solo album Night Flight in 1980. Cecilio & Kapono used "Goodnight and Goodmorning" as the lead-off track of their second album, Elua, in 1975. Jim Capaldi covered "Goodnight and Goodmorning" in 1976, though his version was only released as the A-side to a USA-only single. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.