Ooh Yeah! is the thirteenth studio album by American pop rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates, released on April 28, 1988. It was their first studio release in four years and their first with Arista Records. Though the album went platinum in the United States and produced a No. 3 entry with the single "Everything Your Heart Desires", as well as the singles "Missed Opportunity" and "Downtown Life" reaching number 29 and 31 respectively, it charted lower, and sold fewer copies than the band's previous albums. Ooh Yeah! was the last Hall & Oates album to feature Janna Allen as a co-writer before her 1993 death from leukemia.
Reception
Cash Box called "Downtown Life" a "sophisticated and creatively arranged tune, featuring a blistering funk groove combined with a heavy guitar feel."
Track listing
Personnel
The band
- Daryl Hall – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, electric guitars, synth bass, vibraphone
- John Oates – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Rockability" and "Keep on Pushin' Love", synthesizers, guitars, Linn 9000 programming
- Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – accordion, guitars, bass guitar, synth bass, vibraphone
- Jeff Bova – synthesizer programming, sequencing
- Pat Buchanan – lead and rhythm guitars
- Tony Beard – drums
- Jimmy Bralower – drum programming, sequencing
- Sammy Merendino – drum programming, sequencing, timbales
- Sammy Figueroa – percussion
- Mark Rivera – saxophones
Additional musicians
- James Hellman – synthesizer programming
- Philippe Saisse – synthesizer programming, keyboards on "Rockability" and "Keep on Pushin' Love"
- Paul Pesco – guitar on "Realove"
- Jimmy Rip – guitar on "Realove"
- Rick Iantosca – tom toms on "Downtown Life"
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion on "Everything Your Heart Desires"
- Jerry Goodman – electric violin on "Downtown Life"
- Danny Wilensky – saxophone on "Talking All Night"
- Lenny Pickett – saxophone on "Realove"
- Janna Allen – additional backing vocals on "Rockability"
- Keisuke Kuwata – vocals on "Realove"
- Narada Michael Walden – additional arrangements on "Rockability"
Crew
- James Hellman – MIDI technician, keyboard technician
- Mike Klvana – Synclavier and keyboard technician
- Mel Terpos – guitar technician
- Vince Guttman – drum technician
Production
- Arranged and produced by Daryl Hall, John Oates and Tom "T-Bone" Wolk.
- Recorded by Mike Scott; assisted by Gary Wright.
- Tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10 mixed by Bob Clearmountain; assisted by Roger Tarkov and Craig Vogel.
- Tracks 4, 7 & 9 mixed by Chris Porter; assisted by Mark Corbin and Scott Forman.
- Tracks 2, 5 & 8 mixed by Mike Scott; assisted by Gary Wright.
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York City, NY).
- Art direction – Maude Gilman
- Photography and hand-tinting – Laura Levine
- Management and direction – Tommy Mottola
Charts
Certifications
References
