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'''''Soul Alone''''' is a 1993 album by [[Daryl Hall]] released on Epic Records. Distinct from the sound of Daryl's successful duo [[Hall & Oates]], this album features a more soulful and jazzy feel. However, Epic failed to find a marketing niche for Hall's new sound, and the album was not a commercial success.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} ''Soul Alone'' featured singer [[Mariah Carey]] and producer/multi-instrumentalist [[Walter Afanasieff]] as composers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/soul-alone/id407790035 |title=iTunes - Music - Soul Alone by Daryl Hall |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date=1946-10-11 |accessdate=2013-05-29}}</ref> One single was released from the album, the track "I'm in a Philly Mood".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Alone-Daryl-Hall/dp/B000TV4QUK |title=Soul Alone: Daryl Hall: Music |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2013-05-29}}</ref> The Japanese version of the album came with an extra 12th track, "I've Finally Seen The Light."
'''''Soul Alone''''' is a 1993 album by [[Daryl Hall]] released on Epic Records. Distinct from the sound of Daryl's successful duo [[Hall & Oates]], this album features a more soulful and jazzy feel. However, Epic failed to find a marketing niche for Hall's new sound, and the album was not a commercial success.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} ''Soul Alone'' featured singer [[Mariah Carey]] and producer/multi-instrumentalist [[Walter Afanasieff]] as composers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/soul-alone/id407790035 |title=iTunes - Music - Soul Alone by Daryl Hall |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date=1946-10-11 |accessdate=2013-05-29}}</ref> One single was released from the album, the track "I'm in a Philly Mood".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Alone-Daryl-Hall/dp/B000TV4QUK |title=Soul Alone: Daryl Hall: Music |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2013-05-29}}</ref> The Japanese version of the album came with an extra 12th track, "I've Finally Seen The Light."

Songwriter [[Janna Allen]], who co-composed "Written In Stone" (the only song on the album Hall didn't have a hand in writing), died two weeks before the album's release. In addition to being a longtime musical collaborator of Hall's, she was the sister of his longtime girlfriend [[Sara Allen]].


==Track Listing==
==Track Listing==

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Soul Alone is a 1993 album by Daryl Hall released on Epic Records. Distinct from the sound of Daryl's successful duo Hall & Oates, this album features a more soulful and jazzy feel. However, Epic failed to find a marketing niche for Hall's new sound, and the album was not a commercial success.[citation needed] Soul Alone featured singer Mariah Carey and producer/multi-instrumentalist Walter Afanasieff as composers.[2] One single was released from the album, the track "I'm in a Philly Mood".[3] The Japanese version of the album came with an extra 12th track, "I've Finally Seen The Light."

Songwriter Janna Allen, who co-composed "Written In Stone" (the only song on the album Hall didn't have a hand in writing), died two weeks before the album's release. In addition to being a longtime musical collaborator of Hall's, she was the sister of his longtime girlfriend Sara Allen.

Track Listing

  1. "Power of Seduction" 5:50 (Hall, Moreland, Smith)
  2. "This Time" 4:58 (Hall, Sara Allen, Moreland, Smith)
  3. "Love Revelation" 4:35 (Hall, Moreland, Smith, Alan Gorrie)
  4. "I'm in a Philly Mood" 5:15 (Hall, Moreland, Smith, Gorrie)
  5. "Borderline" 6:16 (Hall, L. Flagbe, Michael Peden)
  6. "Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You" 4:41 (Marvin Gaye, Hall, S. Allen)
  7. "Help Me Find a Way to Your Heart (Hall, Moreland, Smith, Gorrie, Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff)
  8. "Send Me" 4:55 (Hall, Moreland, Smith, Gorrie)
  9. "Wildfire" 4:58 (Hall, Moreland, Smith, S. Allen)
  10. "Money Changes Everything" 4:51 (Hall, Gorrie)
  11. "Written in Stone" 5:02 (Janna Allen, S. Dubin, Kevin Savigar)
  12. "I've Finally Seen the Light" (Japan only Bonus Track)

Production

  • Produced by Daryl Hall, Peter Lord Moreland, Michael Peden & V. Jeffrey Smith
  • Engineers: Paul Max Bloom, Martin Hayles, Yan Meemi, David Morales, Peter Moshay, Michael Peden, John Poppo
  • Assistant Engineers: Paul Max Bloom, Yan Meemi
  • Mixing: David Morales, Michael Peden, John Poppo
  • Mastering: Vladimir Meller

Personnel

  • Daryl Hall: lead & backing vocals
  • Bernard Davis, Trevor Murrell: drums
  • Miles Bould, Frank Ricotti: percussion
  • Bob Bitsand, Alan Gorrie, Rich Tancredi: bass guitar
  • Tommy Eyre, Daryl Hall, Eric Kupper, Peter Lord Moreland, Peter "Ski" Schwartz, Alec Shantzis: keyboards
  • Terry Burrus: acoustic piano
  • "Tag": guitars
  • V. Jeffrey Smith: electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, synth bass, saxophone
  • Tom "T-Bone" Wolk: acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar
  • Charles DeChant: saxophone
  • Phillip Todd: flute, saxophone, EWI programming
  • Peter Moshay, Mel Wesson: programming
  • The London Session Orchestra: strings
  • Strings composed, arranged, conducted by Nick Ingman, Arif Mardin & Joe Mardin

Notes

  1. ^ Soul Alone at AllMusic
  2. ^ "iTunes - Music - Soul Alone by Daryl Hall". Itunes.apple.com. 1946-10-11. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  3. ^ "Soul Alone: Daryl Hall: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
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