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1982 studio album by Hall & Oates
H2 O is the eleventh studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates . The album was released on October 4, 1982, by RCA Records . It featured three top 10 US singles, one being "Maneater ", which was the biggest hit of their career, spending four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album title is a play on the chemical formula for water , where "H" is for Hall and "O" is for Oates.
H2 O is certified double Platinum by the RIAA with sales of over two million copies.[4]
Track listing
Personnel
Daryl Hall – lead vocals (1-6, 8, 9, 11), backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
John Oates – backing vocals, lead vocals (7, 10), 6 and 12-string guitars, electric piano, Roland CR-78 drum machine , Linn LM-1
G.E. Smith – lead guitar
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass guitar
Mickey Curry – drums, percussion
Charlie "Mr. Casual" DeChant – saxophone
"Little Italy Mandolinos" – Daryl Hall , John Oates and Tom "T-Bone" Wolk
Larry Fast – synthesizer programming
Production
Produced by Daryl Hall and John Oates
Engineered and Co-produced by Neil Kernon
Assistant Engineers – Bruce Buchalter, Barry Harris and Michael Somers-Abbott.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY).
Mixed by Hugh Padgham
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
Art Direction – Mick Haggerty and Geoffrey Kent
Cover Photography – Hiro (51)
Inner Sleeve Photography – Larry Williams
Management – Tommy Mottola
Chart performance
The album debuted at number 33 on the Billboard 200 the week of October 30, 1982 as the highest debut of the week; after eleven weeks it reached and peaked at number three on the chart on January 15, 1983; the album remained on the chart for sixty-eight weeks.[5] [6] By December 1982 the album sold one million copies and it was certified Platinum on December 16, 1982; it was certified double Platinum by the RIAA on April 1, 1985 denoting shipments of two million.[7]
In the United Kingdom the album opened at number 31 on October 23, 1982, the next week it reached and peaked at number 24.[8] [9] The album remained on the chart for thirty-five weeks and it was certified Gold by the BPI on March 29, 1983 for shipments of 100,000.[9] [10]
Charts and certifications
Album
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Singles
The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.
References
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^ "Top LPs & Tape". Billboard - October 30, 1982 . Google Books . p. 71. Retrieved August 23, 2017 .
^ "Top LPs & Tape". Billboard - January 15, 1983 . Google Books . p. 55. Retrieved August 23, 2017 .
^ a b "American album certifications – Hall & Oates – H 2 O" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 23, 2017 .
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100" . UK Albums Chart . The Official Charts Company . October 23, 1982. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
^ a b "DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company" . www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
^ a b "British album certifications – Daryl Hall & John Oates – H2O" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved August 23, 2017 . Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type H2O in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
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