No Goodbyes is a 1977 collection by Hall & Oates. It is a "Best of" compilation of their first three Atlantic Records recordings. No Goodbyes was released after the duo left Atlantic and joined RCA Records, and after Atlantic had achieved a Top 10 hit with a re-release of "She's Gone" (included here). It contains three new songs: "It's Uncanny," "I Want to Know You for a Long Time," and "Love You Like a Brother." The latter two of these were later released on The Atlantic Collection. "It's Uncanny" was released as a single upon this album's release but failed to break the Billboard Top 40, reaching only #80. "Love You Like a Brother" was re-released on the 2009 four-disc box set Do What You Want, Be What You Are, as was "It's Uncanny."

No Goodbyes
Compilation album by
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1977
Recorded1972–74
Genre
Length35:48
LabelAtlantic
ProducerArif Mardin, Todd Rundgren
Daryl Hall & John Oates chronology
Bigger Than Both of Us
(1976)
No Goodbyes
(1977)
Beauty on a Back Street
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]

Track listing

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Side one

  1. "It's Uncanny" (Hall) – 3:43*
  2. "I Want to Know You for a Long Time" (Hall) – 3:19*
  3. "Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)" – 2:43
  4. "Love You Like a Brother" (Hall, Oates) – 3:22*
  5. "Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)" – 2:57

Side two

  1. "She's Gone" – 5:15
  2. "Lilly (Are You Happy)" – 4:10
  3. "When the Morning Comes" – 3:12
  4. "Beanie G. and the Rose Tattoo" – 3:00
  5. "70's Scenario" – 3:57

Personnel

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  • John Kalodner – album compilation coordinator
  • Arif Mardin – producer (1, 2, 4-8)
  • Daryl Hall – producer (1, 2)
  • John Oates – producer (1, 2)
  • Todd Rundgren – producer (3, 9, 10), engineer (3, 9, 10)
  • Christopher Bond – assistant producer (5, 6, 8)
  • Alan Ade, Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn, Joel Kent, David LaSage, Gene Paul and Gene Perly – recording and assistant engineers (1, 2, 4-8)
  • Bob Defrin – art direction
  • Benno Friedman – photography

References

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  1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "No Goodbyes – Daryl Hall & John Oates". AllMusic. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.