War Babies (Hall & Oates album)

War Babies is the third studio album by American pop music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. The album was released in October 1974, by Atlantic Records. It was their last of three albums for Atlantic Records before moving to RCA Records. The album was produced by Todd Rundgren.^[2] Rundgren and other members of Utopia, his then-recently-formed prog-rock band, perform on the record.

The album was a radical departure from the previous two albums, alienating fans of the blue-eyed soul material that dominated the albums. War Babies is a more rock-oriented LP with heavy keyboard work, sarcastic lyrical content, and elements of hard rock.^[3]^[4] War Babies was their first charting album, reaching #86 on the Billboard 200.

On February 24, 2017, Friday Music released a remastered version of the album along with their first studio album, Whole Oats.^[5]

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Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)"	John Oates	2:50
2.	"Is It a Star"	Daryl Hall, Oates	4:41
3.	"Beanie G and the Rose Tattoo"	Hall	3:01
4.	"You're Much Too Soon"	Hall	4:08
5.	"70's Scenario"	Hall	4:00

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"War Baby Son of Zorro"	Hall	4:10
7.	"I'm Watching You (A Mutant Romance)"	Hall	4:27
8.	"Better Watch Your Back"	Hall	4:15
9.	"Screaming Through December"	Hall	6:35
10.	"Johnny Gore and the ‘C’ Eaters"	Hall, Oates	5:18

Personnel

Daryl Hall – lead vocals (3-10), backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, mandolin, vibraphone
John Oates – backing vocals, lead vocals (1, 2, 10), keyboards, synthesizers, guitars
Don York – keyboards, arrangements on "Is It a Star", ARP String Ensemble on "70's Scenario"
Todd Rundgren – lead guitar, backing vocals
Richie Cerniglia – lead guitar on "Is It a Star"
John Siegler – bass
John G. Wilcox – drums
Sandy Allen – backing vocals on "War Baby Son of Zorro" and "Johnny Gore and the "C" Eaters"
Gail Boggs – backing vocals on "War Baby Son of Zorro" and "Johnny Gore and the "C" Eaters"
Hello People – backing vocals on "Johnny Gore and the "C" Eaters"
"Admiral Television" – "soloist" [presumably TV-broadcast noise] on "War Baby Son of Zorro"
Tommy Mottola – voice ["Erased Conelrad warning"] on "War Baby Son of Zorro"

Production

Produced and Engineered by Todd Rundgren
Assistant Engineer – David Lesage
Mastered by Jean Ristori at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).
Art Direction – Bob Defrin
Artwork – Peter Palombi
Photography – David Gahr and Armin Kachaturian
Musical Assistance – David LaSage and Gene Perla

References

^ Molanphy, Chris (January 15, 2022). "Rock 'n Soul Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "War Babies – Daryl Hall & John Oates". AllMusic. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
^ "The unusual album Led Zeppelin always took on tour". December 30, 2021.
^ "Daryl Hall Announces Spring 2022 U.S. Tour with Todd Rundgren".
^ "DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES | WHOLE OATS & WAR BABIES CD (Original Recording Masters/ Deluxe 2 CD Set/Limited Edition)". Friday Music. Retrieved February 22, 2017.

v t e Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall John Oates
Studio albums	Whole Oats (1972) Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) War Babies (1974) Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) Beauty on a Back Street (1977) Along the Red Ledge (1978) X-Static (1979) Voices (1980) Private Eyes (1981) H₂O (1982) Big Bam Boom (1984) Ooh Yeah! (1988) Change of Season (1990) Marigold Sky (1997) Do It for Love (2003) Our Kind of Soul (2004) Home for Christmas (2006)
Live albums	Livetime (1978) Live at the Apollo (1985) Greatest Hits Live (2001)
Compilation albums	No Goodbyes (1977) Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) Looking Back – The Best of Daryl Hall + John Oates (1991) The Atlantic Collection (1996) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001) VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002) Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004) The Singles (2008)
Singles	"She's Gone" (1974) "Alone Too Long" (1975) "Sara Smile" (1976) "Rich Girl" (1977) "Wait for Me" (1979) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) "Kiss on My List" (1981) "You Make My Dreams" (1981) "Private Eyes" (1981) "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) "Did It in a Minute" (1982) "Maneater" (1982) "One on One" (1983) "Family Man" (1983) "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) "Say It Isn't So" (1983) "Adult Education" (1984) "Out of Touch" (1984) "Method of Modern Love" (1985) "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985) "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) "Love Train" (1989) "So Close" (1990) "Starting All Over Again" (1991) "Do It for Love" (2002) "Someday We'll Know" (2003) "Getaway Car" (2003) "I'll Be Around" (2004) "Without You" (2004) "I Can Dream About You" (2005) "Ooh Child" (2005) "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (2006)
Other songs	"Everytime You Go Away" (1980)
Hall solo albums	Sacred Songs (1980) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986) Soul Alone (1993) Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) Laughing Down Crying (2011) BeforeAfter (2022)
Oates solo albums	Phunk Shui (2002) Arkansas (2018)
Related articles	Discography Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates Live from Daryl's House HoagieNation Sara Allen Janna Allen

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