Big Bam Boom

Rating

Album: Big Bam Boom
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Dance On Your Knees	More Info...	0:01
2)	Out of Touch	More Info...	0:04
3)	Method of Modern Love	More Info...	0:05
4)	Bank On Your Love	More Info...	0:04
5)	Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid	More Info...	0:05
6)	Going Thru the Motions	More Info...	0:05
7)	Cold Dark and Yesterday	More Info...	0:04
8)	All American Girl	More Info...	0:04
9)	Possession Obsession	More Info...	0:04
10)	Out of Touch (12" Version)	More Info...	0:07
11)	Method Of Modern Love (12' Version) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:08
12)	Possession Obsession (12' Version) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:06
13)	Dance On Your Knees (12' Version) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:06

Album: Big Bam Boom
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Dance On Your Knees	More Info...	0:01
2)	Out of Touch	More Info...	0:04
3)	Method of Modern Love	More Info...	0:05
4)	Bank On Your Love	More Info...	0:04
5)	Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid	More Info...	0:05
6)	Going Thru the Motions	More Info...	0:05
7)	Cold Dark and Yesterday	More Info...	0:04
8)	All American Girl	More Info...	0:04
9)	Possession Obsession	More Info...	0:04
10)	Out of Touch (12" Version)	More Info...	0:07
11)	Method Of Modern Love (12' Version) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:08
12)	Possession Obsession (12' Version) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:06
13)	Dance On Your Knees (12' Version) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:06

Tracks

1. Dance On Your Knees

2. Out Of Touch

3. Method Of Modern Love

4. Bank On Your Love

5. Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

6. Going Thru' The Motions

7. Cold, Dark And Yesterday

8. All American Girl

9. Possession Obsession

10. Out Of Touch (12'' Vsn, Bonus Trk)

11. Method Of Modern Love (12'' Vsn, Bonus Trk)

12. Possession Obsession (12'' Vsn, Bonus Trk)

13. Dance On Your Knees (12'' Vsn, Bonus Trk)

Performer Notes

Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.
Digitally remastered by Pat Martin.
Daryl Hall & John Oates: Daryl Hall, John Oates.
Personnel: John Oates (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, guitar synthesizer); Daryl Hall (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); T-Bone Wolk (guitar, synthesizer); G.E. Smith (guitar); Charles DeChant, Charlie DeChant (saxophone); Randy Kilgore, Anthony Aquilato, Robbie Kilgore (keyboards); Wells Christy (Synclavier); Mickey Curry (drums); Bashiri Johnson (timbales); Jay Burnett (percussion).
Additional personnel: T-Bone Wolk (bass guitar); Jimmy Bralower (drum); Robbie Kilgore (programming); G.E. Smith, Jay Burnett, Mickey Curry, Bashiri Johnson , Clive Smith, Wells Christy, Charlie DeChant.
Audio Mixers: Bob Clearmountain; Chris Lord-Alge.
Audio Remixers: Jay Burnett; Arthur Baker.
Liner Note Author: Ken Sharp .
Recording information: Electric Lady Studio (1984).
Editors: Latin Rascals; Albert Cabrera; Tony Moran.
Photographers: Larry Andrew Williams; Larry E. Williams; Jean Pagliuso.
Arrangers: Daryl Hall; T-Bone Wolk; John Oates.
This was Hall and Oates' most commercially successful album, and in retrospect it's not hard to figure out why; almost every track is either diabolically catchy (just try listening to "Out of Touch" without immediately having the chorus resonate in your head for the next few weeks), danceable ("Method of Modern Love"), arena-rock bombastic ("Bank On Your Love") or all three at the same time ("Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid"). It also helped that H&O had an ear toward hip-hop before most of their contemporaries, as witness the brief mostly instrumental "Dance on Your Knees" that opens the album; it's practically a homage to the Sugar Hill Gang's "White Lines".

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.136) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]his classic floor-filling glam-funk bonanza contains irresistible songs....Top notch."