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Abandoned Luncheonette | 
 enlarge | Artist: Hall & Oates
Label: Rhino Flashback
Category: Music
List Price: $5.98
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 6117
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 19139
UPC: 081227992897
EAN: 0081227992897
ASIN: B0017CW5CQ
Release Date: May 20, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | When the Morning Comes - Hall & Oates, Hall, Daryl | | • | Had I Known You Better Then - Hall & Oates, Oates, John | | • | Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song) - Hall & Oates, Oates, John | | • | She's Gone - Hall & Oates, Oates, John | | • | I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man) - Hall & Oates, Oates, John | | • | Abandoned Luncheonette - Hall & Oates, Hall, Daryl | | • | Lady Rain - Hall & Oates, Hall, Daryl | | • | Laughing Boy - Hall & Oates, Hall, Daryl | | • | Everytime I Look at You - Hall & Oates, Hall, Daryl |
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Hall and Oates best Atlantic Records recording!!! October 26, 2008
Great Hall and Oates album,includes the now classic She's Gone in all it's 5 minutes plus glory,the radio seemed to play the 3 minute single edit,but the version on this album is much better,that's not the only great song,every tune on this classic album is top notch,a very recommended album!!!
ABANDONED LUNCHEONETTE (ATLANTIC RECORDS/1973) October 21, 2008
REVIEW: Talk about a lost classic! "ABANDONED LUNCHEONETTE" was only Hall and Oates' second recording; and yet they deliver a most satisfying round of R&B-styled pop songs, folkish excursions, and audacious set pieces that keeps getting better and better with each passing year. The belated hit single "She's Gone" has itself gone on to become an oft-recorded soul standard while the lovely title track forms the centerpiece of an album that is musically invigorating and lyrically deft at bringing to life the lingering emotional after-effects of a romantic breakup. Although those two tracks are the backbone of this LP: it is the trio of songs that climax the album ("Lady Rain", "Laughing Boy", and "Everytime I Look At You") that cement its status as a major work of art. "Everytime" in particular defies catagorization as it moves from a hard-edged funk groove to a breathtaking vocal coda and then shifts gears into a wild bluegrass/rockabilly jam complete with dueling banjo and fiddle. I've never heard anything quite like it. Ditto the more plaintive experimentism of "Lady Rain", Daryl Hall's gorgeous solo piano number "Laughing Boy", and of course the haunting tableau of "Abandoned Luncheonette". The first side is no slough either: as it opens with the deceptively low-key "When The Morning Comes" and features three first-rate numbers by John Oates ("Had I Known You Better Then", "I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man)", and the highly superior "Las Vegas Turnaround") as well as the aforementioned "She's Gone". This is an amazing record: beautifully produced by Arif Mardin and worth a thousand listens. Regardless of whether or not you love or hate their various hit singles from the 80's: you owe it to yourself to hear this album as the dyanamic duo's penchant for pushing the boundaries of their musical vision pays off big time with refreshing and startling results. HARSH LANGUAGE: only 2 minor words. VIOLENCE: only Hall lamenting a friend's possible thoughts of suicide on "Laughing Boy". SEXUAL REFERENCES: about 7 (mostly) discreet instances.
THE MORAL COMPASS: This is a criminally overlooked LP that takes a lot of chances and succeeds brilliantly. However (as befits a meditation on modern love) there are several prudent references to pre-marital sex and pre-marital relationships (including the "this is the cradle thief insisting/you better let me have my way" line from "I'm Just A Kid"). Add to that the pained declaration that the protagonist in "She's Gone" would "pay the devil to replace" his girl who left him, and the more minor quibble of personifying nature as "Lady Rain" (of whom he asks what his future romantic life holds): and you have a song cycle that paints a very down-to-earth, honest picture of adult emotions that mature Christians should appreciate even while disagreeing with the casual sex and the desperation of a guy so hurt by a bad relationship that he would "petition" the devil for help. As such the album's content should garner a CAUTIONARY rating.
HIGHEST BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART POSITION: Number 33
HIT SINGLES: "She's Gone" (BILLBOARD: Number 7, BLACK SINGLES: Number 93, ADULT CONTEMPORARY: Number 6)
The Good Old Days September 21, 2008
Imagine somebody asking me to write a review of a very favorite album. Way back when I was in radio and it was my job to select the music that was to be played. When "Abandoned Luncheonette" came across my desk I
liked the title and the album cover reminded me of a place I used to go for breakfast. When I put the album on the turntable to pass judgement on the album in question, BOY! I was so pleasantly surprised, WOW! when I got to "She's Gone" I new I was in LOVE and had to get this album on the air. I also had to get this album for home to play for wife and friends who shared in my excitement.. Hall & Oates have recored a lot of albums over the years and I have 90% of them, but none of them stand up to this one. There is not a bad cut on the album. You cannot say that about many albums. I still have my original vynal copy That I got in the early 70's. I would suggest to anyone that want just a GREAT album, here it is !*****Michael Jay
What Happened? August 28, 2008
I remember first hearing this back when it came out and considered it an almost perfect album. I now have it on CD and it is still an amazing piece of musical art. On this CD both of these guys have a real chance to shine as one side belongs to Hall and one to Oates. This early stuff has an acoustic mellowness to it that really runs contrary to the more recent "do wop" type stuff they migrated to. The compositions are more personal and the lyrics are filled with sincerity.It almost seems that after this point Hall and Oates morphed into something entirely different and never returned. What happened to these guys? I guess success took quite a toll. If you have never listened to this, I think you will be shocked by the almost thematic quality of the album and you might not even believe that these are the same guys that did the stupid eighties videos and sang about maneaters and that other crap.
This is NOT a remastered version. August 23, 2008
I bought this "version" of Abandoned Luncheonette because I saw that Rhino Flashback had "released" this on May 20, 2008. My previous involvement with this album included an early pressing LP with lyrics, a later Atlantic pressing cut-out bin LP with the generic white inner sleeve and the original version of the CD release, circa 1987/90. Seeing that Rhino Flashback had "released" this in May, 2008, I was expecting a nice remastered disc, with restored album art and lyrics.
Instead, what I received from Amazon was simply what amounted to the same version of the CD I already owned. Namely, a generic circa-1987/90-style Atlantic CD with red lettering on the CD spine and a regular silver disc with a red band around the outer edge of the CD. The booklet was also the same as the version I already owned. The only difference was that the CD had a sticker stating "Flashback" on the cover. Since this thing was released in 1973, I wasn't expecting anything other than a "Flashback", as I already knew this one was older than me.
So, if you are expecting a nice, new, restored Rhino remaster of this CD (much like Rhino is known for) you will be sorely disappointed.
If you are just looking to add a H&O CD to your collection, then by all means you should buy this one. There is not a bad song on here. There was only one real hit on here ("She's Gone") but every song is solid. The title track, as well as "Las Vegas Turnaround", "Had I Known You Better Then" and "Lady Rain" are the standouts, but every song is good. The album was produced by legendary R&B producer Arif Marden, and he definitely was able to pull a great performance out of a very young Daryl and John. In fact, they wouldn't make an album this good again until 1980.
The long and short is, for even a casual fan, this is a rewarding CD to own. But, for those of you thinking you are getting a remastered Rhino CD, beware that is not the case.
On a final note, you should check out the early video for "She's Gone" on Youtube. It's definitely interesting.
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