Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates

Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates
Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates
Greatest hits album by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Released	March 16, 2004
Genre	Pop
Length	156:00
Label	BMG Heritage
Daryl Hall & John Oates chronology
Reissue cover
	The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates cover (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates is a 2004 two-CD compilation album by Daryl Hall & John Oates, released by Sony BMG on their Heritage label. It charted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200, remaining in the charts for three weeks.^[2] The album was reissued the following year as The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates.

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"She's Gone"	Daryl Hall, John Oates	Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)	5:16
2.	"Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)"	Oates	Abandoned Luncheonette	2:59
3.	"When the Morning Comes"	Hall	Abandoned Luncheonette	3:13
4.	"Camellia"	Oates	Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975)	2:49
5.	"Sara Smile"	Hall, Oates	Daryl Hall & John Oates	3:09
6.	"Do What You Want, Be What You Are"	Hall, Oates	Bigger Than Both of Us (1976)	4:35
7.	"Rich Girl"	Hall	Bigger Than Both of Us	2:25
8.	"Back Together Again"	Oates	Bigger Than Both of Us	3:27
9.	"It's a Laugh" (single version)	Hall	Along the Red Ledge (1978)	3:46
10.	"I Don't Wanna Lose You"	Hall, Oates	Along the Red Ledge	3:48
11.	"Wait for Me"	Hall	X-Static (1979)	4:03
12.	"How Does It Feel to Be Back"	Oates	Voices (1980)	4:35
13.	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil	Voices	4:37
14.	"Kiss on My List"	Janna Allen, Hall	Voices	4:26
15.	"You Make My Dreams"	Sara Allen, Hall, Oates	Voices	3:10
16.	"Everytime You Go Away"	Hall	Voices	5:24
17.	"Private Eyes"	J. Allen, S. Allen, Hall, Warren Pash	Private Eyes (1981)	3:37
18.	"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"	S. Allen, Hall, Oates	Private Eyes	5:08
19.	"Did It in a Minute"	J. Allen, S. Allen, Hall	Private Eyes	3:37
20.	"Your Imagination"	Hall	Private Eyes	3:33

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Maneater"	S. Allen, Hall, Oates	H₂O (1982)	4:32
2.	"One on One"	Hall	H₂O	4:17
3.	"Family Man"	Tim Cross, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye, Mike Oldfield, Morris Pert, Maggie Reilly	H₂O	3:27
4.	"Say It Isn't So"	Hall	Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983)	4:17
5.	"Adult Education" (promotional 12" version)	S. Allen, Hall, Oates	Rock 'n Soul Part 1	4:34
6.	"Out of Touch" (single version)	Hall, Oates	Big Bam Boom (1984)	4:08
7.	"Method of Modern Love"	J. Allen, Hall	Big Bam Boom	5:32
8.	"Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid"	Hall	Big Bam Boom	5:25
9.	"Possession Obsession" (single version)	S. Allen, Hall, Oates	Big Bam Boom	4:07
10.	"Everything Your Heart Desires"	Hall	Ooh Yeah! (1988)	5:01
11.	"Missed Opportunity"	S. Allen, Hall, Oates	Ooh Yeah!	4:47
12.	"Downtown Life"	S. Allen, Hall, Rick Iantosca, Oates	Ooh Yeah!	4:28
13.	"So Close"	Jon Bon Jovi, George Green, Hall, Danny Kortchmar	Change of Season (1990)	4:41
14.	"Don't Hold Back Your Love"	Gerald O'Brien, Richard Page, David Tyson	Change of Season	5:14
15.	"Starting All Over Again"	Phillip A. Mitchell	Change of Season	4:08
16.	"Promise Ain't Enough"	Hall, Porter Howell, Oates, Dwayne O'Brien	Marigold Sky (1997)	5:47
17.	"Do It for Love"	Hall, Oates, Billy Mann, Paul Pesco	VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002)	3:58

Charts

Chart performance for *Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates*
Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	63
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	98

Certifications and sales

Certifications for *Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[5]	Gold	100,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates". AllMusic. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
^ Billboard - Hall and Oates
^ "Daryl Hall John Oates Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
^ "Daryl Hall John Oates Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
^ "British album certifications – Daryl Hall & John Oates – The Essential". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates". AllMusic. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

[2] Billboard - Hall and Oates

[ac_Billboard200_Daryl_Hall_John_Oates-3] "Daryl Hall John Oates Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2022.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Daryl_Hall_John_Oates-4] "Daryl Hall John Oates Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2022.

[United_KingdomDaryl_Hall_&_John_OatesThe_EssentialalbumCertRef-5] "British album certifications – Daryl Hall & John Oates – The Essential". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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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)
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