Comments on: Daryl Hall, Sacred Songs – Cult Pick

By: VlogHog

VlogHog — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:26:21 +0000

Not being a fan of King Crimson or Robert Fripp, I can’t get into this CD.

It sounds like a Robert Fripp album with Daryl Hall on lead vocals.

Similarily, the Todd Rundgren produced War Babies by Hall and Oates sounds like a Todd Rundgren album. Though, I like it more than many.

Not that I’m a Fripp hater. He plays a great guitar solo on Hall And Oates “Don’t Blame It On Love” from Along The Red Ledge(1978).

By: RadioKAOS

RadioKAOS — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:42:14 +0000

I was at a pawn shop recently, and found a stack of Hall & Oates records in amongst their vinyl selection. This caused me to search through the entire selection in hopes of finding this album, and to my surprise, I did find it. I had previously purchased it on CD a few years prior.

One thing which is obvious from this album and “Exposure,” which is not as obvious from Hall & Oates records (possibly excepting “Sara Smile”) is what an amazing singer Daryl Hall is. Robert Fripp is and was dead on in his praise of his vocal abilities.

Since a previous comment mentioned Tommy Mottola, there were machinations which prevented further collaboration, mainly the huge success Hall & Oates faced after the release of “Private Eyes,” which came out around the time of this album. Robert Fripp had mentioned that he envisioned the 1980s version of King Crimson as being fronted by Hall rather than Adrian Belew, which was not to be.

By: paul

paul — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:52:39 +0000

Babs and Babs is a bittersweet song already, a study in contrasts. The frippertronics section is achingly beautiful. A peek into what the world could be like if we could all be a little nicer, and simultaneously a reflection on the sadness of the distance we allow between us all. Something in 4/4 is an uplifting gem. The Fartger Away I Am is a top drawer love song, pure emotion. What an album. The “Record Company Prick” (Zappa, Tinseltown Rebellion Band”) who “shelved” this, Tony Mottola, is or was married to Mariah Carey. Yeah, I can picture the audition…..RCA know what they can do with her records.

By: Sticky, Sweet, & A Little Overdressed » Blog Archive » Before Ghetto Smile, Frippertronics

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:49:41 +0000

[...] they came up on a Google News alert for Daryl Hall (yes, I do care that much, shut up) and had a well-written quick review of Hall’s Sacred Songs album: So, in perhaps one of the most befuddling pairings of all time, [...]

By: SoandSoul

SoandSoul — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:43:33 +0000

Good article!

By: DevlinC

DevlinC — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:53:45 +0000

You Burn Me Up… is actually a bonus track on the CD re-release of Sacred Songs. It originally appears on Robert Fripp’s 1979 solo album “Exposure”, on which Daryl appears on a number of other tracks. If you liked this album, Exposure is a neccessity.