: Unlike many "greatest hits" collections that use edited single versions, this compilation features the full-length album versions of most tracks.
The story of The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates is a testament to the duo's reign as the best-selling duo in pop music history. Originally released on January 23, 2001
, the compilation chronicles their commercial peak with RCA Records from 1975 to 1984. A Sound That Defined an Era
The reason a compilation album is often the preferred method of listening for many is the sheer density of hits Hall & Oates produced in a short window. Between 1980 and 1985, the duo was inescapable.