Daryl Hall & John Oates reissuing 'Do It For Love'

Acclaimed 16th studio album is reissued on vinyl for the first time

When Daryl Hall & John Oates released their 16th studio album Do It For Love in 2003, it was to critical and commercial acclaim, with singles including “Do It For Love,” “Man on a Mission” and “Getaway Car.” The album is being made available for the first time on 2 LP and the CD is reissued on gatefold digipak for its 20th anniversary via BMG.

Following a six-year release hiatus following 1997’s Marigold Sky, Daryl Hall & John Oates proved once again why they remain the most successful duo in music history, creating a record packed with quality songs and the unmistakable character and sound of Daryl Hall & John Oates.

In addition to the singles, the album featured long-time collaborator Todd Rundgren who appeared on their cover of The New Radicals’ song “Someday We’ll Know. It’s a creative partnership that still continues – Rundgren and Hall toured earlier this year.

“I think we followed our own instinct rather than listen to other people’s suggestions,” Hall says of the album’s release. “I think it’s really a culmination of all the different stylistic directions we’ve gone in and pulling it all together and focusing it in one place. It’s a very organic record, it’s emotional, it’s got great songs and melodies — all the things that people think of when they think of Daryl Hall and John Oates are very much in evidence here.”

“Do It For Love” drew comparisons with the very best of the duo’s output including 1973’s Abandoned Luncheonette album and 1975’s eponymous debut for RCA.

“It was interesting for me to record for the first time in London,” Oates reflects. “Working with a new team of producers during a time when pop music was in transition from the mega success of the Boy Band craze while at the same time trying to preserve the integrity and sound that Daryl and I had created over the years.”

Daryl Hall agrees, “A good record.”