{{short description|1972 studio album by Hall & Oates}} {{use American English|date=May 2020}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox album | name = Whole Oats | type = studio | artist = Daryl Hall & John Oates | cover = Hall_Oates_Whole_Oates.jpg | alt = | released = September 1972 | recorded = May 1972 | venue = | studio = Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, U.S. | genre = * Soul<ref name="Molanphy 2022"/> *blue-eyed soul<ref name="Rolli">{{cite web |last1=Rolli |first1=Bryan |title=Daryl Hall Announces Spring 2022 U.S. Tour with Todd Rundgren |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/daryl-hall-todd-rundgren-2022-us-tour/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=October 13, 2024 |date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> *folk<ref name="Molanphy 2022">{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2022/01/hall-and-oates-biggest-duo-in-chart-history|title= Rock 'n Soul Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date= January 15, 2022|access-date= March 22, 2024}}</ref> | length = 38:08 | label = Atlantic | producer = Arif Mardin | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Abandoned Luncheonette | next_year = 1973 | misc = {{Singles | name = Whole Oats | type = studio | single1 = Goodnight and Goodmorning / All Our Love<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6216542-Whole-Oats-Goodnight-And-Good-Morning-All-Our-Love | title=Whole Oats - Goodnight and Good Morning / All Our Love | website=Discogs | date=1972 }}</ref> | single1date = 1972 }} }}
{{Album reviews |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/whole-oats-mw0000650229|title=Whole Oats – Daryl Hall & John Oates|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref> }}
'''''Whole Oats''''' is the debut studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates. The album was released in September 1972, by Atlantic Records.
The duo consisted of Daryl Hall and John Oates, both of Philadelphia. Prior to making this album, the duo made numerous demos, some of which were released on the ''Past Times Behind'' & ''Vintage'' collections. It was released on CD for the second time on February 12, 2008 by American Beat Records, putting it back in print after the original Atlantic Records CD release went out of print.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discogs page on album |website=Discogs |date=1972 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/27691-Daryl-Hall-John-Oates-Whole-Oats }}</ref> On February 24, 2017, Friday Music released a remastered version of the album along with their third studio album, ''War Babies''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discogs page on double reissue |website=Discogs |date=February 24, 2017 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9937760-Daryl-Hall-John-Oates-Whole-Oats-War-Babies }}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Side one
| title1 = I'm Sorry | writer1 = Daryl Hall, John Oates | length1 = 3:06
| title2 = All Our Love | writer2 = Hall, Oates | length2 = 2:41
| title3 = Georgie | writer3 = Hall | length3 = 2:42
| title4 = Fall in Philadelphia | writer4 = Hall | length4 = 3:58
| title5 = Waterwheel | writer5 = Hall | length5 = 3:52
| title6 = Lazyman | writer6 = Hall | length6 = 3:15 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title7 = Goodnight and Goodmorning | writer7 = Hall, Oates | length7 = 3:18 | title8 = They Needed Each Other | writer8 = Hall | length8 = 3:59 | title9 = Southeast City Window | writer9 = Oates | length9 = 2:31 | title10 = Thank You For... | writer10 = Oates | length10 = 4:36 | title11 = Lilly (Are You Happy) | writer11 = Hall, Oates | length11 = 4:10 }}
== Personnel == * Daryl Hall – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, guitars, mandolin, vibraphone, arrangements, cello and arrangements on "Southeast City Window" * John Oates – vocals, guitars, arrangements * Jerry Ricks – guitar on "Southeast City Window" * Bill Keith – pedal steel guitar on "All Our Love" and "Southeast City Window" * Mike McCarthy – bass * Jim Helmer – drums, percussion * Arif Mardin – horn and string arrangements
== Production == * Produced by Arif Mardin * Recorded and Engineered by Lewis Hahn and Gene Paul * Mixed by Gene Paul * Mastered by Stephen Innocenzi * Art Direction and Design – Richard Mantel * Photography – John Paul Endress
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