Continuing the more rock-oriented approach of Beauty on a Back Street, Along the Red Ledge is more successful than its predecessor, as the duo landed on a polished melodic pop/rock style that managed to retain their Philly soul influences without drowning their voices in distorted guitar flourishes. They would refine this sound two years later on Voices, the record that established them as pop/rock superstars.
No, no....not that. But, maybe some of you are thinking, "Hall & Oates? Can't you find some serious music??" Well now, lemmee tell ya, prior to them finding that big glossy pop sound that had a majority of housewives across the continent mirror-dancing, these guys made some real decent records. The girls in college were real big on that silver album that had "Sara Smile" on it, and when somethi...