''Laughing Down Crying'' is the fifth solo album by American recording artist

Daryl Hall Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), known professionally as Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B and soul singer and musician, best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Daryl Hall and John Oates (with guitarist and ...

. It was released on September 27, 2011, on Verve Records. Co-producer and bandmate

T-Bone Wolk Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (December 24, 1951 – February 28, 2010) was an American musician and bassist for the music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates and a member of the ''Saturday Night Live'' house band. Life and career Wolk was born and raised in Yon ...

died during early recording sessions for the disc; Hall dedicated the record to him. Hall debuted the album on a two-part episode of his series ''

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''.

Track listing

* All tracks written and composed by Daryl Hall except as noted.

Singles

The lead single, "Talking To You (Is Like Talking To Myself)", reached number 16 on the Adult Contemporary chart on the November 12, 2011 issue, it stayed there for two weeks and remained on the chart for twenty weeks and it was the most successful song of the album. The album's single of the same name peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'''s

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chart on November 26, 2011 staying there for a week and remaining on the chart for 20 weeks. "Eyes For You" went to number 23 on the

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chart on July 14, 2012 staying there for a week and remained on the chart for 14 weeks.

Charts

Personnel

* Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, synth bass, percussion * Greg Bieck – keyboards, drum programming * John Fields – keyboards (3), synth bass (10), drum programming (10) *

Paul Pesco Paul Pesco (born May 13, 1959) is an American session guitarist, singer-songwriter, film score composer and record producer. Biography Pesco was born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Sicilian father (an opera singer and voice instructor) and Kore ...

– acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass (1, 6) *

– acoustic guitar (3, 7, 10), bass (3, 7, 10) * Zev Katz – bass (1, 2, 9) *

Jerry Duplessis Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis (born 9 August 1975) is a Haitian music producer, film score composer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. His first major success was as a producer for the Fugees' 1996 album '' The Score''. He also played the bass guitar w ...

– bass (9) *

Shawn Pelton Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s. Shawn has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, ...

– drums (1, 3, 6, 7, 9) *

Mickey Curry Michael Timothy Curry (born June 10, 1956) is an American musician. He has collaborated with singer-songwriter Bryan Adams since the early 1980s, but has also worked with Hall & Oates, Cher, Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, ...

– drums (2, 8, 10) * John Scarpulla – baritone saxophone (3, 5, 6), tenor saxophones (3, 5, 6) *

Charles DeChant Charles DeChant (born June 10, 1945) is an American saxophone and keyboard player known for his association with Hall & Oates. Career Born in Florida on June 10, 1945, DeChant has been playing in the band since 1976. Notable saxophone solos are ...

– tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6) * David Mann – tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6) * Barry Danielian – trumpet (3, 5, 6) * Larry Gold – horn arrangements (3, 5, 6), string arrangements (9) * March Fry – backing vocals (3, 4, 5) * Klyde Jones – backing vocals (3), bass (5, 6) * Everett Bradley – backing vocals (6)

Production

* Producers – Daryl Hall, Greg Bieck and Paul Pesco. * Additional Producers – John Fields and T-Bone Wolk * Engineers – Greg Bieck and Peter Moshay * Recorded at A-Pawling Studios (Pawling, NY); Red House Studios (Bedfordshire, England); Studio 44 (Monster, Holland); Afro Head Studios. * Mixed by Michael Brauer at

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(New York, NY). * Package Design – Kathy Phillips at Phillips Design. * Photography – Mark Maglio (cover and interior shots); Elliot Lewis (back cover interior shots); Paul Pesco and Peter Moshay. * Management – Jonathan Wolfson at Wolfson Entertainment, Inc.

References

Daryl Hall albums 2011 albums Albums produced by John Fields (record producer) Verve Records albums {{2010s-pop-rock-album-stub