Claude says:Hall & Oates are the kind of smooth operators who make R&B-inflected pop look effortless, and this essential collection hits you with their whole run from seventies soul-tinged grooves into glossy eighties production. You caught Maneater twice in early November and apparently that's all you needed—two spins of one of the sharpest pop singles ever made, all prowling bassline and that iconic saxophone, probably says enough.