Hall and Oates (1974) War Baby‏ Son of Zorro

Another gem from their oft forgotten early 70s run that is eclipsed by their late 70s early 80s dominance this is from their odd third prog album War Babies. Produced by Todd Rungrens expert hands after he crafted Badfinger's best album he added a Utopia sound to the political material. A concept album capturing the Nixonian paranoid times it would be the first to included a largely synth driven sound eschewing the folk of their first two efforts. It is a bit avant garde and lacks their usual Philly soul and RnB feeling with more prog sounds. The title track is the best example of this beginning with an air raid siren and containing a middle section where broadcast excerpts play in a static suggesting nuclear holocaust. It also contains one of my personal favourite guitar solos, though quite short and to the point it has thick guitar tone.