John Oates - Phunk Shui [Japan Bonus Track]

John Oates took his time to release his first solo album: about 20 years after Hall & Oates' commercial and creative peak, and 22 years after his partner, Daryl Hall, stepped outside of their duo for his superb solo debut, Sacred Songs. Unlike Hall, who delivered two ambitious, rock-oriented albums, and then moved back to familiar pop-soul territory, Oates dives right in to pop-soul and lite-funk, spiked with a little bit of acoustic folk, with the rather ridiculously titled Phunk Shui. Read More