Marigold Sky

Marigold Sky is the fifteenth studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates. The album was released on September 17, 1997, by Push Records.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Marigold Sky
Studio album by Hall & Oates
Released	September 17, 1997
Genre	Pop, rock, soul
Length	57:40
Label	Push Records
Producer	Daryl Hall (also executive producer), John Oates, David Bellochio, Peter Moshay
Hall & Oates chronology
The Atlantic Collection (1996) Marigold Sky (1997) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Romeo Is Bleeding"	Alan Gorrie, Daryl Hall	5:05
2.	"Marigold Sky"	Hall, John Oates	4:59
3.	"The Sky Is Falling"	Sara Allen, Gorrie, Hall	4:42
4.	"Out of the Blue"	Hall	4:22
5.	"Want To"	Allen, Gorrie, Hall, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk	4:52
6.	"Love Out Loud"	S. Allen, Gorrie, Hall	3:56
7.	"Throw the Roses Away"	Gorrie, Hall	5:40
8.	"I Don't Think So"	S. Allen, David Bellochio, Gorrie, Hall	4:05
9.	"Promise Ain't Enough"	Hall, Porter Howell, Dwayne O'Brien, Oates	5:48
10.	"Time Won't Pass Me By"	Bellochio, Hall, Oates	5:12
11.	"Hold on to Yourself"	Bellochio, Gorrie, Hall	4:20
12.	"War of Words"	Joe Cang, Hall, Oates	4:39

Production

• Executive Producer: Daryl Hall
• Producers: David Bellochio and Daryl Hall (Tracks 1-12); John Oates (Tracks 2, 9 & 12).
• Additional Production and Pro Tools Editing: Peter Moshay
• Engineers: David Bellochio, Peter Moshay and Steven Remote.
• Recorded at A-Pawling Studios (Pawling, NY) and Marion Recording Studios (Fairview, NJ).
• Strings (Tracks 3, 4 & 7) recorded by Frank Filipino at Edison Studios (New York City, NY).
• Mixing: David Leonard (Tracks 1-8 & 10-12), Mick Guzauski (Tracks 7 & 9) and Peter Moshay (Track 10) at NCP Studios (New York City, NY).
• Re-mixing on "Hold On To Yourself (remix): Tommy Musto at NCP Studios (New York City, NY).
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).
• Package Design: Phillips Design
• Photography: Brad Hitz
• Management: All Access Entertainment Management Group Inc.

Personnel

• David Bellochio: keyboards, percussion programming, acoustic guitar (3, 4)
• Charles DeChant: saxophone (6, 7)
• Daryl Hall: vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10), electric guitar (4, 8, 10, 11), percussion programming (11)
• Rob Mounsey: string arrangements (3, 4, 7)
• Peter Moshay: percussion (10)
• John Oates: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar (2, 12)
• Shawn Pelton: drums (1-10, 12), percussion (10)
• Paul Pesco: electric guitar (2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12)
• Ken Sebesky: acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 9)
• David A. Stewart: electric guitar (1, 6)
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk: bass guitar (2-4, 6-9, 12), electric guitar (3, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (5)

References

1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Marigold Sky - Daryl Hall & John Oates". AllMusic. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
2. Den Kening (November 21, 1997). "Hall and Oates - Marigold Sky". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
3. Jim Farber (October 3, 1997). "Marigold Sky". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
4. Wild, David. "Hall & Oates: Marigold Sky". Retrieved September 25, 2020.