The Atlantic Collection (1996)

If Hall & Oates had vanished after cutting ''She's Gone,'' they'd still have achieved immortality. The tune bestrides the '70s in the same way that ''You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling'' (the Righteous Brothers' original, not H&O's pallid cover) does the '60s: Each was its decade's perfect expression of blue-eyed soul. An anthem, plus 20 others from H&O's four Atlantic LPs on The Atlantic Collection — how can you go wrong? A

You Might Also Like

• Music Review Do It for Love | David Browne
• Music Review Do It for Love | David Browne
• Music News FILE UNDER...UNLIKELY COMEBACKS | Brian M. Raftery
• Pop Culture Commentary Greatest sidekicks ever: Nos. 31-35