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Other compilations have longer track lists and go farther back into their career, but no Hall and Oates greatest-hits collection surpasses Rock ‘n Soul Part 1. Originally released at the height of the duo’s career in fall 1983, the 12-song set functions as a time machine back into an era when Daryl Hall and John Oates dominated the charts with songs that have long since become standards. While a majority of the anthology draws from the group’s trio of mammoth RCA albums spanning 1980 through 1982, it also includes the pair’s only three Top 10 smashes from the 1970s: “Sara Smile,” “She’s Gone,” and the chart-topping “Rich Girl.” One-stop shopping for the absolute best of Hall and Oates doesn’t come any easier.