Drawing from 35 years of recordings, Before After unites highlights from Daryl Hall’s five studio albums and his ground-breaking Live From Daryl’s House performance series. Compiled and sequenced by Hall, its 30 songs paint a deeply soulful self-portrait of the artist, exposing the emotional depth at the core of his every musical impulse.
Before After draws unexpected and satisfying connections between the esoteric and accessible sides of Daryl Hall’s creativity. The spontaneity on display in Live From Daryl’s House is revealed at the core of Hall’s studio work. Heard together on Before After, a truer understanding emerges of Daryl Hall: intuitive, visionary, boundaryless singer, songwriter, and musician.