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Despite touring constantly and recording albums with efficiency, the duo could not find any pop success for a number of reasons, mainly because of the popularity of the disco genre.
By the time they released the rock-oriented albums Beauty on a Back Street in 1977 and Along the Red Ledge in 1978, disco music was trendy and taking most of the spots in popular music.
Hall & Oates released X-Static in late 1979, which combined rock with dance music but the album did not fare well although " Wait For Me " did hit the top 20.
They did release a few hit singles during this period: the follow-up to " Rich Girl " (" Back Together Again ") hit the Top 40, and " It's A Laugh " ( from " Along The Red Ledge ") hit the top 20 in 1978.
However, after being presented with the highly experimental recording ( produced by Robert Fripp of King Crimson ), RCA became unwilling to release what was, in their view, a non-commercial album.
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