Big Bam Boom is the twelfth studio album by Hall & Oates, released on October 12, 1984. It was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York and The Hit Factory in New York during 1984. The album reached number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified double platinum in the United States.
The album includes the singles 'Out of Touch', 'Method of Modern Love', 'Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid', and 'Possession Obsession'. 'Out of Touch' became the duo's sixth and final number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. Production was handled by Daryl Hall, John Oates, and Bob Clearmountain, with a sound more oriented towards dance and synth-pop.
The title Big Bam Boom refers to a term used in the music industry to describe an explosive and powerful sound. The album sold over two million copies in the United States alone and marked the end of the duo's most commercially successful era in the 1980s.