Bigger Than Both of Us is the fifth studio album by American pop rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. The album was released in August 1976, by RCA Records and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. The album included the first of their six #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, "Rich Girl" as well as the singles "Back Together Again" (which reached #28) and "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" (which peaked at #39). Hall & Oates released a song titled "Bigger Than Both of Us" on their Beauty on a Back Street album one year later. "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" was covered by The Dramatics in 1979.
Cash Box said of "Back Together Again" that "A flowing introduction belies the syncopated phrases that are the foundation of this record's layered verses" and that it contains "some striking instrumental effects."
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Daryl Hall – lead vocals (1, 2, 4–7, 9), backing vocals, keyboards, mandola, synthesizer, arrangements John Oates – lead vocals (1, 3, 8), backing vocals, guitars, harmonica, arrangements Christopher Bond – lead guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements, string and horn arrangements Leland Sklar – bass Scotty Edwards – bass Ed Greene – drums Jim Gordon – drums Gary Coleman – percussion Tom Hensley – piano Tom Scott – saxophone, flute, Lyricon Jimmy Getzoff – concertmaster, conductor Stephen Dees – co-arrangements (5) Slugger BluePseudonym for Eddie Zyne. – "G kicks" (8)
Technical Produced by Christopher Bond Engineered by John Mills and John Arrias Strings engineered by Armin Steiner Mixed at Sound Labs (Hollywood, CA) Mastered by Allen Zentz at Allen Zentz Mastering (San Clemente, CA) Cover concept and design – Daryl Hall Cover photography – Gribbitt Insert photography – Sam Emerson and Kathy Hohl Illustration – Ron Barrey Secretarial production assistance – Candy Van Deuser
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