Bigger Than Both of Us is the fifth studio album by American pop rock duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. The album was released on September 8, 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
Daryl Hall – lead vocals (except tracks 1, 3 and 8), backing vocals, keyboards, mandola, synthesizer, arrangements John Oates – lead vocals on tracks 1, 3 and 8, backing vocals, rhythm guitars, harmonica, arrangements Christopher Bond – lead guitars, keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements, string and horn arrangements Tom Hensley – acoustic piano Scotty Edwards – bass Leland Sklar – bass Jim Gordon – drums Ed Greene – drums Slugger Blue – "G kick" drums on "You'll Never Learn" Gary Coleman – percussion Tom Scott – flute, saxophone, Lyricon Charles DeChant – saxophone James Getzoff – concertmaster, conductor Stephen Dees – co-arrangements on "Kerry"
Production
Produced by Christopher Bond
Engineered and Mixed by John Arrias and John Mills
Strings engineered by Armin Steiner
Recorded at Cherokee Studios (Hollywood, CA). Mixed at Sound Labs (Hollywood, CA). Mastered by Allen Zentz at Allen Zentz Mastering (San Clemente, CA). Cover Artwork – Ron Barry Cover Concept and Design – Daryl Hall Cover Photo – Gribbitt Photography Insert Photo – Kathy Hohl and Sam Emmerson