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Bigger Than Both of Us

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Released
  
August 1976

Producer
  
Christopher Bond

Artist
  
Hall & Oates

Label
  
RCA Records

Length
  
34:51

Bigger Than Both of Us (1976)
  
No Goodbyes (1977)

Release date
  
August 1976

Genre
  
Soft rock

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Similar
  
Hall & Oates albums, Soft rock albums

Hall oates bigger than both of us


Bigger Than Both of Us is the fifth studio album by Daryl Hall and John Oates, released in 1976. The album included the first of their six #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, "Rich Girl". Hall & Oates released a song titled "Bigger Than Both of Us" on their Beauty on a Back Street album one year later.

Contents

"Do What You Want, Be What You Are" was covered by The Dramatics in 1979.

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Back Together Again" (John Oates) - 3:25
  2. "Rich Girl" (Daryl Hall) - 2:24
  3. "Crazy Eyes" (Oates) - 3:03
  4. "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" (Hall, Oates) - 4:33
  5. "Kerry" (Stephen Dees, Hall) - 3:50
Side Two
  1. "London Luck & Love" (Sara Allen, Hall, Oates) - 3:01
  2. "Room to Breathe" (Allen, Hall) - 4:13
  3. "You'll Never Learn" (Hall, Oates) - 4:14
  4. "Falling" (Hall) - 6:12

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 guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements, string and horn arrangements
  • James Getzoff - concertmaster, conductor
  • Stephen Dees - co-arrangements on "Kerry"
  • Tom Scott - flute, saxophone, lyricon
  • Charles DeChant - saxophone
  • 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

    • 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

    • Songs

    1Back Together Again3:27
    2Rich Girl2:26
    3Crazy Eyes3:04

    References

    Bigger Than Both of Us Wikipedia
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