Bigger Than Both of Us is the fifth album by Daryl Hall and John Oates

Hall & Oates

Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...

, released in 1976. The album included the first of their six #1 singles on Billboard's Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, "Rich Girl". Hall & Oates released a song titled "Bigger Than Both of Us" on their Beauty on a Back Street

Beauty on a Back Street

Beauty on a Back Street is the sixth studio album by Hall & Oates, released in 1977.This album takes a more rock-oriented approach, similar to War Babies, but more streamlined and polished....

album one year after this one (1977).

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

Track listing

1. "Back Together Again" (John Oates
   John Oates
   John William Oates is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, musician, songwriter and producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo Hall & Oates ....
   
   ) - 3:25
2. "Rich Girl
   Rich Girl (Hall & Oates song)
   "Rich Girl" is a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates. On March 26, 1977, it became their first number one single on Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single originally appeared on the 1976 album Bigger Than Both of Us.-Content:...
   
   " (Hall) - 2:24
3. "Crazy Eyes" (Oates) - 3:03
4. "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" (Hall, Oates) - 4:33
5. "Kerry" (Dees, Hall) - 3:50
6. "London Luck & Love" (Sara Allen, Daryl Hall
   Daryl Hall
   Daryl Hall is an American rock, R&B and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates . Hall scored several Billboard chart hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, and is regarded as one of the best blue eyed soul singers...
   
   , Oates) - 3:01
7. "Room to Breathe" (Allen, Hall) - 4:13
8. "You'll Never Learn" (Hall, Oates) - 4:14
9. "Falling" (Hall) - 6:12

Personnel

• Daryl Hall - lead vocals (except tracks 1, 3 and 8), keyboards, mandola, synthesizer, acoustic and electric guitars
• John Oates - lead vocals on tracks 1, 3 and 8, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, keyboards, synthesizer
• Christopher Bond - guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, string and horn arrangements
• James Getzoff - keyboards, concertmaster
• Tom Scott
  Tom Scott (musician)
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   - flute, saxophone, lyricon
• Charles DeChant - saxophone
• Tom Hensley - piano
• Scotty Edwards - bass
• Leland Sklar
  Leland Sklar
  Leland "Lee" Bruce Sklar is an American musician, singer-songwriter and film score composer. A prominent bass guitarist, Sklar has contributed to thousands of albums as a session musician...
  
   - bass
• Jim Gordon
  Jim Gordon (musician)
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   - drums
• Ed Greene
  Ed Greene (musician)
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  - drums
• Gary Coleman - percussion

Production

• Produced by Christopher Bond and Robin Manning
• Digital Production: John Snyder
• Engineers: John Arrias, Joe Lopes, John Mills, Armin Steiner
• Mastering: Tom Ruff
• Cover Artwork: Ron Barry