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Bigger Than Both of Us is the fifth studio album by American pop music 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.

Bigger Than Both of Us
Studio album by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Released	September 8, 1976
Genre	Rock
Length	34:51
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Christopher Bond
Daryl Hall & John Oates chronology
Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) No Goodbyes (1977)
Singles from Bigger Than Both of Us
"Do What You Want, Be What You Are" Released: 1976 "Rich Girl" Released: January 22, 1977 "Back Together Again" Released: April 1977

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."[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[3]

Track listing

Personnel

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

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