Bigger Than Both of Us

{{Short description|1976 studio album by Daryl Hall & John Oates}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Bigger Than Both of Us

| type = studio

| artist = Daryl Hall & John Oates

| cover = Hall and Oates Bigger2.jpg

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| released = August 1976

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Cherokee, Hollywood

| genre = {{hlist|Rock{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2022/01/hall-and-oates-biggest-duo-in-chart-history|title= Rock 'n Soul Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date= January 15, 2022|access-date= March 22, 2024}}|soul}}

| length = 34:51

| label = RCA Victor

| producer = Christopher Bond

| prev_title = Daryl Hall & John Oates

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = No Goodbyes

| next_year = 1977

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Bigger Than Both of Us

| type = Album

| single1 = Do What You Want, Be What You Are

| single1date = 1976

| single2 = Rich Girl

| single2date = January 22, 1977

| single3 = Back Together Again

| single3date = April 1977

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Bigger Than Both of Us is the fifth studio album by American pop rock duo Daryl Hall and 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."{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=April 30, 1977|page=18|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2021-12-26|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1977/CB-1977-04-30.pdf}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bigger-than-both-of-us-mw0000310040|title=Bigger Than Both of Us – Daryl Hall & John Oates|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-09-03}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = C+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: H|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=H&bk=70|access-date=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

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