Bigger Than Both Of Us

Hall & Oates, Daryl Hall & John Oates | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (October 5, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W20
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,823 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Back Together Again

2. Rich Girl

3. Crazy Eyes

4. Do What You Want, Be What You Are

5. Kerry

6. London Luck & Love

7. Room to Breathe

8. You'll Never Learn

9. Falling

Editorial Reviews

Japanese exclusive 24-bit K2 remastered reissue of 1976 album. Packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First Hall & Oates Platinum!, August 13, 2001

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TomAzon (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bigger Than Both Of Us (Vinyl)

On Daryl & John's early RCA releases, they made it a point to put the hits on side one and the experimental songs on side two. You'll hear plenty of both with songs like "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" which is a classic, and their first number one song "Rich Girl". Other songs that deserved hit status are "Kerry" and "London, Luck & Love". Best from the 'experimental' side include "You'll Never Learn" and "Room To Breathe".

Daryl wasn't too happy with the production (which they took care of when they started producing themselves) and you can see what he means if you play "Room To Breathe" from this and from "Live Time".

It's a fine rock album overall and has one of the best album covers you'll ever see.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bigger Than the Both Of Us, June 22, 2006

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B (Rochester, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bigger Than Both Of Us (Vinyl)

(4.5 Stars)

This is criminally out of print..criminal because there's a lot more to be found on here than the pop hit "Rich Girl".

Oates pens two of H&O's prettiest hooks on the ELO-ish "Back Together Again", as well as "Crazy Eyes". He also turns in another fantastic song with the mysterious "You'll Never Learn". Oates was definetely on his A-Game here.

And Daryl's tunes are as good as you'd expect from him. The aforementioned "Rich Girl" is a great pop/soul number with an instantly catchy chorus. He's hauntingly beautiful on the minor-key ballad "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" (which may have been a minor hit, I'm not sure), and he even rocks it out on the stomping, guitar-driven "Room To Breathe" (which has some great bluesey riffs).

There's more, though. "Kerry" is a fantastic mid-tempo pop/rocker; brooding, but really catchy at the same time. He also works some mandolin into the uptempo "London Luck and Love", which has some cool droning guitar effects throughout..

And "Falling" alone justifies paying $20 for an out of print CD. It starts off quiet (electric piano + voice), and dynamically reaches a memorable guitar solo at the end. They diddle around with a synthesizer for the lengthy outro (which probably sounded super futuristic and spacey at the time, though a bit dated now). But the actual song is phenomenal, with chord changes and lush production that would make their buddy Todd Rundgren smile with glee..

(As a somewhat useless factoid, there's a title track to this album..only it's one of those "Houses of the Holy" situations where the band finished the album before the song, so you have to buy their next album, "Beauty on a Back Street" to find it)

Not sure why this hasn't been remastered. It's one of my favorite Hall & Oates albums, and there's really no filler to be found.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hall & Oates soulful 70's sound, February 9, 1999

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Kelly G. Smith (Niagara Falls, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bigger Than Both Of Us (Vinyl)

A solid album from Hall & Oates that produced the #1 hit "Rich Girl," Bigger Than Both Of Us features the soul-infused rock of the 1970's and the duo's signature harmonies, as exemplified on the first track -- "Back Together Again." The lyrics of the song recall the 60's soul scene; it was fun and nostalgic when it was recorded and is even more so now that the music evokes our memories of the 70's as well. "Rich Girl," "Do What You Want, Be What You Are," and "Falling" are the highlights of this 1976 release, but the album plays well from beginning to end and even the lesser tracks are enjoyable. If you're a fan of Hall's vocals, you'll want the album just for "Do What You Want"; the slow, easy, laid-back sensuality of the music is masterfully blended with his technically demanding yet silky-smooth delivery that alternately matches and contrasts with the mood of the song. If you like Hall & Oates or are a fan of 70's music, you'll find that Bigger Than Both Of Us has much to offer.