Bigger Than Both of Us by Hall and Oates

Bigger Than Both of Us, the fifth album from Philadelphia's Daryl Hall & John Oates, came out on RCA in August 1976, and it's the record where their mix of rock and soul finally paid off big. Hall does most of the singing in that silky, soaring voice, Oates mans the electric guitar and the harmonies, and together they stir rock, soul and rhythm and blues into something slick enough for AM radio and smooth enough for late nights.

"Rich Girl" was the jackpot, a bright, punchy single that became the first of their six number ones on the Hot 100. "Back Together Again" and "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" went out as singles too, and Cash Box admired how the former eases in before its verses lock into a syncopated stack. The album climbed to 13 on the Billboard chart. Oddly, a song called "Bigger Than Both of Us" didn't turn up until the next year's Beauty on a Back Street.

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