Bigger Than Both Of Us Original Recording Remastered Music Cd

Hall & Oates - Bigger Than Both Of Us Original Recording Remastered

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Bigger Than Both of Us (Original Recording Remastered)      Artist : Hall & Oates      List Price : $14.98 USD        Your Price : $14.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2008-09-23      Studio : Friday Music      Label : Friday Music      Avg. Customer Rating : (10 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Bigger Than Both Of Us Original Recording Remastered      Rediscover a masterpiece      Rating:      This was the first Hall and Oates Album I ever owned and it has remained one of my favorite all time listening pleasures. From the sharp cool album cover to the clean and crisp production by Christopher Bond, "Bigger than Both of Us" established the duo as a pop/soul/rock hybrid of the highest quality. The album still sounds fresh even to this day. From the innovative string and guitar arrangement of "Back together Again" through the smoldering soul of "Do what you wanna Be what you are" and climaxing in the cascading electronica of "Falling", Daryl and John set the bar so high on this record that they had a hard time eclipsing this record even though subsequent albums all had their high points. From beginning to end this is a masterpiece. That is why, in lieu of finding the album intact I had to order a compilation that had this entire album mixed up in it (Rich Girl a UK import). Thankfully the good folks at Friday music have done the musical universe a great favor by remastering and rereleasing this and other H & O albums to be enjoyed by maybe a new generation of listeners who recognize that cool and quality can be found in the same package!     Customer Reviews for Bigger Than Both Of Us Original Recording Remastered Cd      Bigger Than the Both Of Us      Rating:      (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. Editorial Reviews for Bigger Than Both Of Us Original Recording Remastered Audio Cd      Product Description      1976 was a banner year for Philly s finest Hall & Oates, which was the year of their #1 smash Rich Girl and their platinum smash album Bigger Than Both Of Us. This incredible album also culled two other hit singles with Back Together Again and Do What You Want, Be What You Are, which helped make this one of their most ground breaking albums of their long and successful career. Amazingly, this smash has been out of print for a quite some time, but never fear...the good folks at Friday Music are now here to the rescue! Friday Music will re-release Bigger Than Both Of Us as the definitive remaster from this duo, as part of their continuing Hall and Oates Remaster series. Complete with original graphics, lyrics, and a pristine remaster by Joe Reagoso (Doobie Brothers, Boz Scaggs, America) from the original RCA source tapes. Wait until you hear the new definition in the voices and the solid contrast in instrumentation that makes this new remaster the definitive version of this platinum-plus album from 1976. This compact disc will be available in late September, and it will sell quickly, so reserve your copy today!