Every Time Two Fools Collide
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| Studio album by Kenny Rogers with Dottie West | |||||
| Released | 1978 | ||||
| Recorded | 1977–78 at Jack Clement Recording Studio[1] | ||||
| Genre | Country pop | ||||
| Label | United Artists | ||||
| Producer | Larry Butler | ||||
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Every Time Two Fools Collide is a duet album by country music singers Kenny Rogers and Dottie West.
This was the duo's first album together. This was after Rogers entered the country market a couple of years back with his massive country pop crossover hit "Lucille" in spring of 1977, followed by a string of more big crossover hits. West, on the other hand, was struggling to keep afloat as a country singer, and needed help to bring her career back to where she was in the early part of the decade. Together, they recorded and released this album in 1978, and it was certified gold by the RIAA. The album spawned two big country hits: the title track went to number 1 (see the "Every Time Two Fools Collide" song article), followed up by the #2 hit "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight". The album went to number 1 on the Top Country albums chart for two weeks, and went to #186 on the Billboard 200. It has sold over one million copies worldwide.
Track listing
- "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (Jan Dyer, Jeff Tweel) - 3:00
- "You and Me" (Roger Bowling, Larry Butler) - 2:57
- "What's Wrong with Us Today" (Butler, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West) - 2:51
- "Beautiful Lies" (Marianne Gordon, Milton Brown, Rogers) - 3:24
- "That's the Way It Could Have Been" (Tammy Wynette) - 3:04
- "Why Don't We Go Somewhere and Love" (Kenny O'Dell, Larry Henley) - 2:47
- "Baby I'm-a Want You" (David Gates) - 2:34
- "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (Julie Didler, Casey Kelly) - 2:20
- "The Loving Gift" (Kris Kristofferson) - 2:23
- "We Love Each Other" (Buddy Killen) - 2:49
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[1]
- Musicians
- Tommy Allsup - bass guitar
- Jimmy Capps - guitar
- Jerry Carrigan - drums
- Pete Drake - steel guitar
- Ray Edenton - guitar
- Buddy Harman - drums
- The Jordanaires - background vocals
- Bob Moore - bass guitar
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Fender Rhodes
- Billy Sanford - guitar
- Pete Wade - guitar
- Bobby Wood - Fender Rhodes
Strings: Sheldon Kurland, Byron Bach, George Binkley, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Carl Gorodetzly, Lennie Haight, Wilfred Lehmann, Steven Smith, Gary Vanosdale, Samuel Terranova, Marvin Katahn
- Technical
- Larry Butler - production
- Bill Justis - string arrangements
- Billy Sherrill - engineering
- Bob Sowell - mastering
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 186 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 95 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US Country | US | US AC | CAN Country | CAN AC | ||
| 1978 | "Every Time Two Fools Collide" | 1 | 101 | 44 | 1 | 12 |
| "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" | 2 | — | — | 10 | — | |
| Preceded by | Top Country Albums number-one album May 20–27, 1978 |
Succeeded by Waylon & Willie by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson |
