Every Time Two Fools Collide
Every Time Two Fools Collide is a 1978 duet album by American country music singers Kenny Rogers and Dottie West.
This was the duo's first album together, after Rogers entered the country market earlier with his massive country pop crossover hit "Lucille" in spring of 1977, followed by a string of more big crossover hits. West, though, 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 one, followed up by the number-two hit "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight". The album went to number one on the Top Country albums chart for two weeks, and went to number 186 on the Billboard 200. It has sold over one million copies worldwide.
Track listing
- "Every Time Two Fools Collide" - 3:00
- "You and Me" - 2:57
- "What's Wrong with Us Today" - 2:51
- "Beautiful Lies" - 3:24
- "That's the Way It Could've Been" - 3:04
- "Why Don't We Go Somewhere and Love" - 2:47
- "Baby I'm-a Want You" - 2:34
- "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" - 2:20
- "The Loving Gift" - 2:23
- "We Love Each Other" - 2:49
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes- Kenny Rogers – vocals
- Dottie West – vocals
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – Fender Rhodes
- Bobby Wood – Fender Rhodes
- Jimmy Capps – guitar
- Ray Edenton – guitar
- Billy Sanford – guitar
- Pete Wade – guitar
- Pete Drake – steel guitar
- Tommy Allsup – six-string bass guitar
- Bob Moore – upright bass
- Jerry Carrigan – drums
- Buddy Harman – drums
- The Jordanaires – backing vocals
- Bill Justis – string arrangements
- Strings – Sheldon Kurland, Byron Bach, George Binkley, Martin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Carl Gorodetzly, Lennie Haight, Marvin Katahn, Wilfred Lehmann, Steven Smith, Samuel Terranova, Gary Vanosdale
Production
- Larry Butler – producer
- Billy Sherrill – engineer
- Bob Sowell – mastering at Master Control.
- Bill Burks – art direction
- Jeff Lancaster – design
- Gary Regester – photography
- Ken Kragen – management