''Every Time Two Fools Collide'' is a 1978 duet album by American

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Dottie West Dorothy Marie Marsh West (October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most in ...

. 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

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. The album spawned two big country hits; the title track went to number one (see the " Every Time Two Fools Collide" song article), 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" (Jan Dyer, Jeff Tweel) - 3:00 #"You and Me" ( Roger Bowling, Larry Butler) - 2:57 #"What's Wrong with Us Today" (Butler,

) - 2:51 #"Beautiful Lies" (Marianne Gordon, Milton Brown, Rogers) - 3:24 #"That's the Way It Could've Been" (

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) - 3:04 #"Why Don't We Go Somewhere and Love" ( Kenny O'Dell, Larry Henley) - 2:47 #" Baby I'm-a Want You" (

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) - 2:34 #" Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (Julie Didier, Casey Kelly) - 2:20 #"

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" ( Kris Kristofferson) - 2:23 #"We Love Each Other" ( Buddy Killen) - 2:49

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes * Kenny Rogers – vocals * Dottie West – vocals Musicians * Hargus "Pig" Robbins –

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* Bobby Wood – Fender Rhodes *

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– guitar * Billy Sanford – guitar * Pete Wade – guitar *

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– six-string bass guitar *

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– upright bass * Jerry Carrigan –

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* Buddy Harman – drums * The Jordanaires –

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* Bill Justis – string arrangements *

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, 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 –

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* Bob Sowell – mastering at Master Control (Nashville, Tennessee). * Bill Burks – art direction * Jeff Lancaster – design * Gary Regester – photography * Ken Kragen – management

Chart performance

Album

Singles

References

{{Authority control 1978 collaborative albums Dottie West albums Kenny Rogers albums Vocal duet albums United Artists Records albums Albums arranged by Bill Justis Albums produced by Larry Butler (producer)