''Meant for Each Other'' is a collaborative studio album by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artists

Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood (born October 27, 1942) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He also plays the saxophone. Active since 1962, he has released more than 20 major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the ''Billboa ...

and

Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer and musician. She is also credited as an actress and author. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was considered among country's most successful music artist ...

. The album was released on August 6, 1984, by

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 w ...

and was produced by Tom Collins. It was the first and only collaboration effort between Greenwood and Mandrell.

Background and content

''Meant for Each Other'' was recorded at the Woodland Sound Studio December 1983 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The album consisted of 10 duets performed by Lee Greenwood and Barbara Mandrell. The album's fifth track, "We Were Meant for Each Other" was written by Greenwood and also served as the album's title track. The opening track, "To Me" was co-written by Mike Reid (singer), Mike Reid, who also was a National Football League player in the early 1970s. Most of the album's material contained a country pop arrangement for most of the tracks. ''Meant for Each Other'' was released on an original LP album upon its release in 1984, with five songs included on each side of the record. ''Meant for Each Other'' received three out of five stars by Allmusic, without a review provided.

Release

''Meant for Each Others lead single, "To Me" was released in July 1984. The single became a Top 5 hit, reaching #3 on the ''Billboard Magazine'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. In addition, the song also peaked at #5 on the Canadian ''RPM (magazine), RPM'' Country Tracks chart. The second and final single released was "It Should Have Been Love by Now" in January 1985. The song became a Top 20 hit, reaching #19 on ''Billboard''s Country Singles chart and #35 on ''Billboard''s Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The single also peaked at #12 on the Canadian Country chart. ''Meant for Each Other'' was released in 1984, peaking at #5 on the ''Billboard Magazine'' Top Country Albums chart and #89 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

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*Barbara Mandrell and Lee Greenwood - lead vocals *Cindy Richardson, Lisa Silver - backing vocals *Diane Tidwell - synthesizers, backing vocals *David Briggs (American musician), David Briggs, Bobby Ogdin - piano and synthesizers *Alan Steinberger - synthesizers *Peter Bordonali, Steve Gibson, Reggie Young - guitar *David Hungate, Jack Williams - bass *Eddie Bayers - drums *Terry McMillan - percussion, harmonica *Quitman Dennis, Donald Sanders - saxophone *Wayne Jackson (musician), Wayne Jackson - trombone, trumpet

Charts

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Singles

References

{{Authority control 1984 albums Barbara Mandrell albums Lee Greenwood albums Vocal duet albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Tom Collins (record producer)