Duets (Kenny Rogers album)

Duets
Compilation album by Kenny Rogers
Released	December 1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Country
Length	16:33 (Side 1) 14:50 (Side 2) 31:23 (Total)
Label	Liberty
Producer	Larry Butler
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Kenny Rogers chronology
Once Upon a Christmas (1984) Duets (1984) The Kenny Rogers Story (1985)

Duets was a special 1984 album released by Liberty Records from Kenny Rogers. It was issued after Rogers left the label and signed to RCA.

Overview

Duets opens with We've Got Tonight, a hit 1983 single with Sheena Easton; side B begins with another classic duet, Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer with Kim Carnes from the 1980 album Gideon. All of the remaining eight songs on the album are with Dottie West and come from his two collaboration albums with West, including the 1978 hit Every Time Two Fools Collide from the 1978 album of the same name. However, their duet What Are We Doin' in Love (a #1 country and top 40 pop hit) from 1981 is missing.

Also included on this album is Sonny and Cher's All I Ever Need Is You. Rogers' producer Larry Butler co-wrote (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song with Chips Moman. 'Til I Can Make It on My Own'' and That's the Way It Could Have Been are two Tammy Wynette numbers.

While this is a compilation album, there was still a single released from it. Together Again - one of the many duets with West and which first appeared on Classics - reached #19 on the U.S. country chart and #29 in Canada.

The album eventually was awarded with Platinum and Gold records in the U.S. and Canada respectively. The album reached #43 in the US country charts and #85 in the pop charts in 1984. It was one of three Kenny Rogers albums to chart that year, the others being new releases on RCA.

Track listing

All tracks with Dottie West unless otherwise indicated.

Side 1

1. "We've Got Tonight" - with Sheena Easton (Bob Seger) [3:52]
       (from the 1983 album We've Got Tonight)
2. "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (John Dyes, Jeffrey M. Tweel) [3:01]
       (from the 1978 album Every Time Two Fools Collide)
3. "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (Larry Butler, Chips Moman) [3:11]
       (from the 1979 album Classics)
4. "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (George Richey, Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette) [3:20]
       (from the 1979 album Classics)
5. "All I Ever Need Is You" (Jimmy Holiday, Eddie Reeves) [3:09]
       (from the 1979 album Classics)

Side 2

1. "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" - with Kim Carnes (Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson) [3:41]
       (from the 1980 album Gideon)
2. "Baby I'm-A Want You" (David Gates) [2:47]
       (from the 1978 album Every Time Two Fools Collide)
3. "Together Again" (Buck Owens) [2:56]
       (from the 1979 album Classics)
4. "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (Julie Didler, Casey Kelly) [2:22]
       (from the 1978 album Every Time Two Fools Collide)
5. "That's the Way It Could Have Been" (Tammy Wynette) [3:04]
       (from the 1978 album Every Time Two Fools Collide)

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	43
U.S. Billboard 200	85
Canadian RPM Top Albums	64

External links

• Duets at Allmusic