Neck and Neck

Neck and Neck
Neck and Neck
Studio album by Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
Released 1990
Genre Country
Length 38:26
Label Columbia
Producer Mark Knopfler
Chet Atkins Collaborations chronology
Standard Brands
(1981)		 Neck and Neck
(1990)		 Sneakin' Around
(1991)
Mark Knopfler chronology
Last Exit to Brooklyn
(1989)		 Neck and Neck
(1990)		 Screenplaying
(1993)

Neck and Neck is a collaborative album by Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler. It was released on October 9th, 1990 by Columbia Records.

The track "Poor Boy Blues" was released as a single. It won the 1991 Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. "So Soft Your Goodbye" won the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance. Neck & Neck was again nominated for the 1992 Grammy for Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance.

Atkins originally recorded "Yakety Axe", a parody of Boots' Randolph's "Yakety Sax", on his 1965 album More of That Guitar Country. This new recording features lyrics and a new arrangement that were composed by Merle Travis. Atkins also previously recorded "I'll See You in My Dreams" on an album with Merle Travis.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Poor Boy Blues" (Paul Kennerley) – 4:03
  2. "Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson) – 3:25
  3. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (Billy Higgins, Benton Overstreet) – 6:28
    • Parody lyrics by Margaret Archer, Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
  4. "Just One Time" (Gibson) – 4:12
  5. "So Soft, Your Goodbye" (Randy Goodrum) – 3:18
  6. "Yakety Axe" (Boots Randolph, James Rich) – 3:24
  7. "Tears" (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) – 3:54
  8. "Tahitian Skies" (Ray Flacke) – 3:18
  9. "I'll See You in My Dreams" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:58
  10. "The Next Time I'm in Town" (Mark Knopfler) – 3:22

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1990) Peak
Position
U.S. Billboard 200 127
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 27
Canadian RPM Top Albums 71
Norway Albums Chart 5
UK Albums Chart 41

Singles

Year Single CAN
Country
1990 "Poor Boy Blues" 92

References

  1. ^ "Neck and Neck > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r91723. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 

External links

v · Chet Atkins
Studio albums
Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar  · Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins  · A Session with Chet Atkins  · Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version)  · Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions  · Finger Style Guitar  · Chet Atkins at Home  · Hi-Fi in Focus  · Chet Atkins in Hollywood  · Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins  · Mister Guitar  · Teensville  · The Other Chet Atkins  · Chet Atkins' Workshop  · Christmas with Chet Atkins  · The Most Popular Guitar  · Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns  · Caribbean Guitar  · Down Home  · Our Man in Nashville  · Teen Scene  · Travelin'  · Guitar Country  · Progressive Pickin'  · My Favorite Guitars  · More of That Guitar Country  · Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles  · From Nashville with Love  · Music from Nashville, My Home Town  · It's a Guitar World  · Chet  · Picks the Best  · Class Guitar  · Hometown Guitar  · Solid Gold 68  · Solo Flights  · Lover's Guitar  · Solid Gold 69  · Yestergroovin'  · Solid Gold 70  · Pickin' My Way  · For the Good Times  · Picks on the Hits  · Alone  · The Night Atlanta Burned  · Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies  · Teen Scene  · Me and My Guitar  · Country After All These Years  · East Tennessee Christmas  · Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.  · Stay Tuned  · Street Dreams  · Sails  · Chet Atkins, C.G.P.  · Read My Licks  · Almost Alone  · Solo Sessions  · Chet Atkins and His Guitar
Collaborations
Reminiscing  · The Pops Goes Country  · C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request  · Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops  · Me & Jerry  · Chet Floyd & Boots  · Me & Chet  · American Salute  · Superpickers  · The Atkins – Travis Traveling Show  · Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed  · Chester & Lester  · Chet Floyd & Danny  · Guitar Monsters  · First Nashville Guitar Quartet  · Reflections  · Standard Brands  · Neck and Neck  · Sneakin' Around  · The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat  · Simpatico  · The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
Live albums
After the Riot at Newport  · In Concert  · And Then Came Chet  · The Best of Chet on the Road — Live
With The Country All-Stars
With The Nashville String Band
Selected compilations
The Best of Chet Atkins  · The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2  · The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends · Galloping Guitar: The Early Years  · Guitar Legend: The RCA Years  · Chet Picks on the Grammys  · The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years  · The Essential Chet Atkins  · Eclectic Guitar  · The Early Years 1946–1957

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