Duets (Kenny Rogers album)

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Duets
Duets Kenny.jpg
Compilation album by
Kenny Rogers
ReleasedDecember 1984
Recorded1984
GenreCountry
Length31:23
LabelLiberty
ProducerLarry Butler
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 Records.

Overview[]

Duets opens with "We've Got Tonight", a hit 1983 single with Sheena Easton. Side two 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 No. 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 No. 19 on the US country chart and No. 29 in Canada.

The album was eventually certified platinum and gold in the US and Canada, respectively. It reached No. 43 on the US country charts and No. 85 on the pop charts in 1984. It was one of three Kenny Rogers albums to chart that year, the others being new releases on RCA.

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Track listing[]

All tracks with Dottie West, unless otherwise indicated.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton)Bob SegerWe've Got Tonight (1983)3:52
2."Every Time Two Fools Collide"John Dyes, Jeffrey M. TweelEvery Time Two Fools Collide (1978)3:01
3."(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"Larry Butler, Chips MomanClassics (1979)3:11
4."'Til I Can Make It on My Own"George Richey, Billy Sherrill, Tammy WynetteClassics (1979)3:20
5."All I Ever Need Is You"Jimmy Holiday, Eddie ReevesClassics (1979)3:09
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes)Kim Carnes, Dave EllingsonGideon (1980)3:41
2."Baby I'm-A Want You"David GatesEvery Time Two Fools Collide (1978)2:47
3."Together Again"Buck OwensClassics (1979)2:56
4."Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight"Julie Didler, Casey KellyEvery Time Two Fools Collide (1978)2:22
5."That's the Way It Could Have Been"Tammy WynetteEvery Time Two Fools Collide (1978)3:04

Chart performance[]

Chart (1984) Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 43
U.S. Billboard 200 85
Australian (Kent Music Report) Albums 11[1]
Canadian RPM Top Albums 64

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[2] Gold 50,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 256. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ "Gold & Platinum Awards 1986" (PDF). Music and Media. December 27, 1986. p. 34. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

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