Every Time Two Fools Collide

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{{Infobox album

| name = Every Time Two Fools Collide

| type = studio

| artist = Kenny Rogers and Dottie West

| cover = Kenny Rogers-Fools.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 1978

| recorded = 1977–78

| studio = Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)

| venue =

| genre = Country pop

| length =

| label = United Artists

| producer = Larry Butler

| chronology = Kenny Rogers

| prev_title = Ten Years of Gold

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Love or Something Like It

| next_year = 1978

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Dottie West

| type = studio

| prev_title = Dottie

| prev_year = 1978

| title = Every Time Two Fools Collide

| year = 1978

| next_title = Classics

| next_year = 1979

}}

}}

Every Time Two Fools Collide is a 1978 duet album by American country music singers Kenny Rogers and Dottie West.

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 RIAA. 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

  1. "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (Jan Dyer, Jeff Tweel) - 3:00
  2. "You and Me" (Roger Bowling, Larry Butler) - 2:57
  3. "What's Wrong with Us Today" (Butler, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West) - 2:51
  4. "Beautiful Lies" (Marianne Gordon, Milton Brown, Rogers) - 3:24
  5. "That's the Way It Could've Been" (Tammy Wynette) - 3:04
  6. "Why Don't We Go Somewhere and Love" (Kenny O'Dell, Larry Henley) - 2:47
  7. "Baby I'm-a Want You" (David Gates) - 2:34
  8. "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (Julie Didier, Casey Kelly) - 2:20
  9. "The Loving Gift" (Kris Kristofferson) - 2:23
  10. "We Love Each Other" (Buddy Killen) - 2:49

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes{{Cite AV media notes |title=Every Time Two Fools Collide |others=Kenny Rogers and Dottie West|year=1978 |type=LP jacket |publisher=United Artists Records |id=LA-864H}}

  • Kenny Rogers – vocals
  • Dottie West – vocals

Musicians

=Production=

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (1978)

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{{album chart|Canada|95|artist=Kenny Rogers & Dottie West|album=Every Time Two Fools Collide|chartid=5464b|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 16, 2024}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|186|artist=Kenny Rogers|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2024}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Kenny Rogers|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2024}}

Certifications

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{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Kenny Rogers & Dottie West|title=Every Time Two Fools Collide|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1997}}

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References