When Two Worlds Collide
| When Two Worlds Collide | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1977−79 | |||
| Venue | Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country, rock | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Eddie Kilroy | |||
| Jerry Lee Lewis chronology | ||||
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When Two Worlds Collide is a studio album by the American musician Jerry Lee Lewis, released on Elektra Records in 1980.[1][2]
Background
When Two Worlds Collide was Lewis's second album after leaving
IRS was also after his assets and he was in poor health from a lifetime of excess. He went on an ill-advised British tour, appearing on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and then came home to participate in a television special with Mickey Gilley
called A Family Affair, looking gaunt as the cousins played side by side at the piano.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Robert Christgau | B−[4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
The New York Times wrote: "Drawing upon his encyclopedic knowledge of American pop-music idioms, from Sousa marches through ragtime to raunchy rock and roll, Mr. Lewis plays exuberantly throughout When Two Worlds Collide, his left hand thumping out the beat while his right races up and down the keys in imitation of the ups-and-downs of his career."[6] Robert Christgau noted that "new producer Eddie Kilroy doesn't push Jerry Lee the way Bones Howe did on Jerry Lee Lewis."[4]
Track listing
- "Rockin' Jerry Lee" (Jerry Lee Lewis) - 2:35
- "Who Will Buy the Wine" (Billy Mize) - 2:54
- "Love Game" (Hugh Moffatt) - 3:30
- "Alabama Jubilee" (George Cobb, Jack Yellen) - 4:45
- "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (Danny O'Keefe) - 2:22
- "When Two Worlds Collide" (Bill Anderson, Roger Miller) - 2:27
- "Good News Travels Fast" (Rick Klang) - 2:49
- "I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart" (Edward H. Jones) - 3:40
- "Honky Tonk Stuff" (Jerry Chesnut) - 2:57
- "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" (Ernie Erdman, Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn) - 3:53
Personnel
- Jerry Lee Lewis - vocals, piano
- David Kirby, Duke Faglier - guitar
- Kenny Lovelace - guitar, fiddle
- Bobby Thompson - acoustic guitar, banjo
- Steve Chapman - acoustic guitar
- Stu Basore - steel guitar
- Bobby Dyson - bass
- Bunky Keels - electric piano, organ
- Jimmy Isbell - drums, percussion
- George Tidwell, Ron Keller - trumpet
- Dennis Good - trombone
- Denis Solee - clarinet
- The Lea Jane Singers - backing vocals
- The Shelly Kurland String Section - strings
- Billy Strange - string arrangements
References
- ^ McGrath, Paul (12 Apr 1980). "When Two Worlds Collide Jerry Lee Lewis". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.
- ^ Country Music: The Encyclopedia. St. Martin's Press. 2000. p. 252.
- ^ "When Two Worlds Collide Jerry Lee Lewis". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Jerry Lee Lewis". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
- ^ Emerson, Ken (1 June 1980). "New Music from Old Rock-and-Rollers". The New York Times. p. A19.
