Country Partners

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Country Partners
Loretta Lynn - Country Partners.jpg
Studio album by Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
Released 1974
Genre Country
Label MCA
Producer Owen Bradley
Conway Twitty chronology
Honky Tonk Angel
(1974)
Country Partners
(1974)
I'm Not Through Loving You Yet
(1971)
Loretta Lynn chronology
They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy
(1974)
Country Partners
(1974)
Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]

Country Partners is a 1974 vocal duet album by country music artists, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty.

This became the duo's fourth studio album, as they were now becoming one of the most popular country duet vocal teams of the 1970s. The album's only single, "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" went to #1 on the Billboard magazine country chart in 1974, their fourth #1 single together. The single was written by Twitty, as well as some of the album's other tracks, such as "I'm Gettin' Tired of Losing You" and "I Changed My Way." The album also reached a peak of #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1974. The album was produced by MCA/Decca producer, Owen Bradley, who produced the duo's previous albums.

Track listing

  1. "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" – (Twitty)
  2. "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" – (Oliver Sain)
  3. "Love's Not Where Love Should Be" – (Tracey Lee)
  4. "Two Lonely People" (L.E. White)
  5. "I Changed My Way" – (Twitty)
  6. "Country Bumpkin" – (Don Wayne)
  7. "Spiders and Snakes" – (Jim Stafford, David Bellamy)
  8. "I'm Gettin' Tired of Losing You" – (Twitty)
  9. "Sweet Things I Remember About You" – (Darlene Shorner)
  10. "It All Falls Down" – (Kenny Starr)
  11. "Lifetime Before" – (William C. Hall, Bill Hayes)

Chart positions

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1974 Country Albums 1
1974 Pop Albums N/A

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1974 "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" Country Singles 1

References