| Double Trouble | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Columbia, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 28:10 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Billy Sherrill | |||
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| Johnny Paycheck chronology | ||||
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Double Trouble is an album by American country music artists George Jones and Johnny Paycheck.[1] It was released in 1980 on the Epic Records label. The album consists of covers of rock and roll hits from the 1950s and 1960s, with the exception of the opening track, "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)", an original song. Double Trouble is Jones and Paycheck's only duet album.
Background
Paycheck had played bass for Jones as part of the Jones Boys in the 1960s. The production, by Billy Sherrill, has Sherrill's trademark "countrypolitan" sound and includes a female chorus on some songs.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide |  [1] |
Although the album stalled on the Billboard charts at number 45, the Chuck Berry song "Maybellene" peaked at number 7 on the country singles chart. "You Can Have Her" and "You Better Move On" were also minor hits.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic observes, "The pair sound as if they were on one of their notorious drinking and drugging binges, making jokes with each other throughout every song (except the closing "You Better Move On") and singing without regard for key." He also calls it "easily the worst album George Jones ever recorded."
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)" | Don Goodman, Rick Schulman | 2:22 |
| 2. | "Along Came Jones" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 2:58 |
| 3. | "Proud Mary" | John Fogerty | 2:49 |
| 4. | "You Can Have Her" | William S. Cook | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Smack Dab in the Middle" | Charles Calhoun | 2:38 |
| 6. | "Maybellene" | Chuck Berry, Alan Freed, Russ Fratto | 2:18 |
| 7. | "Roll Over Beethoven" | Chuck Berry | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Kansas City" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Tutti Frutti" | Richard Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie, Robert Blackwell | 2:12 |
| 10. | "You Better Move On" | Arthur Alexander | 2:48 |
Personnel
- George Jones – vocals
- Johnny Paycheck - Vocals
- Billy Sanford – guitar
- Cliff Parker – guitar
- Tommy Allsup - guitar
- Phil Baugh - electric guitar
- Jim Murphy – pedal steel guitar
- Stephen R. Shaffer – bass guitar
- Jerry Kroon – drums
- Bobby Wood – piano
- Diane Tidwell, Janie Fricke, Joe Bias, Judy Anderson, Nick DeStefano, The Nashville Edition - backing vocals
- Technical
- Lou Bradley, Ron Reynolds - engineer
- Slick Lawson - photography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | ||
| 1978 | "Maybellene" | 7 | 4 |
| 1979 | "You Can Have Her" | 14 | 26 |
| 1980 | "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)" |
31 | 29 |
| "You Better Move On" | 18 | 25 | |
References
- 1 2 MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 420.
- ↑ AllMusic review