When Two Worlds Collide is a studio album by American musician and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis, released on Elektra Records in 1980.
Critical reception
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." Robert Christgau noted that "new producer Eddie Kilroy doesn't push Jerry Lee the way Bones Howe did on Jerry Lee Lewis."
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
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