Description
Natural Act is the third and final duet album by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, released in 1978 on A&M Records. The couple would divorce the following year. The album was released while Coolidge’s career was at a peak; her recent albums Anytime…Anywhere and Love Me Again had seen much commercial success.
When the couple recorded their first duet album Full Moon in 1973, Kristofferson was the bigger recording star, having won several awards for his songwriting and scoring a massive hit with “Why Me” from his gold selling LP Jesus Was a Capricorn, while Coolidge was still developing as an artist.
Natural Act was recorded at Sunset Sound and was produced by David Anderle, who had produced their first duet album and several solo albums since. Musically, the album leaned more to pop than rock and featured relaxed southern boogie, nostalgic pop ballads and country-tinged numbers alongside more unusual choices such as a reworking of “I Fought the Law,” a hit for The Bobby Fuller Four in 1966, which found them sounding like the Everly Brothers.
Video: Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge – Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends (1978)
| A1 | Blue As I Do | 2:53 | |
| A2 | Not Everyone Knows | 3:08 | |
| A3 | I Fought The Law | 2:27 | |
| A4 | Number One | 2:35 | |
| A5 | You’re Gonna Love Yourself (In The Morning) | 2:54 | |
| A6 | Loving You Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) | 4:09 | |
| B1 | Back In My Baby’s Arms | 2:59 | |
| B2 | Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends | 2:23 | |
| B3 | Hoola Hoop | 3:51 | |
| B4 | Love Don’t Live Here Anymore | 3:47 | |
| B5 | Silver Mantis | 5:35 |
Credits:
- Arranged By [Horns] – Darrell Leonard, Mike Utley*
- Arranged By [Strings] – Gene Page
- Backing Vocals – Billy Swan, Mike Utley*, Stephen Bruton
- Bass – Dennis Belfield
- Drums – Sammy Creason
- Engineer [Assistant] – Peggy McCreary
- Guitar – Jerry McGee, Stephen Bruton
- Keyboards – Donnie Fritts
- Keyboards, Synthesizer – Mike Utley*
- Mastered By – Mike Reese
- Producer – David Anderle
- Producer [Assistant] – Ellen Vogt
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Kent Nebergall
