Two for the Show (Jack Greene and Jeannie Seely album)

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Two for the Show
Jack Greene--Jeannie Seely--Two for the Show.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 22, 1973 (1973-01-22)
RecordedSeptember 1971 – October 1972
StudioBradley's Barn
Genre Country [1]
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Jack Greene chronology
Greene Country
(1971)
Two for the Show
(1973)
Yours for the Taking
(1980)
Jeannie Seely chronology
Please Be My New Love
(1970)
Two for the Show
(1972)
Can I Sleep in Your Arms/Lucky Ladies
(1973)
Side one [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We Know an Ending" Hank Cochran 2:44
2."You're Heavy on My Mind Today"Cochran2:30
3."What in the World Has Gone Wrong with Our Love"
  • Cochran
  • Johnny Slate
2:12
4."How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong" Dallas Frazier 2:42
5."We Found It in Each Other's Arms"
2:40
Side two [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Just Doesn't Seem to Matter" Jeannie Seely 2:28
2."The World Needs a Melody"
2:48
3."Much Oblige"
  • G. Detaon
  • L. Fulford
  • Gene Simmons
2:10
4."You and Me Against the World"Ted Harris2:45
5."If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)"Frazier2:35
6."Whiskey Dirt"
  • Cochran
  • Kirby
1:45

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Two for the Show. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1972–1973)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 36

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesJanuary 22, 1973Vinyl Decca [1]

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