℗ 2020 UMG Recordings; An A&M Records Release
Released | December 1, 1978 |
Duration | 36m 29s |
Record Label | A&M |
Genre | Country |
Natural Act
Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Blue As I Do
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
2:54 | |||
1.2
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Not Everyone Knows
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
3:06 | |||
1.3
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I Fought The Law
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
2:25 | |||
1.4
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Number One
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
2:32 | |||
1.5
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You're Going To Love Yourself
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
2:52 | |||
1.6
|
Loving You Was Easier
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
4:08 | |||
1.7
|
Back In My Baby's Arms
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
2:59 | |||
1.8
|
Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
2:22 | |||
1.9
|
Hoola Hoop
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
3:54 | |||
1.10
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Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
3:46 | |||
1.11
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Silver Mantis
Kris Kristofferson; Rita Coolidge |
5:31 |
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.
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.
With the couple's marriage disintegrating, several cuts carry a wistful poignancy, such as "Love Don’t Live Here Anymore" and the two older Kristofferson compositions, "Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends", which had been a hit for Ray Price, and the regretful "Loving You Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)", which Willie Nelson covered the following year on his Sings Kristofferson LP. The dour tone of these songs was reflected on the album cover; photographed by Annie Leibovitz, gone were the carefree unkempt lovers pictured on the first two album sleeves and in their place were two separate individuals wearing smart clothes and strained faces.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – A&M Studio Masters
Tracks 1-11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.30 -0.30 to -0.30 | -16.04 -18.14 to -14.00 | -13.15 -14.60 to -11.10 | 10 9 to 12 | |
1 | Blue As I Do | -0.30 | -14.00 | -11.1 | 10 |
2 | Not Everyone Knows | -0.30 | -18.14 | -14.6 | 11 |
3 | I Fought The Law | -0.30 | -14.44 | -11.5 | 10 |
4 | Number One | -0.30 | -15.78 | -12.7 | 10 |
5 | You're Going To Love Yourself | -0.30 | -15.72 | -13.1 | 9 |
6 | Loving You Was Easier | -0.30 | -15.18 | -12.1 | 9 |
7 | Back In My Baby's Arms | -0.30 | -15.52 | -12.4 | 10 |
8 | Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends | -0.30 | -16.31 | -13.9 | 10 |
9 | Hoola Hoop | -0.30 | -16.82 | -14.1 | 11 |
10 | Love Don't Live Here Anymore | -0.30 | -17.07 | -14.6 | 12 |
11 | Silver Mantis | -0.30 | -17.43 | -14.5 | 11 |