''Meant for Each Other'' is a collaborative studio album by American

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and Barbara Mandrell. The album was released on August 6, 1984, by

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and was produced by Tom Collins. It was the first and only collaboration effort between Greenwood and Mandrell.

Background and content

''Meant for Each Other'' was recorded at the Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee in December 1983. The album consisted of 10 duets performed by Lee Greenwood and Barbara Mandrell. The album's fifth track, "We Were Meant for Each Other" was written by Greenwood and also served as the album's title track. The opening track, "To Me" was co-written by Mike Reid, who also was a

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player in the early 1970s. Most of the album's material contained a

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arrangement for most of the tracks. ''Meant for Each Other'' was released on an original

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upon its release in 1984, with five songs included on each side of the record. ''Meant for Each Other'' received three out of five stars by

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, without a review provided.

Release

''Meant for Each Others lead single, "To Me" was released in July 1984. The single became a Top 5 hit, reaching #3 on the ''

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'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #24 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. In addition, the song also peaked at #5 on the Canadian ''

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'' Country Tracks chart. The second and final single released was "It Should Have Been Love by Now" in January 1985. The song became a Top 20 hit, reaching #19 on ''Billboard''s Country Singles chart and #35 on ''Billboard''s Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The single also peaked at #12 on the Canadian Country chart. ''Meant for Each Other'' was released in 1984, peaking at #5 on the ''Billboard Magazine''

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chart and #89 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

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*Barbara Mandrell and Lee Greenwood - lead vocals *Cindy Richardson, Lisa Silver - backing vocals *Diane Tidwell - synthesizers, backing vocals * David Briggs, Bobby Ogdin - piano and synthesizers *Alan Steinberger - synthesizers *Peter Bordonali, Steve Gibson, Reggie Young - guitar *

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, Jack Williams - bass *

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- drums *Terry McMillan - percussion, harmonica *Quitman Dennis, Donald Sanders - saxophone * Wayne Jackson - trombone, trumpet

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

{{Authority control 1984 albums Barbara Mandrell albums Lee Greenwood albums Vocal duet albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Tom Collins (record producer)