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When Two Worlds Collide (1980)

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Robert Christgau singled out a change of producer on this 1980 album: Eddie Kilroy replaced Bones Howe.

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When Two Worlds Collide: studio album by American musician and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis
Released on Elektra Records in 1980
Ten tracks in the track listing
Opens with "Rockin' Jerry Lee" (Jerry Lee Lewis), 2:35
"Alabama Jubilee" (George Cobb, Jack Yellen), 4:45
"Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (Danny O'Keefe), 2:22
Title track "When Two Worlds Collide" (Bill Anderson, Roger Miller), 2:27
Closes with "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" (Ernie Erdman, Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn), 3:53

Lewis is described as an American musician and pianist
Songs by outside writers: Billy Mize, Hugh Moffatt, Rick Klang, Edward H. Jones, Jerry Chesnut, Danny O'Keefe
Producer for this album: Eddie Kilroy, described as a new producer
Earlier album Jerry Lee Lewis was produced by Bones Howe

Vocals and piano: Jerry Lee Lewis
Guitar: David Kirby, Duke Faglier, Kenny Lovelace (guitar and fiddle), Bobby Thompson (acoustic guitar, banjo), Steve Chapman (acoustic guitar)
Steel guitar: Stu Basore
Bass: Bobby Dyson
Electric piano and organ: Bunky Keels
Drums and percussion: Jimmy Isbell
Trumpet: George Tidwell, Ron Keller; trombone: Dennis Good; clarinet: Denis Solee
Backing vocals: The Lea Jane Singers
Strings: The Shelly Kurland String Section, with string arrangements by Billy Strange

1	Rockin’ Jerry Lee	2:34
2	Who Will Buy the Wine	2:55
3	Love Game	3:31
4	Alabama Jubilee	4:46
5	Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues	2:23
6	When Two Worlds Collide	2:28
7	Good News Travels Fast	2:50
8	I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart	3:42
9	Honky Tonk Stuff	3:00
10	Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Good-Bye)	3:54

American country and rock and roll pianist, singer, and songwriter, nicknamed "The Killer".
Made first recordings in 1952 at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in New Orleans; early Sun Records recordings in 1956 in Memphis.
1957 hit "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" brought worldwide fame; followed by "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless", and "High School Confidential".
1964 live album Live at the Star Club, Hamburg is widely regarded as one of the greatest live rock albums.
Switched to country in 1968 with "Another Place, Another Time", which revived his career; 30 songs reached the Billboard country top 10 across his career.
Last Man Standing (2006) was his best-selling release; Mean Old Man (2010) was another major seller.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (2022).

Solo artist; the Million Dollar Quartet session on Sun Records included Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.

The New York Times: Lewis plays exuberantly throughout the album, drawing on American pop-music idioms from Sousa marches through ragtime to rock and roll
The New York Times: his left hand keeps the beat while his right hand races up and down the keys, echoing the ups and downs of his career
Robert Christgau: noted that new producer Eddie Kilroy does not push Jerry Lee the way Bones Howe did on the earlier album Jerry Lee Lewis

No further critical assessments are given in the source beyond the contemporary reviews above