1980 studio album by George Jones and Johnny Paycheck Double Trouble Studio album by George Jones and Johnny Paycheck Released| 1980 Studio| Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee Genre| Rock Length| 28:10 Label| Epic Producer| Billy Sherrill George Jones chronology | My Very Special Guests (1979) | Double Trouble (1980) | I Am What I Am (1980) | | Johnny Paycheck chronology | Bars, Booze & Blondes (1979) | Double Trouble (1980) | Mr. Hag Told My Story (1981) | | Professional ratingsReview scores Source| Rating Allmusic| [1] Double Trouble is an album by American country music artists George Jones and Johnny Paycheck released in 1980 on the Epic Records label. The album consists of covers of rock and roll hits from the 1950s and 1960s, with the exception of the opening track, "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)", an original song. Double Trouble is Jones and Paycheck's only duet album. ## Contents * 1 Background * 2 Reception * 3 Track listing * 4 Personnel * 4.1 Singles * 5 References * 6 External links ## Background[edit] Paycheck had played bass for Jones as part of the Jones Boys in the 1960s. The production, by Billy Sherrill, has Sherrill's trademark "countrypolitan" sound and includes a female chorus on some songs. ## Reception[edit] Although the album stalled on the Billboard charts at number 45, the Chuck Berry song "Maybellene" would make the top ten, peaking at number 7. "You Can Have Her" and "You Better Move On" were also minor hits. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic observes, "The pair sound as if they were on one of their notorious drinking and drugging binges, making jokes with each other throughout every song (except the closing "You Better Move On") and singing without regard for key." He also calls it "easily the worst album George Jones ever recorded." ## Track listing[edit] No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length | | | 1.| "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)"| Don Goodman, Rick Schulman| 2:22 2.| "Along Came Jones"| Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller| 2:58 3.| "Proud Mary"| John Fogerty| 2:49 4.| "You Can Have Her"| William S. Cook| 3:11 5.| "Smack Dab in the Middle"| Charles Calhoun| 2:38 6.| "Maybellene"| Chuck Berry, Alan Freed, Russ Fratto| 2:18 7.| "Roll Over Beethoven"| Chuck Berry| 3:49 8.| "Kansas City"| Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller| 3:05 9.| "Tutti Frutti"| Richard Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie, Robert Blackwell| 2:12 10.| "You Better Move On"| Arthur Alexander| 2:48 ## Personnel[edit] * George Jones – vocals * Johnny Paycheck \- Vocals * Billy Sanford – guitar * Cliff Parker – guitar * Tommy Allsup \- guitar * Phil Baugh - electric guitar * Jim Murphy – pedal steel guitar * Stephen R. Shaffer – bass guitar * Jerry Kroon – drums * Bobby Wood – piano * Diane Tidwell, Janie Fricke, Joe Bias, Judy Anderson, Nick DeStefano, The Nashville Edition - backing vocals Technical * Lou Bradley, Ron Reynolds - engineer * Slick Lawson - photography ### Singles[edit] Year | Single | Peak positions | | US Country | CAN Country 1978 | "Maybellene" | 7 | 4 1979 | "You Can Have Her" | 14 | 26 1980 | "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)" | 31 | 29 "You Better Move On" | 18 | 25 ## References[edit] 1. ^ Allmusic review ## External links[edit] * George Jones' Official Website * Johnny PayCheck's Official Website * Record Label * v * t * e George Jones Studio albums| * Grand Ole Opry's New Star * Hillbilly Hit Parade * Long Live King George * Country Church Time * White Lightning and Other Favorites * The Crown Prince of Country Music * George Jones Salutes Hank Williams * Sings Country and Western Hits * Sings from the Heart * George Jones Sings Bob Wills * Homecoming in Heaven * My Favorites of Hank Williams * I Wish Tonight Would Never End * Blue & Lonesome * George Jones Sings Like the Dickens! * I Get Lonely in a Hurry * Mr. Country & Western Music * New Country Hits * Old Brush Arbors * Country Heart * Love Bug * I'm a People * We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at "4033" * Walk Through This World with Me * Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier * If My Heart Had Windows * I'll Share My World with You * Where Grass Won't Grow * Will You Visit Me on Sunday * George Jones with Love * George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne * George Jones (We Can Make It) * A Picture of Me (Without You) * Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) * In a Gospel Way * The Grand Tour * Memories of Us * The Battle * Alone Again * I Wanta Sing * Bartender's Blues * I Am What I Am * Still the Same Ole Me * Shine On * Jones Country * You've Still Got a Place in My Heart * Ladies' Choice * Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes * Wine Colored Roses * Too Wild Too Long * One Woman Man * You Oughta Be Here with Me * And Along Came Jones * Walls Can Fall * High-Tech Redneck * I Lived to Tell It All * It Don't Get Any Better Than This * Cold Hard Truth * The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 * The Gospel Collection * Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't Collaborative albums| * What's in Our Hearts * A King & Two Queens * Bluegrass Hootenanny * Famous Country Duets * George Jones and Gene Pitney: For the First Time! Two Great Singers * George Jones and Gene Pitney (Recorded in Nashville!) * It's Country Time Again! * We Go Together * Me and the First Lady * We Love to Sing About Jesus * Let's Build a World Together * We're Gonna Hold On * George & Tammy & Tina * Golden Ring * My Very Special Guests * Double Trouble * Together Again * A Taste of Yesterday's Wine * Friends in High Places * The Bradley Barn Sessions * George and Tammy Super Hits * One * God's Country: George Jones and Friends * Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again * Burn Your Playhouse Down – The Unreleased Duets Compilations| * Hits by George * Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits * By Request * First Time Live * Super Hits * Super Hits, Volume 2 * 16 Biggest Hits * Live with the Possum * 50 Years of Hits Related articles| * Albums discography * Singles discography * Discography with Tammy Wynette * Awards * Tammy Wynette * v * t * e Johnny Paycheck Studio albums| * Take This Job and Shove It (1977) * Double Trouble (1980) Singles| * "She's All I Got" * "Take This Job and Shove It" * "Maybellene" * "You Better Move On" Related articles| * Discography This 1980s country music album-related article is a stub. 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