If We Put Our Heads Together

If We Put Our Heads Together
Studio album by Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb
Released June 2, 1969
Recorded February - April, 1969, Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet
Genre Country
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
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Loretta Lynn chronology
Woman of the World / To Make a Man
(1969)
If We Put Our Heads Together
(1969)
Wings Upon Your Horns
(1970)
Ernest Tubb chronology
Let's Turn Back the Years
(1969)
If We Put Our Heads Together
(1969)
Saturday Satan Sunday Saint
(1969)

If We Put Our Heads Together is a 1969 vocal duet studio album by American country singer-songwriters, Loretta Lynn and Ernest Tubb.

This was Lynn and Tubb's third studio album together. Their previous releases were released in 1965 and 1967 respectfully. The lead single from this album, "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" was a Top 20 Country hit in 1969. It was the duo's first Top 40 hit together since 1966. The second single was the title track. This was the duo's last studio album together, however Decca would later release a compilation album of their hit duets together in the early 70s. The album included 11 tracks, one of which was written by Lynn, none by Tubb. The album peaked at #19 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1969.

Track listing

  1. "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" - (Johnny Tillotson, Teddy Wilburn)
  2. "Holding on to Nothing" - (Jerry Chesnut)
  3. "Somewhere Between" - (Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens)
  4. "I Chased You Till You Caught Me" - (Wayne D. Walker)
  5. "Let's Wait a Little Longer" - (Curly Putman, Billy Sherrill)
  6. "Won't You Come Home (And Talk to a Stranger)" - (Wayne Kemp)
  7. "Let the World Keep on Turnin'" - (Buck Owens)
  8. "If We Put Our Heads Together (Our Hearts Will Tell Us What to Do)" - (Lorene Allen, Loretta Lynn)
  9. "That Odd Couple" - (Betty Amos)
  10. "Touch and Go" - (Darrell Statler)
  11. "I Won't Cheat Again on You (If You Won't Cheat on Me)" - (Milton L. Brown)

Personnel

Chart positions

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1969 Country Albums 19
1969 Pop Albums N/A

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1969 "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" Country Singles 18
1969 "If We Put Our Heads Together (Our Hearts Will Tell Us What to Do)" Country Singles N/A