Breakaway is the second duet album

Album

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 by Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...

 and Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...

, released in 1974 on Monument Records

Monument Records

Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...

. It is one of three duet albums by the couple. Unlike Kristofferson solo albums, it features several covers. "I've Got to Have You" and "I'd Rather Be Sorry" had both previously been hits for other artists; they appear here by Kristofferson for the first time.

Track listing

1. "Lover Please" (Billy Swan
   Billy Swan
   Billy Lance Swan is an American songwriter and singer, best known for his 1974 single, "I Can Help".-Life:Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. As a child, he learned drums, piano and guitar, and began writing songs...
   
   ) – 3:03
2. "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds
   We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds
   "We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds" is a song made famous as a duet by country music singers George Jones and Melba Montgomery. Originally released in 1963, the song became a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and a country music standard....
   
   " (Melba Montgomery
   Melba Montgomery
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   ) – 2:33
3. "Dakota" (Larry Murray) – 3:06
4. "What'cha Gonna Do?" (Donnie Fritts, Jon Reid) – 2:48
5. "The Things I Might Have Been" (Robert B. Sherman
   Robert B. Sherman
   Robert Bernard Sherman is an American songwriter who specializes in musical films with his brother Richard Morton Sherman...
   
   , Richard M. Sherman
   Richard M. Sherman
   Richard Morton Sherman is an American songwriter who specializes in musical film with his brother Robert Bernard Sherman....
   
   ) – 3:09
6. "Slow Down" (Kristofferson) – 3:06
7. "Rain" (Larry Gatlin
   Larry Gatlin
   Larry Wayne Gatlin is an American country music singer/songwriter. He is perhaps best known for teaming up with his brothers Steve and Rudy in the late 1970s, becoming one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Gatlin has had a total of 33 Top 40 singles...
   
   ) – 3:41
8. "Sweet Susannah" (Floyd Gib Gilbeau) – 3:19
9. "I've Got to Have You" (Kristofferson) – 3:31
10. "I'd Rather Be Sorry" (Kristofferson) – 3:11
11. "Crippled Crow" – (Donna Weiss) 3:14

Personnel

• Kris Kristofferson - vocals
• Buddy Spicher
  Buddy Spicher
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   - fiddle
• Rita Coolidge
  Rita Coolidge
  Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...
  
   - vocals
• Bill Justis
  Bill Justis
  William E. "Bill" Justis Jr. was an American pioneer rock and roll musician, composer, and musical arranger, best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song, "Raunchy."-Biography:...
  
   - string arrangements
• Billy Swan
  Billy Swan
  Billy Lance Swan is an American songwriter and singer, best known for his 1974 single, "I Can Help".-Life:Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. As a child, he learned drums, piano and guitar, and began writing songs...
  
   - background vocals
• Bobby Wood - keyboards
• Larry Gatlin
  Larry Gatlin
  Larry Wayne Gatlin is an American country music singer/songwriter. He is perhaps best known for teaming up with his brothers Steve and Rudy in the late 1970s, becoming one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Gatlin has had a total of 33 Top 40 singles...
  
   - background vocals
• Harrison Calloway - horn
• Chip Young - guitar
• Gene Chrisman - drums
• Johnny Christopher - guitar
• Tommy Cogbill
  Tommy Cogbill
  Thomas Clark Cogbill, and known as Tommy Cogbill was an American bassist and record producer.Tommy Cogbill was born in Johnson Grove, Tennessee. He was a highly sought-after session and studio musician who appeared on many now-classic recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, especially those recorded in...
  
   - bass
• Jim Colvard - guitar
• Sammy Creason
  Sammy Creason
  Sammy Creason was an American session drummer who played with Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan among others....
  
   - drums
• Shane Keister
  Shane Keister
  Shane Keister is an American musician. He is known for his work as a studio musician, writer, arranger and producer. He plays synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3, Synclavier, Fairlight, Fender Rhodes, and others.-History:...
  
   - Moog synthesizer
• Ronnie Eades - horn
• Ray Edenton - guitar
• Bobby Emmons - organ
• Farrell Morris - percussion
• Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
• Charles Rose - horn
• Don Sheffield - horn
• Jerry Shook - guitar
• Harvey Thompson - horn
• Mike Utley
  Mike Utley
  Michael Utley is a former American football player. He is known for being paralyzed during an NFL game.-NFL career:...
  
   - keyboards
• Reggie Young - guitar
• Charlie McCoy
  Charlie McCoy
  Charles "Charlie" Ray McCoy is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing. In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Astor, Elvis Presley and Ween. He has also recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records...
  
  - harmonica, melodica
• Strings: Martin Katahn, Byron Bach, Brenton Banks, George Binkley III, Marvin Chantry, Sheldon Kurland, Martha McCrory, Pamela Sixfin, Gary Van Osdale, Stephanie Woolf