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Natural Act was not a commercial success, failing to crack the Billboard 100 and or the country Top 20.

The dour tone of these songs was reflected on the album cover photographed by Annie Leibovitz, gone were the carefree unkempt lovers pictured on the first two album sleeves and in their place were two separate individuals wearing smart clothes and strained faces. With the couple's marriage disintegrating, several cuts carry a wistful poignancy, such as 'Love Don’t Live Here Anymore' and the two older Kristofferson compositions, 'Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends', which had been a hit for Ray Price, and the regretful 'Loving You Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)', which Willie Nelson covered the following year on his Sings Kristofferson LP. Musically, the album leaned more to pop than rock and featured relaxed southern boogie, nostalgic pop ballads and country-tinged numbers alongside more unusual choices such as a reworking of ' I Fought the Law,' a hit for The Bobby Fuller Four in 1966, which found them sounding like the Everly Brothers. Natural Act was recorded at Sunset Sound and was produced by David Anderle, who had produced their first duet album and several solo albums since. The couple’s marriage was floundering by this time - in the A&E episode of Biography about his life, Kristofferson admits to having a steamy love affair with costar Sarah Miles on the set of 1976's The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea - and Natural Act would be their final studio album together. Although he was now an established film star, Kristofferson’s previous album, Easter Island, was a commercial disappointment. By 1978, however, Coolidge hit number 6 on the Billboard 100 with the platinum selling Anytime…Anywhere, an album that spawned three Top 20 hits.

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When the couple recorded their first duet album Full Moon in 1973, Kristofferson was the bigger recording star, having won several awards for his songwriting and scoring a massive hit with “ Why Me” from his gold selling LP Jesus Was a Capricorn, while Coolidge was still developing as an artist. Natural Act is Kristofferson's only album to chart in the United Kingdom. The album was released while Coolidge's career was at a peak her recent albums Anytime.Anywhere and Love Me Again had seen much commercial success. The couple would divorce the following year. Natural Act is the third and final duet album by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, released in 1978 on A&M Records.