The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years

by Kenny Rogers

Overview

Released in 2018, Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years focuses squarely on Rogers' golden era of the late 1970s and early '80s, letting 20 hits pile up in chronological order. The set begins with "Lucille," his Top Ten breakthrough from 1977, and draws to a conclusion with the 1987 Ronnie Milsap duet "Make No Mistake, She's Mine," adding the 2006 single "I Can't Unlove You" as a coda. In between, there are a bunch of big hits -- "Daytime Friends," "Love or Something Like It," "The Gambler," "Coward of the County," "You Decorated My Life," "Lady," "Love Will Turn You Around," plus duets with Kim Carnes, Dottie West, and Sheena Easton -- but not all of them. Notably, there is nothing from the First Edition and "Islands in the Stream," his smash duet with Dolly Parton, is nowhere to be found. Their absence makes Through the Years somewhat less than definitive, yet it's still a fine roundup of his prime hitmaking period. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/21/2018
Label:	Capitol Nashville
UPC:	0602567817734
Rank:	105439

Tracks

1. Lucille
2. Daytime Friends
3. Love or Something Like It
4. The Gambler
5. She Believes in Me
6. Coward of the County
7. You Decorated My Life
8. Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
9. Love the World Away
10. Lady
11. What Are We Doin' in Love
12. I Don't Need You
13. Through the Years
14. Love Will Turn You Around
15. We've Got Tonight
16. This Woman
17. Crazy
18. Morning Desire
19. Make No Mistake, She's Mine
20. I Can't Unlove You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kenny Rogers   Primary Artist
Kim Carnes   Primary Artist
Ronnie Milsap   Primary Artist
Dottie West   Primary Artist
Sheena Easton   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Kenny Rogers   Producer,Composer
Bob Seger   Composer
Kyle Lehning   Producer
Kim Carnes   Composer,Producer
Even Stevens   Composer
Frank Collura   Compilation Producer
Ben Peters   Composer
Wade Kirby   Composer
David Malloy   Composer,Producer
Rob Galbraith   Producer
Lionel Richie   Composer,Producer
Roger Bowling   Composer
Johnny Wilson   Composer
Robert Vosgien   Mastering
Katie Moore   Design
Richard Marx   Composer
Karl Richardson   Producer
Marty Panzer   Composer
Albhy Galuten   Composer,Producer
Dann Huff   Producer
Dave Ellingson   Composer
Thom Schuyler   Composer
Brent Maher   Producer
George Martin   Producer
Barry Gibb   Composer,Producer
Hal Bynum   Composer
Billy Edd Wheeler   Composer
Larry Butler   Producer
Randy Goodrum   Composer,Producer
David Foster   Producer
Dave Loggins   Composer
Holly Gleason   Liner Notes
Gary Regester   Photography
Beth Stempel   Production Manager
Don Schlitz   Composer
Xilonen Oreshnick   Photo Coordination
Susan Lavoie   Art Direction
Will Robinson   Composer
David Loggins   Composer
Bruce Noel Stevens   Composer
Rick Christian   Composer
Deborah Kay Hipp   Composer
Debbie Hipp   Composer
Bob Morrison   Composer
Steve Gibb   Composer
Steve Glassmeyer   Composer
Mattie Darden   Product Manager
Steve Dorff   Composer