Kenny (album)
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| Studio album by Kenny Rogers | ||
| Released | 1979 | |
| Recorded | 1979 | |
| Genre | Country | |
| Length | ? | |
| Label | United Artists | |
| Producer(s) | Larry Butler | |
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| Kenny Rogers chronology | ||
| The Gambler (1978) |
Kenny (1979) |
Gideon (1980) |
Kenny is a 1979 music album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers. The album is noted to mix music genres and is heavily influenced by the Disco sound that was popular at this time. However none of the albums two singles "Coward Of The County" (a strong country story song) and "You Decorated My Life" (a love ballad) show any great disco influence, if any. The albums opening track "You Turn The Light On", however does and features Kenny singing such lyrics as "ooh baby" (never typical of Rogers' output). "Santiago Midnight Moonlight", "She's A Mystery" and "In And Out Of Your Heart" are also disco-esq.
"Tulsa Turnaround" is a reworking of an earlier song Rogers recorded with The First Edition. While the original had a jazzy arrangement, on this it is more disco/rock. In addition to the disco sound, Rogers also includes numbers to satisfy his country following, such as the ballads "You Decorated My Life" and "I Want To Make You Smile", the cheating song "One Man's Woman" and the story telling "Coward Of The County".
Kenny was a huge success for Rogers, reaching #5 in the US pop charts and #1 in the country charts (where it stayed for a total of 25 weeks). It also saw similar success in the UK reaching the top 10 of pop charts there too.
[edit] Track listing
- You Turn the Light On
- You Decorated My Life
- She's a Mystery
- Goodbye Marie
- Tulsa Turnaround
- I Want to Make You Smile
- Santiago Midnight Moonlight
- One Man's Woman
- In and Out of Your Heart
- Old Folks
- Coward of the County
