Kenny (album)

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Kenny
Kenny cover
Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Country
Length ?
Label United Artists
Producer Larry Butler
Professional reviews
Kenny Rogers chronology
The Gambler
(1978)		 Kenny
(1979)		 Gideon
(1980)

Kenny is a 1979 music album by 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 neither of the album's two singles "Coward of the County" (a strong country story song) and "You Decorated My Life" (a love ballad) show any great disco influence. The album's opening track "You Turn The Light On" does, however, and features Rogers atypically-singing such lyrics as "ooh baby." "Santiago Midnight Moonlight," "She's A Mystery" and "In and Out of Your Heart" are also disco-esque.

"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."

The album 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. It also saw more sales when released on Compact disc. In 2007 the album was issued as a two album set on one CD, the other album included on the disc being the self-titled Kenny Rogers (album) from 1976.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "You Turn the Light On"
  2. "You Decorated My Life"
  3. "She's a Mystery"
  4. "Goodbye Marie"
  5. "Tulsa Turnaround"
  6. "I Want to Make You Smile"
  7. "Santiago Midnight Moonlight"
  8. "One Man's Woman"
  9. "In and Out of Your Heart"
  10. "Old Folks"
  11. "Coward of the County"