Ten Years of Gold

Ten Years of Gold
Greatest hits album by Kenny Rogers
Released January 1978[1]
Recorded 1968-1977
Length 16:33 (Side 1)
17:56 (Side 2)
34:29 (Total)
Label United Artists Records
Kenny Rogers chronology
Daytime Friends
(1977)		 Ten Years of Gold
(1977)		 Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West)
(1978)

Ten Years of Gold is a compilation album by Kenny Rogers issued in 1978.

Contents

Overview

As his fourth solo album, Ten Years of Gold is a collection of ten songs spanning the last decade. The album features solo reworkings of hits Kenny had with The First Edition. Though Kenny had already scored three other solo hits, "Lucille", "Daytime Friends", "Love Lifted Me" and "While The Feeling's Good" are all that represent his recent work. The last track is the First Edition's original hit recording of "Today I Started Loving You Again", which Kenny still had the rights on. Oddly they are not credited on the album jacket, even individually.

There were two different versions of the cover art. One had Kenny's name in white next to the title and a mock pasted photo on the back. On the second pressing the photo is retouched to look like it is in a gold frame.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town (Mel Tillis) [2:53]
        (original version from the 1969 album Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town with The First Edition)
  2. Reuben James (Barry Etris/Alex Harvey) [2:41]
        (original version from the 1969 album Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town with The First Edition)
  3. But You Know I Love You (Mike Settle) [3:16]
        (original version from the 1969 album The First Edition '69 with The First Edition)
  4. Something's Burning (Mac Davis) [4:19]
        (original version from the 1970 album Something's Burning with The First Edition)
  5. Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Is In (Mickey Newbury) [3:24]
        (original version from the 1967 album The First Edition with The First Edition)

Side 2

  1. Lucille (Roger Bowling/Hal Bynum) [3:41]
        (from the 1977 album Kenny Rogers)
  2. Daytime Friends (Ben Peters) [3:14]
        (from the 1977 album Daytime Friends)
  3. While the Feeling's Good (Roger Bowling/Freddie Hart) [4:02]
        (from the 1976 album Love Lifted Me)
  4. Love Lifted Me (Preston Ross/Howard Smith) [3:49]
        (from the 1976 album Love Lifted Me)
  5. Today I Started Loving You Again (Merle Haggard/Bonnie Owens) [3:10]
        (original version from the 1972 album Back Roads with The First Edition)

Chart performance

Chart (1977) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 33
Canadian RPM Top Albums 23

See also

The Kenny Rogers Singles Album

References

  1. ^ "LP Discography: Kenny Rogers". LP Discography. http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=main#?page=discography&interpret=316. Retrieved May 15, 2011. 
Preceded by
Waylon & Willie by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson		 Top Country Albums number-one album
April 15–22, 1978		 Succeeded by
Waylon & Willie by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson