You Can't Make Old Friends

You Can't Make Old Friends
Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released October 8, 2013
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Dann Huff, Kyle Lehning and Warren Hartman
Kenny Rogers chronology

Amazing Grace
(2012)
You Can't Make Old Friends
(2013)
Singles from You Can't Make Old Friends
  1. "You Can't Make Old Friends"
    Released: October 2013
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You Can't Make Old Friends is the twenty-seventh studio album from American country music artist Kenny Rogers. Released on October 8, 2013 via Warner Bros. Nashville, it is Rogers' first album of original material since 2006's Water & Bridges. Its title track, a duet with Dolly Parton, peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in December 2013, becoming Rogers' first charted single in six years. "You Can't Make Old Friends" was later included on Parton's 2014 album, Blue Smoke.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "You Can't Make Old Friends" (duet with Dolly Parton)Ryan Hanna King, Don Schlitz, Caitlyn Smith 4:02
2. "All I Need Is One"  Marc Beeson, Allen Shamblin 3:31
3. "You Had to Be There"  Casey Beathard, Kenneth Wright 4:00
4. "'Merica"  Ben Caver, Corey Crowder, Nicole Witt 3:44
5. "Turn This World Around"  Andrew Dorff, Eric Paslay, Jason Reeves 4:32
6. "Dreams of the San Joaqin"  Jack Wesley Routh, Randy Sharp 6:06
7. "Don't Leave Me in the Night Time" (featuring Buckwheat Zydeco)Paul Overstreet, Schlitz 2:51
8. "Look At You"  Mike Reid, Shamblin 3:57
9. "Neon Horses"  Dave Loggins, Ronnie Samoset 4:31
10. "When You Love Someone"  Michael Kamen, Gretchen Peters 3:41
11. "It's Gonna Be Easy Now"  Dan Seals 3:47

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 43
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 9

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country Airplay
2013 "You Can't Make Old Friends" 57

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "You Can't Make Old Friends – Kenny Rogers". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  2. "Kenny Rogers Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Kenny Rogers.
  3. "Kenny Rogers Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Country Albums for Kenny Rogers.