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Through the Years: A Retrospective

Kenny Rogers - Through the Years: A Retrospective Audio CD

A fair review of the Kenny Rogers "Through the Years: A Retrospective" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Kenny Rogers reviews here, or go back to the Kenny Rogers tabs.

Band: Kenny Rogers
Title: Through the Years: A Retrospective
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Release Date: 1999-01-26
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Poor Little Doggie - Kenny Rogers, 2: Beloved - Kenny Rogers, 3: That Crazy Feeling 4: We'll Always Have Each Other 5: For You Alone 6: I've Got a Lot to Learn 7: Jol� Blon 8: Lonely 9: Don't Feel Rained On 10: Fly Me to the Moon 11: My Mammy 12: Here's That Rainy Day 13: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) 14: But You Know I Love You 15: Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town 16: Reuben James 17: Something's Burning 18: Tell It All Brother 19: Someone Who Cares 20: Today I Started Loving You Again 21: Lucille 22: Daytime Friends 23: Love or Something Like It 24: Gambler 25: Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West 26: She Believes in Me 27: You Decorated My Life 28: Coward of the County 29: All I Ever Need Is You - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West 30: Lady 31: What Are We Doin' in Love? - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West 32: I Don't Need You 33: Love Will Turn You Around 34: We've Got Tonight - Sheena Easton, Kenny Rogers 35: Islands in the Stream - Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers 36: Crazy 37: Real Love - Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers 38: Morning Desire 39: Tomb of the Unknown Love 40: Make No Mistake, She's Mine - Ronnie Milsap, Kenny Rogers 41: Love Lifted Me 42: Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) 43: While the Feeling's Good 44: Sweet Music Man 45: Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West 46: 'Til I Can Make It on My Own - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West 47: Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer - Kim Carnes, Kenny Rogers 48: Love the World Away 49: Share Your Love With Me 50: Blaze of Glory 51: Through the Years 52: Love Song 53: All My Life 54: Scarlet Fever 55: You Were a Good Friend 56: Buried Treasure 57: Greatest Gift of All - Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers 58: Together Again - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West 59: What About Me? - Kim Carnes, James Ingram, Kenny Rogers 60: Eyes That See in the Dark 61: This Woman 62: Evening Star 63: Twentieth Century Fool 64: Love Is What We Make It 65: Twenty Years Ago 66: They Don't Make Them Like They Used To 67: Pride Is Back - Kenny Rogers, 68: Goodbye Marie 69: I Prefer the Moonlight 70: Factory 71: When You Put Your Heart in It 72: Planet Texas 73: If I Ever Fall in Love Again - Anne Murray, Kenny Rogers 74: Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You) 75: Maybe - Holly Dunn, Kenny Rogers 76: Love Is Strange - Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers 77: If You Want to Find Love 78: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 79: Unforgettable 80: Write Your Name (Across My Heart)

Love this CD-collection:-)
Just wanted to say i love this CD-collection:). . alot of great songs as always:-). . . Thanx:O)**greets from Bina;o) i received this cd-collection on march 14th-08*.

Darn Near Perfect Kenny Rogers Collection
"Love Will Turn You Around" is on this collection on CD2 actually being a #1 hit. I cant think of one pre-1998 charting song missing from this collection. I cant think of any song that is considered essential or a greatest hit that isnt on this collection. Also many the Disc 2 songs sound like they use the same masters as the later 21 Number Ones collection minus the chops at the ends of the songs.

Plenty of variety in Kenny's music
At that point, it looked as though Kenny's years of success were well and truly past. This box traces Kenny's music from its beginnings, long before he was famous, up to 1997. Radio stations, while content to play his golden oldies, ignored his new material. Of course, there was a revival, with the album She rides wild horses and the comeback hit Buy me a rose. Apart from the hits from that album, all Kenny's major hits can be found on the four CD's in this box.

The first CD covers the early years, but only the last eight tracks represent his music with the First Edition, The first twelve tracks form a fascinating historical record, demonstrating that Kenny's roots were many and varied, but with plenty of jazz. The First Edition tracks are the original recordings. Kenny later re-recorded some of these songs, but although those re-recordings are often used on compilations of his music, EMI decided on this occasion to license the originals. The best known of these tracks is Ruby don't take your love to town, but Something's burning was also a big hit. Dolly revived But you know I love you in 1981 and actually had a bigger hit with the song than Kenny had.

The second CD contains all Kenny's American number one country hits of the seventies and eighties. These include three duets with Dottie West (a vastly under-appreciated singer), two duets with Dolly Parton (including Islands in the stream) and one each with Sheena Easton (We've got tonight) and Ronnie Milsap. Among his solo tracks on this CD, you will have your own favorites. Lucille is the song that turned me on to Kenny's music and I still think it's his best - but not by much. Tomb of the unknown love is much less well known than the earlier classics, but it is a wonderful song.

The third and fourth CD's cover the same period as the second CD, but they cover the hits that didn't reach number one. Again, there are three duets with Dottie and two with Dolly. Other duets feature Anne Murray, Holly Dunn and Nickie Ryder. Kim Carnes features twice - once in a duet with Kenny on Don't fall in love with a dreamer, and once singing with James Ingram and Kenny on What about me? My favorite solo tracks from these two CD's are Scarlet fever, Evening star and Blaze of glory, but there are many other brilliant songs here and your favorite may be different. Looking at other compilations, the obvious omission being The long arm of the law. It isn't essential, but it's a pity that anything got left out in a collection of this nature.

So, this is a very interesting collection that covers Kenny's career up to 1997 in depth. I still get immense pleasure from listening to him, even though I've heard some of the songs hundreds of times.

kenny rogers and the legend continues
its kenny rogers music is great enough said.

A Thoroughly Enjoyable Retrospective

Disc-1: All but the die-hard fans will be unfamiliar with the first twelve tracks recorded between 1956-66. Four-and-a-half hours is probably more Kenny Rogers than the average fan needs, but this 4-disc retrospective is the most comprehensive collection available to date. These tracks are mostly of historical value and show Rogers working in a variety of styles (doo-wop, jazz, big band) both as a solo and with The Scholars and The Bobby Doyle Three. It is with "Just Dropped In"--The First Edition's quasi-psychedelic 1968 hit--that the material becomes more familiar. The rest of the disc includes the rest of that group's hits with the glaring omission of 1970's "Heed the Call. " [Also worth noting is that these are all original recordings. Capitol Records has negotiated licensing agreements with Reprise, United Artists and Liberty, something that was NOT done with earlier compilations like Ten Years of Gold, Twenty Greatest Hits, and 20 Great Years which occasionally resorted to rerecording some of these songs. ]

Disc-2: Rogers achieved superstar status in the Seventies. Each one of these songs peaked at No. 1 on the country chart. All but seven of them also placed in the Top 40 on the pop charts--including two No. 1 pop hits: "Lady" and his duet with Dolly Parton, "Islands in the Stream. "

Disc 3: While not packed with hits like disc-2, all but two of the songs on this third disc ("While the Feeling's Good" and "The Greatest Gift of All") charted in the Top 40 on the country and/or pop chart, including one of Rogers' rare songwriting credits on "Sweet Music Man. "

Disc-4: By the mid-Eighties, Rogers was no longer the guaranteed hit machine that he had been for the past decade. Only four of these songs went Top 10--all on the country chart--but these are all solid performances. And despite 1991's "If You Want To Find Love" being the most recent charting single on this box set, the final chapter on Rogers' career is yet to be written.

While this box is a bit pricey, it's the only way to show the breadth and depth of his career. RECOMMENDED.

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