She Rides Wild Horses
She Rides Wild Horses is the twenty-third studio album by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. It was released in 1999 on his own Dreamcatcher Records label. The album includes the singles "The Greatest," "Slow Dance More" and "Buy Me a Rose," all of which charted on the Billboard country singles charts.
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| Released | May 11, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 38:06 | |||
| Label | Dreamcatcher | |||
| Producer | Kenny Rogers, Brent Maher, Jim McKell | |||
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History
Rogers had not charted a country hit since "If You Want to Find Love" in late 1991-early 1992.[1] "The Greatest," his first release on his own label, brought him to the charts for the first time in nearly eight years, spending twenty weeks on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaking at 26.[1] After it came "Slow Dance More" at 67, followed by "Buy Me a Rose," with backing vocals from Alison Krauss and Billy Dean. This song went to Number One on the country charts and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Rogers his first Number One since 1987. The song also made Rogers, who was 61 at the time, the oldest country artist to achieve a Number One hit.[2]
Critical reception
Giving it three stars out of five, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic considered it a stronger album than Rogers' 1998 Across My Heart and a return to his 1980s sound, but said that some of the song selection was "uneven."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Slow Dance More" | Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Buy Me a Rose" (guest vocals: Alison Krauss and Billy Dean) | Jim Funk, Erik Hickenlooper | 3:48 |
| 3. | "I Will Remember You" | Seamus Egan, Sarah McLachlan, Dave Merenda | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (guest vocals: Alison Krauss) | Eric Kaz, Linda Thompson-Jenner | 3:47 |
| 5. | "She Rides Wild Horses" | Bob Corbin, Ted Hewitt | 3:15 |
| 6. | "The Kind of Fool Love Makes" | Brenda Lee, Michael McDonald, Dave Powelson | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Loving Arms" | Tom Jans | 3:40 |
| 8. | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin | 4:17 |
| 9. | "Let It Be Me" | Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Manny Curtis | 3:52 |
| 10. | "The Greatest" | Don Schlitz | 3:09 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[4]
- Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
- Bobby Ogdin – keyboards
- Steve Mandile – all guitars (1, 2, 4-9), electric guitar (10)
- Richard Bailey – banjo (1)
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar (1)
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (2, 4)
- Steve Gibson – all guitars (3)
- Mark Selby – rhythm guitar (10)
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (10)
- Steve Glassmeyer – mandolin (10)
- Spencer Campbell – bass guitar
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Bobby Taylor – English horn and oboe (4, 5)
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle (1), violin (3)
- Michael Black – backing vocals (1, 3, 5)
- Thom Flora – backing vocals (1, 10)
- Billy Dean – backing vocals (2)
- Alison Krauss – backing vocals (2, 4)
- Tammy Fry – harmony vocals (3, 5, 9)
- Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals (5)
- Carolyn Dawn Johnson – harmony vocals (6)
- Billy Montana – backing vocals (7)
- Jack Sundrud – backing vocals (7)
- Strings on Tracks 2-9 performed by the Nashville String Machine; Carl Gorodetzky, concertmaster. Arranged and conducted by Bergen White.
Production
- Tracks 1-4 produced by Kenny Rogers; Tracks 5-10 produced by Brent Maher and Jim McKell for Maher Productions
- Executive producer – Jim Mazza
- Recorded and mixed by Brent Maher and Jim McKell
- Assistant engineers – Jason Breckling, Otto D'Agnolo, Thomas Johnson, Eric Katte, Mark Niemiec, Gary Paczosa, Paul Skaife and Jamison Weddle
- Recorded and mixed at Creative Recording, Inc. (Nashville, TN)
- Editing – Eric Conn, Frank Green, Carlos Grier and Miles Logan
- Mastered by Denny Purcell and Jonathan Russell at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, TN)
- Art direction – P. David Elezear and Nick Long
- Photography – Jim "Señor" McGuire
- Management – Ken Kragen and Jim Mazza
- Booking – Greg Oswald at William Morris Agency
Chart performance
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 60 |
| U.S. Billboard Independent Albums | 9 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 8 |
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 244. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- "Two for the shows". Sunday News. 2000-10-15. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "She Rides Wild Horses review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- She Rides Wild Horses (CD insert). Kenny Rogers. Dreamcatcher Records. 1999. DCR 004-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
