[30/6/2008]Kenny Rogers肯尼·罗杰斯2001年《Through The Year - 2
【乡村歌曲】美国乡村音乐的教父Kenny Rogers肯尼·罗杰斯2001年专辑《Through The Year - 20 Greatest Hits》 (MP3 320K)
this CD is a wonderful look at some of Kenny's big hits. he's had success on the country, pop, and Adult-Contemporary charts since the the late '60s. he formed the First Edition in 1967 i think and went solo in 1973 and his debut single on the country charts as a solo act was the #19 country hit "Love Lifted Me" in early 1976. he followed that with the great "While The Feeling's Good", which hit #46 country. he was back at #19 with the next release, "Laura, What's He Got That I Ain't Got?" in late 1976 but in January 1977 he hit the chart with "Lucille" and from that point forward, Kenny became a VERY popular singer in both country and pop with his vibrato singing style, highlighted in several of his smash hits on this CD: "Lady", "You Decorated My Life", "Through the Years", etc. This CD arrived in 1983 on the Liberty label and it collects the bulk of his signature hits that everybody knows from United Artists and Liberty but the RCA singles aren't on here, because the album was issued in 1983 before his RCA stint started to get hot so there's no "Islands in the Stream", "Buried Treaure", "Crazy", "Morning Desire", or other mid/late '80s RCA smash hits. do find it interesting that RCA didn't promote Kenny that well in the pop market because after he joined them, his pop cross-overs never cracked the Top-60 again...except a fluke called "What About Me?" in 1984 with Kim Carnes and James Ingram that hit #15 pop, #1-AC, and #70 country. track 18, "I Don't Need You" was Kenny's biggest AC hit, reaching #1 for a total of 6 weeks and also hitting #1 country for 2 weeks and peaking at #3 pop in 1981. Kenny's ability to chart high on country, pop, and AC charts needs some explaination. before the '90s, the charts weren't as airplay-driven as they are now. for example: the Billboard Country chart ranks singles by airplay, not actual popularity with the public because if you flip a page or two in the Billboard magazine and look at the Country Single Sales chart, you'll see some differing songs on there that the public is actually BUYING but aren't being played and making the bigger country chart. Kenny's singles were such high sellers that they placed higher on the pop chart than other country singers that might have a cult pop following but with demand from pop listeners in general, the pop stations had to play his songs because they were too popular to ignore...so Kenny was a rare example of having it both ways and being successful: he had the country audience, a pop/AC audience, and strong airplay on both formats! This CD is excellant!!
01 Island In The Streams 02 Lucille 03 Lady 04 The Gambler 05 Love Lifted Me 06 We've Got Tonite 07 Scarlet Fever 08 Love Or Something Like It 09 She Believes In Me 10 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town 11 Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer 12 Through The Years 13 Daytime Friends 14 You Decorated My Life 15 Reuben James 16 'Til I Can Make It On My Own 17 Coward Of The County 18 I Don't Need You 19 Something's Burning 20 Love Will Turn You Around