| 1. Lady |
| 2. Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer (With Kim Carnes) |
| 3. She Believes In Me |
| 4. You Decorated My Life |
| 5. Every Time Two Fools Collide (With Dottie West) |
| 6. Lucille |
| 7. The Gambler |
| 8. We've Got Tonight (With Sheena Easton) |
| 9. Coward Of The County |
| 10. I Don't Need You |
Editorial Reviews
A budget-priced 10-track collection of Kenny Rogers' greatest hits. All original recordings.
The Best of Kenny Rogers,Kenny Rogers,Collectables,Adult Contemporary,Country,Country & Western,Country-Pop,Pop,Soft Rock,Urban Cowboy
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Every Time Two Fools Collide: The Best of Kenny Rogers & Dottie West
Kenny Rogers , and Dottie West Manufacturer: EMI Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002TCL Release Date: 1995-11-01 |
Tracks:
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- You Needed Me
- All I Ever Need Is You
- What Are We Doin' In Love
- (Hey, Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong
- Let It Be Me
- Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight
- 'Til I Can Make It On My Own
- Together Again
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Customer Reviews:
Not the original, but I still love it!.......2007-03-15
A Few Fallen Stars.......2007-01-24
Classic '70's hits.......2006-02-02
My favorite cut has to be "Let it be me", both singers are at their best on this performance, and it would have been great to use this as the closing track, but een so, this collection is great.
In the 1990's EMI issued a 20 track collection of duets by Kenny and Dottie in the UK which contained both of their studio albums from 1978 and 1979, and ultimately 9 of the 10 cuts here (plus 11 others) however, that is long out of print. The only "extra" you get here is "What are we doing in love", as it didn't appear on either album, but was a single release from 1981.
This CD, however, is cheaply priced, but the music is gourmet.
Budget compilation of original recordings.......2005-08-01
So here you get the two big hits from their first duets album (Every time two fools collide, Anyone who isn't me tonight), their last duet hit (What are we doing in love), which didn't appear on either of their two duet albums - it came later - and covers of You needed me, All I ever need is you, Hey won't you play another somebody done somebody wrong song, Let it be me, Till I can make it on my own and You've lost that loving feeling. Some of these covers were big hits for Kenny and Dottie.
Though the packaging is modest without liner notes or credits (this is a budget collection), this collection provides a good sample of the duets that Kenny and Dottie recorded together. Many of these tracks (and some not included here) can be found tucked away in solo compilations by Kenny and Dottie but this provides a rare opportunity to hear their duets as a collection. It'll do until a more complete collection is released - especially at the price.
NOT THE ORIGINAL..........2003-12-05
1. Every Time Two Fools Collide
2. You And Me
3. What's Wrong With Us Today
4. Beautiful Lies
5. That's The Way It Could Have Been
6. Why Don't We Go Somewhere And Love
7. Baby I'm A Want You
8. Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight
9. The Loving Gift
10 We Love Each Other.
That's the way I remember it folks, and that's the way it should have been re-issued. I'm sorry, but either release the original album in its entirety without butchering it up or omitting songs, or just don't even bother. I'm tired of wasting my time and money on deceptive and sly business practices from the music industry.
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The Best of Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
Kenny Rogers Manufacturer: Universal/Spectrum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000024XRY Release Date: 2001-09-19 |
Tracks:
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
- Tulsa Turnaround
- Elvira
- Reuben James
- Me & Bobby Mcgee
- Calico Silver
- Something's Burning
- Tell It All Brother
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)
- But You Know I Love You
- Heed The Call
- She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye
- King Of Oak Street
- For The Good Times
- Mommas Waiting
- Sleep Comes Easy
- I Believe In Music
- Love Woman
- Poem Form My Little Lady
- Sunshine
- Last Few Threads Of Love
- Where Does Rosie Go-
- What Am I Gonna Do-
- Write Me Down (Don't Forget My Name)
Customer Reviews:
A very cheap way to get Kenny's hits........2006-01-29
10 great songs........2004-03-02
The Best of Kenny Rogers.......2000-06-26
The Gambler........2000-06-21
Good Value.......2000-06-20
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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers Manufacturer: Hip-O Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001GWASI Release Date: 2004-03-09 |
Tracks:
- Crazy In Love
- Lady
- She Believes In Me
- You Decorated My Life
- The Gambler
- Lucille
- Someone Who Cares
- Something's Burning
- Tell It All Brother
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
- Reuben James
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)
Customer Reviews:
+1/2 -- All too brief an introduction.......2004-04-09
Oddly, the album presents the tracks in reverse chronological order, starting with "Crazy in Love," progressing through Rogers' solo hits, and finishing with the early chart successes of The First Edition. What's here is great - especially less radio-familiar tunes like "Tell it All Brother" and "Ruben James." The neo-psychedelia of "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" is a real kick, mixing the druggy production sounds of late-60s San Francisco with the chipper singing of The New Christy Minstrels.
Those who like this dozen tracks will quickly want to find songs like "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer," "Coward of the County," "Islands in the Stream" and many more. As a budget priced entry, this is a quick and inexpensive way to pick up some of Rogers' greatest hits, but it's bound to leave you wanting more.
3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings.
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The Very Best of Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000A1OF8W Release Date: 2006-08-08 |
Tracks:
- Lucille
- Coward of the County
- We've Got Tonight - Sheena Easton, , Kenny Rogers
- All I Ever Need Is You
- Green, Green Grass of Home
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer - Kim Carnes, , Kenny Rogers
- Sweet Music Man
- We Love Each Other - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
- Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
- Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
- All My Life
- I Wasn't Man Enough
- My World Begins and Ends with You
- You Are So Beautiful
- Love the World Away
- Together Again - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
- Let It Be Me - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
- You Were a Good Friend
- Reuben James
- Twentieth Century Fool
Tracks:
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- She Believes in Me
- Desperado
- Lay Down Beside Me
- Blaze of Glory
- Lady
- You Decorated My Life
- Love Will Turn You Around
- I Don't Need You
- While the Feeling's Good
- Just the Way You Are - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
- Love Song
- Scarlet Fever
- Long Arm of the Law
- Share Your Love With Me
- Love or Something Like It
- Through the Years
- Puttin' in Overtime at Home
- Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
Album Description
2005 double-disc collection features Kenny's solo work as a Country Pop hit-maker including #1 hits 'Lucille' and 'Coward of the County' as well as coveted B-sides and album tracks. Also features notable collaborations with other country stars such as Sheena Easton, Kim Carnes and Dottie West. EMI.Customer Reviews:
An outstanding compilation of Kenny's music.......2005-08-27
Taking the classic solo recordings first, the compilation opens withy Kenny's two UK number one country hits - Lucille and Coward of the county, both of which also made the top five in the American pop charts. Apart from Tennessee Ernie Ford (whose hits pre-dated the birth of rock'n'roll), Kenny is the only country singer (so far) to have two UK number one hits. Even Jim Reeves (the only country singer ever to be a consistent hit-maker in the UK) only managed one UK number one (Distant drums) and that was a posthumous hit.
Kenny's biggest American hit (Lady) spent several weeks at number one there but stalled outside the UK top ten. Being written and produced by Lionel Richie, it deserved to do a lot better but perhaps it wasn't the type of record that the UK pop buyers of the day liked. Other notable American hits include Sweet music man, All my life, Love the world away, She believes in me, You decorated my life, Blaze of glory (which would sound ever better as the closing track), Love will turn you around, I don't need you, Scarlet fever, Share your love with me. Love or something like it and Through the years. Notable by their absence are Love lifted me, Daytime friends and The gambler, but all those songs are easy to find elsewhere - if you must have them, buy a different compilation. The collection also includes re-recordings of Ruby don't take your love to town (a UK number two hit in 1969) and Reuben James, both of which Kenny originally recorded as lead singer of Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. The surprise here is that Something's burning is omitted - the original version was a UK top ten hit.
My first Kenny Rogers album was his untitled 1977 album. It is also the most traditional country album that Kenny ever recorded. The compiler of this collection clearly enjoys that album as much as I do because it is generously represented here. Apart from Lucille (the big hit from the album), you'll also find Son of Hickory Holler's tramp (a cover of O C Smith's sixties hit), Green green grass of home (another sixties cover), Lay down beside me (a Don Williams song although Kenny recorded it first), Putting in overtime at home (a cover of a Charlie Rich country hit), Laura what's he got that I ain't got (a minor country hit for Kenny that rarely turns up on Kenny's compilations) and I wasn't man enough (possibly making its debut on a compilation). With that many songs selected, it's a pity that neither Mother country music (my favorite track from the album apart from Lucille) nor While I play the fiddle (another great song that rarely appears on compilations) were among them.
The duets with Dottie are Every time two fools collide (a song that Dottie was planning to record solo until Kenny turned up at the recording session) and covers of All I ever need in you, We love each other, Together again, Let it be me, Just the way you are and You've lost that loving feeling. Notable by their absence are Anyone who isn't me tonight and Till I can make it on my own.
While there are some obvious omissions, there are plenty of less-frequently heard songs that are well worth hearing. Apart from those already mentioned, here you can find You were a good friend, Long arm of the law, While the feeling's good, Twentieth century fool and A love song.
As an introduction to Kenny's music, this is brilliant but even if you've got some of his music already, you may decide to buy this for the songs you haven't got.
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The Best of Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00008J2FH Release Date: 2003-04-15 |
Tracks:
- Lady
- Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer (With Kim Carnes)
- She Believes In Me
- You Decorated My Life
- Every Time Two Fools Collide (With Dottie West)
- Lucille
- The Gambler
- We've Got Tonight (With Sheena Easton)
- Coward Of The County
- I Don't Need You
Album Description
A budget-priced 10-track collection of Kenny Rogers' greatest hits. All original recordings.Album Description
Budget price collection from Collectables featuring ten top-selling hits from the country superstar. 2003.Customer Reviews:
A good collection........2004-03-02
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The Best of Love
Kenny Rogers Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004T6NY Release Date: 2000-06-20 |
Tracks:
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- As Time Goes
- Endless
- Unforgettable Gordon
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Evergreen
- Misty
- She Believes in Me
- Always
- When I Fall in
Tracks:
- Crazy
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- You Decorated My Life
- I Can't Help Falling in Love
- Wind Beneath My Wings
- It Had to Be You
- I Swear
- Stardust
- I Will Always Love You
- You Send Me
Tracks:
- Through the Years
- Unchained Melody
- Lady
- Always and Forever
- My Funny Valentine
- Somewhere My Love
- You Are So Beautiful
- You Light up My Life
- Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
- Love Me Tender
Customer Reviews:
Great Love songs performed by Kenny Rogers. Highly recommended........2006-10-13
Many songs in this 3 CDs are not Kenny Rogers original songs, but still very good love songs (and many actually are better than his original songs. Sorry Kenny.). I enjoyed the love songs that he performed in this album. Love is a many splendored things, You send me, Misty, I only have eyes for you, it had to be you etc.. are all very classic songs and timeless... and Kenny performed it just fine.. just make sure you try it out (the samples given by amazon) before buying...
This CD is also sells at a bargain. Just get it and I think you will like it.
For Kenny Roger's new fan, check out "21 Number Ones" album (this CD), "the greatest hit" album and the "Kenny Rogers live by request". Also check the new CD Water and Bridges. The song "I can't unlove you" is a hit.
Here are some of my all time Kenny Rogers favorite songs (almost all of them available in the "21 Number Ones" album. I call this list, Kenny Rogers essential:
The Gambler
Through The Years
Lady
Lucille
Coward of The County
We've Got Tonight (with Sheena Easton)
Crazy
Islands In The Stream (with Dolly Parton)
She Believes In Me
You Decorated My Life
Make No Mistake, She's Mine (with Ronnie Milsap)
Daytime Friends
Love Or Something Like It
Love Will Turn You Around
Morning Desire
The Factory
Twenty years ago
Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer (with Kim Carnes)
Ruby, Don't take your love to town
Buried treasure
I don't call him daddy
She's ready for someone to love her
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Updated Dec 15th:
I went to see Kenny Rogers live recently (his greatest hits and chrismas song concert.) I had a blast, simply amazing. I recommend all Kenny Rogers fans to visit his concert Live at least once. (We never know how many more years he will do his tour but I do hope for many more years to come)
King of the love songs.......2003-10-27
For all but mostly Marty.......2003-05-01
I think that he is the greatest country singer of all times.
Standard Fare For Rogers, But A Good Bargain.......2002-08-06
love is back.......2001-10-25
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20 Best of Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00016XND4 Release Date: 2004-01-27 |
Tracks:
- Crazy
- When I Fall in Love
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- She Believes in Me
- Wind Beneath My Wings
- Lady
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Unforgettable
- Always
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- You Decorated My Life
- I Can't Help Falling in Love
- I Will Always Love You
- Through the Years
- My Funny Valentine
- Somewhere, My Love
- Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
- Love Me Tender
- As Time Goes By
- Endless Love
Customer Reviews:
Disappointed.......2007-01-30
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Best Inspirational Songs
Kenny Rogers Manufacturer: Curb Special Markets ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005J9VU Release Date: 2001-05-15 |
Tracks:
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy
- As God Is My Witness
- What A Wonderful Beginning
- See Me Through
- I Trust You
- Find A Little Grace
- A Soldier's King
- To Me
- It's The Messiah
- Have A Little Faith In Me
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Best of Kenny Rogers & the First Edition
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition Manufacturer: Direct Source Label ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000E1OIH6 Release Date: 2006-01-31 |
Tracks:
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- But You Know I Love You
- Reuben James
- Heed the Call
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
- Something's Burning
- What Am I Gonna Do with the Rest of My Life
- Always Leaving, Always Gone
- Elvira
- Molly
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Sunshine
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The Best of Kenny Rogers and the First Edition: Tell It All Brother
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition Manufacturer: Edel America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004X0EL Release Date: 2000-09-19 |
Tracks:
- Reuben James
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
- Me And Bobby McGhee
- Tulsa Turnaround
- Something's Burning
- Tell It All Brother
- Sunshine
- For The Good Times
- Where Does Rosie Go?
- The King Of Oak Street
- We All Got To Help Each Other
- Elvira
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