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Back Home Again (1991)

Where the lyrics of Back Home Again take you, and where it was really made.

This was Rogers' second album without any RIAA certification, and it peaked at only number 42 on the U.S. Country charts.

Key places

The Soundshop, Nashville (1991)

Recording site Nashville — Listed as a recording location for this album. The point uses city-center coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Castle, Franklin (1991)

Recording site Sound Kitchen — Listed as a recording location for this album. The point uses city-center coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Conway Studios, Hollywood (1991)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — Listed as a recording location for this album. The point uses building-level coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Back Home Again: twenty-fourth studio album by American country singer Kenny Rogers
• Released November 16, 1991
• Last album Rogers released through Reprise Records
• Peaked at number 42 on the U.S. Country charts
• Ten tracks in the track listing

Background

• Reprise Records release that closed Rogers' run with that label
• Ken Kragen credited for management
• Guest vocalists: The Branson Brothers, Linda Davis, Larry Stewart of Restless Heart, Rudy and Steve Gatlin of Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Terry McBride and Billy Thomas of McBride & the Ride
• Session musicians credited include Steve Gibson, Dan Dugmore, Michael Rhodes and Eddie Bayers

Recording

• Jim Ed Norman credited as producer
• Eric Prestidge credited as producer, recording and mixing
• Recording assistants: Mark Capps, Mark Dewey, John Dickson
• Digital multitrack editing by Don Cobb
• Strings arranged by Bergen White, played by The Nashville String Machine
• Recording locations listed: The Soundshop and The Loft in Nashville, The Castle in Franklin, Tennessee, and Conway Studios in Hollywood
• Mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California

Cover

• Art direction by Laura LiPuma Nash
• Design by Beth Middleworth
• Photography by Peter LiPuma Nash

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Artist

Formation

• Kenneth Donald Ray Rogers was born on August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas, and began his recording career in the late 1950s with the Houston group the Scholars.
• He was an American country singer-songwriter who moved from teenage rock and roll through psychedelic rock to become a country-pop crossover artist of the 1970s and 1980s.
• In 1967 he co-founded the First Edition with former New Christy Minstrels members, later renamed Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.

Members

• The First Edition's members included Mike Settle, Terry Williams, Thelma Camacho, and Kin Vassy.
• Rogers's backing band Bloodline has toured with him since 1976.

Career

• The First Edition scored hits including "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" before the group disbanded in 1976.
• As a solo artist he charted more than 60 top-40 singles, including the number-one hits "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream".
• He recorded duets with Dottie West, Dolly Parton, and Sheena Easton, and partnered with Lionel Richie as songwriter.
• His signature song "The Gambler" won a Grammy in 1980 and was selected for the National Recording Registry in 2018.
• He sold more than 100 million records worldwide and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
• He retired from touring in 2017 and died on March 20, 2020, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

Records

• U.S. Country charts: peaked at number 42
• Not certified by the RIAA, the second Rogers album without any RIAA certification
• Released November 16, 1991 through Reprise Records
• First single 'If You Want To Find Love' reached number 11 in the U.S.
• The same single reached number 12 in Canada
• Two other singles, 'Someone Must Feel Like A Fool Tonight' and 'I'll Be There For You', did not chart
• Three singles released from the album in total
• Ten tracks in the track listing
• Tracks written by outside songwriters, including Jimmy Webb and Mickey Newbury
• The album closes the Reprise Records period of Rogers' career
• The album's chart performance stayed well below the single's chart peaks in the U.S. and Canada
• No certified sales level is recorded for the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• It was Rogers' last album released through Reprise Records.
• The track listing includes Jimmy Webb's 'They Just Don't Make 'Em Like You Anymore' and Mickey Newbury's 'Sunshine'.
• 'I'll Be There For You' was written by Steve Glassmeyer, Gene Golden and Wood Newton; Glassmeyer and Golden are also credited as backing vocalists on the album.
• Guest vocalists include Linda Davis, Larry Stewart of Restless Heart, and Rudy and Steve Gatlin of Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers.
• The album was recorded at studios in Nashville, Franklin and Hollywood.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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