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I Prefer the Moonlight (1987)

Where the lyrics of I Prefer the Moonlight take you, and where it was really made.

Kenny Rogers' last album for RCA Records peaked at only number 163 on the Billboard 200, yet it still produced three top five singles.

Key places

Recorded in Nashville (1987)

Recording site Nashville — Eleven Eleven Studio in Nashville is listed among the studios where this album was recorded. The dot sits at the city center, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in Berry Hill (1987)

Recording site Creative Recording — Creative Recording in Berry Hill is one of the studios credited with recording this album. The dot sits at the Berry Hill city center, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Lion Share Studios (1987)

Recording site Lion Share — Lion Share Studios in Los Angeles is credited as one of the recording locations for this album. The dot marks the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Conway Studios (1987)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — Conway Studios in Hollywood is credited as a recording location for this album alongside The Grey Room. The dot marks the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• I Prefer the Moonlight: twentieth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Rogers
• Released in 1987
• Rogers' final studio album for RCA Records
• Production credits are numbered from track 1 to track 10

Background

• Released while Rogers was leaving RCA Records
• The title track and the Ronnie Milsap duet 'Make No Mistake, She's Mine' were the two lead releases
• The last single, 'I Don't Call Him Daddy', was issued to support the 1988 RCA 'Greatest Hits' release
• That single received little promotion because Rogers was leaving the label

Recording

• Sessions were spread across Nashville, Los Angeles and Hollywood studios
• Nashville studios named in the credits include Eleven Eleven Studio, Masterfonics, MasterMix, GroundStar Laboratories and Sixteenth Avenue Sound
• Mastering took place at Masterfonics and Georgetown Masters in Nashville, and at Capitol Studios and The Mastering Lab in Hollywood
• Producers credited include Brown Bannister, Richard Landis, Rob Galbraith, Kyle Lehning, Larry Butler, Brent Maher
• Engineering and mixing credits vary from track to track

Cover

• Art direction by Mary Hamilton, design by John Coulter
• Photography by Kelly Junkermann
• Set design by Vance Lorenzine, styling by Rose Librizzi
• Management credited to Ken Kragen

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

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.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

At release

• The initial single was the Ronnie Milsap duet 'Make No Mistake, She's Mine'
• That duet brought Rogers and Milsap to the top of the charts in both the US and Canada
• The title track followed as the next single and reached number 2, a result equaled in Canada
• 'The Factory' was the third single, reaching number 6 in the US and number 3 in Canada
• 'I Don't Call Him Daddy' was a lesser hit, peaking at number 86
• The album contained three top five singles: the title track, the Milsap duet and 'The Factory'
• The Milsap duet won a Grammy

Records

• Peak on the US country charts: number 18
• Peak on the Billboard 200: number 163
• Title track: number 2 in the US, equaled in Canada
• Milsap duet: number 1 in the US and Canada
• 'The Factory': number 6 in the US, number 3 in Canada
• 'I Don't Call Him Daddy': number 86

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The last single was released to support RCA's 1988 'Greatest Hits' compilation, yet it got little promotion because Rogers was leaving the label.
• The Milsap duet is the album's Grammy-winning track and also one of its three top five singles.
• The album closed Rogers' long run with RCA Records, so it is his final studio album for that label.
• Its lead duet and title track both reached the top of the charts in Canada, where the title track equaled the US peak of number 2.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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