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Love Is Strange (1990)

Where the lyrics of Love Is Strange take you, and where it was really made.

The title song of this 1990 album is a duet with Dolly Parton, and its credits name Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel and Sylvia Robinson as writers.

Key places

Recorded at The Loft, Nashville (1990)

Recording site Nashville — The Loft is credited as a recording location for this album. The point sits at the city centre of Nashville, so the exact building is not shown. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Castle, Franklin (1990)

Recording site Sound Kitchen — The Castle is credited as a recording location for this album. The point sits at the city centre of Franklin, so the exact building is not shown. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Love Is Strange: 23rd studio album by American country music artist Kenny Rogers
• Released 11 September 1990 by Reprise Records
• Includes the single "Love Is Strange", a duet with Dolly Parton
• Italian track listing gives ten songs in total

Background

• The album came out in the same year the title single charted on Hot Country Songs
• Dolly Parton sings lead vocals on the first track
• The title track's writing credits list Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel and Sylvia Robinson

Recording

• Producer Jim Ed Norman
• Eric Prestidge credited as producer, engineer, mixing and mastering
• Recording credits point to The Loft and The Castle, both in Tennessee
• Chris Harris, Mark Heimermann and Gary Janney sing backing vocals on tracks 1 to 9
• Bergen White arranges the strings and conducts the Nashville String Machine on tracks 4 and 8
• Mastering took place at Masterfonics in Nashville

Cover

• Photography by Bernard Boudreau
• Art direction by Laura LiPuma, design by Heather Horne

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

Records

• The title single, a duet with Dolly Parton, debuted first and reached number 21 on the US chart and number 14 in Canada
• The follow-up single "Lay My Body Down", released in 1990, peaked at number 69 in the US and did not chart in Canada
• The final single "What I Did For Love", written by Brent Maher and Tom Schuyler, charted only in Canada, peaking at number 81
• The title single charted at number 21 on Hot Country Songs in 1990
• Three singles were released from the album in total
• Album-level chart positions are not given in the source

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title single was the first of three singles from the album, and it was the one that debuted first.
• The album credits Eric Prestidge with production, engineering, mixing and mastering, a wide role on one record.
• The track list is given with songwriting credits, including Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel and Sylvia Robinson for the title song.
• Dolly Parton is credited as lead vocalist on the first track, "Love Is Strange".
• Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee is named as the mastering location.

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

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