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She Rides Wild Horses (1999)

Where the lyrics of She Rides Wild Horses take you, and where it was really made.

Its lead single was the first release on Rogers' own label, and it brought him back to the country charts after nearly eight years.

Key places

Recorded at Creative Recording in Berry Hill (1999)

Recording site Creative Recording — Creative Recording in Berry Hill, Tennessee is listed among the recording places for this album. The point uses the city center of Berry Hill, not the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Quad Studios in Nashville (1999)

Recording site Quad Studios — Quad Studios Nashville is listed among the recording places for this album, together with New Reflections and Seventeen Grand Recording in Nashville, Tennessee. The point sits on the studio's building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Chaton Studios in Phoenix (1999)

Recording site Chaton Studios — Chaton Studios in Phoenix, Arizona is listed among the recording places for this album. The point uses the city center of Phoenix, not the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• She Rides Wild Horses: studio album by American country singer Kenny Rogers
• Released 1999 on Rogers' own Dreamcatcher Records label
• Released 11 May 1999 on Dreamcatcher Records
• Ten tracks on the track listing
• Singles: "The Greatest", "Slow Dance More" and "Buy Me a Rose"
• All three singles charted on the Billboard country singles charts
• The singles gave Rogers his best country chart success since 1991

Background

• "The Greatest" was Rogers' first release on his own label
• "The Greatest" returned him to the country charts for the first time in nearly eight years
• "The Greatest" spent twenty weeks on Hot Country Singles & Tracks and peaked at 26
• "Slow Dance More" was the album's second single and peaked at number 67
• "Buy Me a Rose" had backing vocals from Alison Krauss and Billy Dean
• "Buy Me a Rose" went to number one on the country charts and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100
• It was Rogers' first number one since 1987 and the last number one of his career
• Rogers was 61 at the time, making him the oldest country artist to reach a number one hit

Recording

• Recording places listed: Creative Recording in Berry Hill, Quad Studios Nashville, and Chaton Studios in Phoenix
• Jim Mazza credited as executive producer
• Kenny Rogers credited as producer on tracks 1 to 4
• Brent Maher and Jim McKell credited as producers, recording engineers and mixers
• Bobby Ogdin credited on keyboards
• Bergen White credited for string arrangements and conducting; The Nashville String Machine played strings on tracks 2 to 9
• Denny Purcell credited for mastering; Georgetown Masters in Nashville listed as the editing and mastering location

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

• Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five
• Erlewine considered it a stronger album than Rogers' 1997 album Across My Heart
• Erlewine described it as a return to Rogers' 1980s sound
• Erlewine said some of the song selection was "uneven"

Records

• All three singles charted on the Billboard country singles charts
• "The Greatest" spent twenty weeks on Hot Country Singles & Tracks and peaked at 26
• "Slow Dance More" peaked at number 67 on the same chart
• "Buy Me a Rose" went to number one on the country charts
• "Buy Me a Rose" reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100
• The singles gave Rogers his best success on the country chart since 1991

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "The Greatest" was Rogers' first release on his own label and returned him to the country charts after nearly eight years.
• "Buy Me a Rose" featured Alison Krauss and Billy Dean on backing vocals.
• Rogers was 61 when "Buy Me a Rose" reached number one, which made him the oldest country artist to achieve a number one hit.
• "Buy Me a Rose" was Rogers' last number one on the country charts.
• Brent Maher and Jim McKell handled producing, recording and mixing, while Denny Purcell mastered the album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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