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There You Go Again (2000)

Where the lyrics of There You Go Again take you, and where it was really made.

This Kenny Rogers album was recorded in studios in Tennessee and Los Angeles, and Richard Marx was one of its producers.

Key places

OmniSound Studios, Nashville (2000)

Recording site OmniSound Studios — OmniSound Studios in Nashville is credited among the studios where There You Go Again was recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Creative Recording, Berry Hill (2000)

Recording site Creative Recording — Creative Recording in Berry Hill, Tennessee is credited as a recording studio for this album. The point marks the town centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sound Kitchen, Franklin (2000)

Recording site Sound Kitchen — Sound Kitchen in Franklin, Tennessee is credited as a recording studio for this album. The point marks the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Village Recorder, Los Angeles (2000)

Recording site Village Recorders — The Village Recorder in Los Angeles is credited as a recording studio for this album, the Los Angeles studio in the credits. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• There You Go Again is the twenty-fourth studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers
• Released in 2000
• Second studio album on Rogers's own label, Dreamcatcher Records
• Four singles: There You Go Again, He Will, She Knows, Homeland, Beautiful (All That You Could Be)

Background

• Dreamcatcher Records is the label Rogers runs himself
• Management: Ken Kragen and Jim Mazza at Dreamcatcher Artist Management

Recording

• Kenny Rogers produced tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8 and 10
• Jim McKell produced and recorded tracks 1–6, 8, 10 and 12, and mixed most tracks
• Brent Maher produced, recorded and mixed tracks 4, 11 and 12
• Richard Marx produced tracks 7 and 9; David Cole recorded them and mixed track 9
• Jan Greenfield served as production coordinator on tracks 4, 11 and 12
• Recording studios credited: OmniSound Studios in Nashville, Creative Recording in Berry Hill, Sound Kitchen in Franklin, Tennessee, and The Village Recorder in Los Angeles
• Mastering: Frank Green; mastering location Digital Editing & Mastering in Nashville, Tennessee
• Additional engineers: Dave Egan, Frank Green, Mills Logan, Sylvian Phillipon

Cover

• Cover photography by Bernie Boudreau
• Interior photography by Peter Nash
• Art direction and design by P. David Eleazar and Nick Long

Sources: en.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

• Released in 2000 as Kenny Rogers's twenty-fourth studio album
• Released on Dreamcatcher Records, Rogers's own label, as his second studio album there
• Singles released from the album: There You Go Again, He Will, She Knows, Homeland, Beautiful (All That You Could Be)
• Richard Marx is credited as producer of tracks 7 and 9
• David Cole is credited with recording tracks 7 and 9 and mixing track 9
• Brent Maher is credited with producing, recording and mixing tracks 4, 11 and 12
• Jim McKell is credited with producing and recording most of the album
• Cover photograph by Bernie Boudreau, interior photograph by Peter Nash
• Management handled by Ken Kragen and Jim Mazza at Dreamcatcher Artist Management

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was the second studio release on Rogers's own Dreamcatcher Records label.
• Richard Marx is credited as producer of tracks 7 and 9.
• The mastering location is listed as Digital Editing & Mastering in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Bernie Boudreau took the cover photograph and Peter Nash shot the interior photography.
• Ken Kragen and Jim Mazza handled management through Dreamcatcher Artist Management.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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