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Water & Bridges (2006)

Where the lyrics of Water & Bridges take you, and where it was really made.

The title track of this 2006 album was first recorded by another singer, Collin Raye, on his 2000 album Tracks.

Key places

Nashville recording session (2006)

Recording site Nashville — The album credits Blackbird Studio in Nashville among the studios where it was recorded. The point uses city-center accuracy. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Franklin recording session (2006)

Recording site Sound Kitchen — The album credits Sound Kitchen in Franklin, Tennessee, as a recording location. The point uses city-center accuracy. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Atlanta recording session (2006)

Recording site PatchWerk Recording Studios — The album credits Patchwerk Recording Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, among its recording locations. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Hollywood recording session (2006)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The album credits Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California, as a recording location. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Water & Bridges: twenty-sixth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Rogers
• Released March 21, 2006 via Capitol Records Nashville
• Three singles followed: "I Can't Unlove You," "The Last Ten Years (Superman)," and "Calling Me"
• All three singles charted on Hot Country Songs

Background

• "Someone Somewhere Tonight" was later covered by Pam Tillis and Kellie Pickler
• Pickler released her version as a single to country radio in May 2013
• "Half a Man" was first recorded by Anthony Smith on his album If That Ain't Country
• Smith's version charted at number 40 on Hot Country Songs in 2003
• The title track was first recorded by Collin Raye on his 2000 album Tracks
• Tracks was also produced by Dann Huff, who produced this album

Recording

• Dann Huff produced the album
• Recording credits include Jeff Balding, Jed Hackett, Mark Hagen, and Justin Niebank
• Mark Hagen handled vocal recording for Don Henley
• Justin Niebank also mixed the album
• Paul Buckmaster arranged the strings and conducted the string section on tracks 1 and 11
• Recording locations listed include studios in Nashville, Franklin, Atlanta, and Hollywood
• Mastering was done by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine

Cover

• Melanie Dunea is credited for photography
• Joe Rogers is credited for design
• Colourworks is credited for digital imaging

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

• Thom Jurek of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five
• Jurek wrote that it "isn't a perfect record, but it's a sincere one."
• Released March 21, 2006 via Capitol Records Nashville
• Twenty-sixth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Rogers

Reappraisal

• Allmusic: three stars out of five
• The rating places the record between praise for its sincerity and reservations about its perfection
• The release came during Rogers' long career as a country singer, after many earlier studio albums

Records

• Three singles: "I Can't Unlove You," "The Last Ten Years (Superman)," and "Calling Me"
• "I Can't Unlove You" peaked at number 17 on Hot Country Songs
• "The Last Ten Years (Superman)" peaked at number 56 on Hot Country Songs
• "Calling Me" peaked at number 53 on Hot Country Songs
• All three singles charted on Hot Country Songs
• "Half a Man" by Anthony Smith charted at number 40 on Hot Country Songs in 2003

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Kellie Pickler's version of "Someone Somewhere Tonight" was released as a single to country radio in May 2013
• Anthony Smith's 2003 recording of "Half a Man" reached number 40 on Hot Country Songs
• Collin Raye originally recorded the title track on his 2000 album Tracks
• Dann Huff produced both Tracks and Water & Bridges

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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