Back to the Well
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{{Infobox album
| name = Back to the Well
| type = studio
| artist = Kenny Rogers
| cover = backtothewell.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2003|09|23}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length =44:22
| label = Dreamcatcher #008
| producer = Joe Chemay, John Guess, Brent Maher, Kenny Rogers, Phil Vassar
| prev_title = Live by Request
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = 42 Ultimate Hits
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Back to the Well
| type = studio
| single1 = Harder Cards
| single1date = April 8, 2002
| single2 = I'm Missing You
| single2date = April 21, 2003
| single3 = Love Like This
| single3date = June 2, 2003
| single4 = Handprints on the Wall
| single4date = September 2003
}}
}}
Back to the Well is the twenty-fifth studio album released in 2003 by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. The album includes the singles "Harder Cards," "I'm Missing You" and "Handprints on the Wall," all of which charted on the Hot Country Songs chart between 2002 and 2003. "Harder Cards" peaked at number 47, "I'm Missing You" at 49 and "Handprints on the Wall" at 40.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=361|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} The album itself reached number 52 on the Top Country Albums chart.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r662601/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=Chart history for Back to the Well|work=Allmusic|access-date=27 September 2010}}
Critical reception
Peter Cooper of The Tennessean rated the album 3 out of 4 stars, stating that "[t]his album is well-constructed, the songs are well-chosen, and Rogers still sings with the quiver and husk of his 'Gambler' days."{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/242664506/ | title=Album reviews | work=The Tennessean | date=December 15, 2003 | accessdate=March 17, 2022 | author=Peter Cooper | pages=5D}}
Track listing
{{track listing
|title1 = Back to the Well
|writer1 = Rick Bowles, Robert Byrne
|length1 = 3:06
|title2 = Listen to the Rain
|writer2 = Chuck Cannon, Billy Dean
|length2 = 4:35
|title3 = 727 East Magnolia Avenue
|writer3 = Steven Dale Jones, Bobby Tomberlin
|length3 = 2:51
|title4 = Undercover
|writer4 = Dolly Parton
|note4 = duet with Dolly Parton
|length4 = 2:39
|title5 = Prairie Wedding
|writer5 = Mark Knopfler
|length5 = 4:35
|title6 = I'm Missing You
|writer6 = Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner
|length6 = 3:12
|title7 = It's a Beautiful Life
|writer7 = Charlie Black, Phil Vassar, Jim Collins
|length7 = 3:14
|title8 = Tears in God's Eyes
|writer8 = Kent Blazy, Skip Ewing, Kim Williams
|length8 = 4:15
|title9 = Harder Cards
|writer9 = Craig Wiseman, Mike Henderson
|length9 = 4:04
|title10 = Handprints on the Wall
|writer10 = Nelson Blanchard, Scott Innes, Claude Parish
|length10 = 4:02
|title11 = Owe Them More Than That
|writer11 = John Guess, Tony Martin, Clessie Lee Morisette, Roger Springer
| note11 = duet with Tim McGraw
|length11 = 3:10
|title12 = Love Like This
|writer12 = Candy Cameron, Chip Davis
|length12 = 4:39
}}
Chart performance
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (2003) ! Peak |
| Australian (ARIA Charts) Albums{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/vuyXQRA.jpg|title=Kenny Rogers ARIA chart history, received March 31, 2020|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=April 11, 2020}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
| align="center"| 179 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)
| align="center"| 52 |
References
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