Ten Years of Gold
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{{Infobox album
| name = Ten Years of Gold
| type = compilation
| artist = Kenny Rogers
| cover = Ten Years of Gold.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1978{{cite web |url=http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=main#?page=discography&interpret=316 |title=LP Discography: Kenny Rogers |publisher=LP Discography |access-date=May 15, 2011}}
| recorded = 1975–1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 16:33 (Side 1)
17:56 (Side 2)
34:29 (Total)
| label = United Artists
| producer = Larry Butler, Kenny Rogers
| prev_title = Daytime Friends
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West)
| next_year = 1978
}}
{{music ratings
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = C{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|access-date=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
}}
Ten Years of Gold is the fourth studio album by Kenny Rogers issued in 1978. It spent two years on the album chart and peaked at #33. In 1997, the album was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA.{{cite web|accessdate=October 9, 2022|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=kenny+rogers#search_section |title=RIAA – Searchable Database: Kenny Rogers}}
Overview
As his fourth solo album, Ten Years of Gold is a collection of ten songs spanning the last decade. The album features solo re-recordings of hits Kenny had with The First Edition. These new versions were recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio "B" using Kenny Rogers' road band "Bloodline" (listed below). Side 1 of the LP contained the all re-recordings. Though Kenny had already scored three other solo hits, "Lucille", "Daytime Friends", "While The Feeling's Good" and "Love Lifted Me" are all that represent his recent work. The last track is the First Edition's original hit recording of "Today I Started Loving You Again", which was featured on the First Edition's 1972 album Back Roads; Kenny still had the rights on this song, therefore this version is present. Oddly the First Edition are not credited on the album jacket, even individually.
There were two different versions of the cover art. One had Kenny's name in white next to the title and a mock pasted photo on the back. On the second pressing the photo is retouched to look like it is in a gold frame.
Track listing
{{track listing
|headline = Side one
|title1 = Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
|writer1 = Mel Tillis
|length1 = 2:53
|title2 = Reuben James
|writer2 = Barry Etris, Alex Harvey
|length2 = 2:41
|title3 = But You Know I Love You
|writer3 = Mike Settle
|length3 = 3:16
|title4 = Something's Burning
|writer4 = Mac Davis
|length4 = 4:19
|title5 = Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
|writer5 = Mickey Newbury
|length5 = 3:24
}}
{{track listing
|headline = Side two
|title1 = Lucille
|writer1 = Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum
|length1 = 3:41
|note1 = from Kenny Rogers [1976]
|title2 = Daytime Friends
|writer2 = Ben Peters
|length2 = 3:14
|note2 = from Daytime Friends [1977]
|title3 = While the Feeling's Good
|writer3 = Bowling, Freddie Hart
|length3 = 4:02
|note3 = from Love Lifted Me [1976]
|title4 = Love Lifted Me
|writer4 = Preston Ross, Howard Smith
|length4 = 3:49
|note4 = from Love Lifted Me [1976]
|title5 = Today I Started Loving You Again
|writer5 = Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens
|length5 = 3:10
|note5 = original version from Back Roads [1972] with The First Edition
}}
- Note: Rogers composed the two new verses to "Love Lifted Me" although he is not credited for this.
Personnel
- Guitar: Tommy Allsup, Jimmy Capps, Fred Carter Jr., Johnny Christopher, Jim Colvard, Randy Dorman,
T. G. Engel, Rick Harper, Kelso Herston, Kenny Rogers, Billy Sanford, Jerry Shook, Reggie Young.
Steel Guitar: Pete Drake - Bass: Mike Leach, Joe Osborn
- Keyboards: Steve Glassmeyer, Gene Golden, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Edgar Struble, Bobby Wood
- Drums: Jerry Carrigan, Bobby Daniels
- Strings: Byron Bach, Brenton Banks, George Binkley, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Carl Gorodetzky,
Lennie Haight, Sheldon Kurland, Wilfred Lehmann, Bob Moore, Steven Maxwell Smith, Gary Vanosdale - Backing Vocals – Buzz Cason, Bobby Daniels, Don Gant, Steve Glassmeyer, Gene Golden, The Jordanaires,
Edgar Struble, Bergen White
Chart performance
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! Chart (1977) ! Peak |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200
| align="center"| 33 |
| Australian (Kent Music Report) Albums |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums
| align="center"| 23 |
References
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Category:1978 greatest hits albums
Category:Kenny Rogers compilation albums