Love Is Strange (album)
| Love Is Strange | ||||
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| Studio album by Kenny Rogers | ||||
| Released | September 11, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 38:17 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Jim Ed Norman | |||
| Kenny Rogers chronology | ||||
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Love Is Strange is the twenty-third studio album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love Is Strange" (duet with Dolly Parton) | Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel, Sylvia Robinson | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Soldier of Love" | Spady Brannan, Anthony Crawford, David Malloy | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Listen to the Rain" | Skip Ewing, Don Sampson | 3:34 |
| 4. | "If I Were a Painting" | Skip Ewing, Don Sampson | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Crazy in Love" | Randy McCormick, Even Stevens | 4:18 |
| 6. | "Lay My Body Down" | Joe Henry, Bob Morrison | 4:05 |
| 7. | "So Little Love in the World" | Micheal Smotherman | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Walk Away" | Bob Carpenter, Tom Kell | 4:39 |
| 9. | "In Our Old Age" | Chaz Bosarge, Randy Hardison, Paul Hollowell | 3:55 |
| 10. | "What I Did for Love" | Brent Maher, Thom Schuyler | 3:28 |
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers – drums (3, 5, 9)
- Larry Byron – electric guitar (1), mandolin (2), acoustic guitar (3, 10)
- Joe Chemay – bass (7)
- Steve Gibson – electric guitar (1, 2, 4-9), acoustic guitar (3, 7, 9, 10), mandolin (3, 10), gut-string guitar solo (3), sitar (10)
- Vince Gill – backing vocals (2, 10)
- Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster and contractor (4, 8)
- Christopher Harris – backing vocals (1-9)
- Mark Heimermann – backing vocals (1-9)
- John Hug – electric guitar (3), acoustic guitar (4, 5, 6, 9, 10)
- Gary Janney – backing vocals (1-9), harmony vocals (6, 10)
- Mike Lawler – synthesizer (1-5, 10)
- Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitar (3), mandola (4, 8), mandolin (10)
- Paul Leim – drums (1, 2, 6, 7, 10), percussion (6, 8, 10)
- Jimmy Mattingly – violin (4)
- Terry McMillan – percussion (1, 2, 10)
- Phil Naish – synthesizer (1, 2, 3, 5-10)
- The Nashville String Machine – orchestra (4, 8)
- Jennifer O'Brien-Enoch – soprano vocals (4)
- Dolly Parton – duet vocals (1)
- Jim Photoglo – backing vocals (2, 10)
- Michael Rhodes – bass (3, 4, 5, 9)
- Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
- Matt Rollings – electric piano (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9), acoustic piano (4, 5, 7)
- Harry Stinson – backing vocals (2, 10)
- Bobby Taylor – English horn (5), oboe (8)
- James "Val" Valentini – harmony vocals (2)
- Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor (4, 8)
- Glenn Worf – bass (1, 2, 6, 8, 10)
Production
- Producers – Jim Ed Norman and Eric Prestidge
- Production Assistant – Daniel Kee
- Engineered and Mixed by Eric Prestidge
- Assistant Engineers – Robert Tassi and James "Val" Valentini
- Additional Engineers – Craig Hansen, Daniel Johnston, John Kunz and John David Parker.
- Recorded at The Loft, Digital Recorders and 16th Avenue Sound (Nashville, TN).
- Mixed at The Loft (Nashville, TN) and The Castle (Franklin, TN).
- Digital Multitrack Editing by Keith Odle at GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, TN).
- Mastered by Glenn Meadows and Eric Prestidge at Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
- Art Direction – Laura LiPuma
- Design – Heather Horne
- Photography – Bernard Boudreau
- Management – Ken Kragen
Chart performance
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 21 |
Singles
Love Is Strange is home to three singles. The title cut, a duet with Dolly Parton, debuted first and made it to number 21 in the U.S. and number 14 in Canada. The follow-up single, released in 1990, was "Lay My Body Down", which reached number 69 in the U.S. but did not chart in Canada. The final single, "What I Did For Love", written by Brent Maher and Tom Schuyler, did the opposite, charting only in Canada, peaking at number 81.
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