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Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]

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Date: 26 Oct 2022 19:09:13
Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]

Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Country Pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 40:09 | 435,81 Mb
Label: RCA/BMG Music (Japan) | Cat.# R28P-1118 | Released: 1987-10-21 (1984-07-19)
Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]
"What About Me?" is the 16th studio album by Kenny Rogers, released by RCA Nashville. The album's title track, "What About Me?", is sung in trio with R&B singer James Ingram and Rogers' former New Christy Minstrels bandmate turned solo star Kim Carnes, which is a love song that reached number one on the AC charts and was also a pop and country hit, giving co-writer Richard Marx his1st #1 hit as a writer. Elsewhere on the album is "Two Hearts, One Love" by Byron Hill, "The Stranger" (a story song in the vein of Rogers' previous hits such as "The Gambler" and "Lucille"), "The Night Goes On" (a R&B influenced ballad) and "Crazy" (a song Rogers co-wrote with Richard Marx which is in the style of "Through the Years") that also charted and gave Rogers yet another #1 hit and Marx his 2nd #1 hit as a writer. Though this album didn't enjoy the success of his previous albums, "What About Me?" was a hit with its strongest showing being #9 on the Country music album charts during a chart run of nearly a year.
~Wikipedia

Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]

If Eyes That See in the Dark represented a high watermark for Kenny Rogers, getting everything about a pop crossover right, its 1984 sequel, What About Me?, pretty much gets everything wrong. First of all, losing the writing talents of the Brothers Gibb is a major blow, since they not only gave Kenny indelible singles with "Islands in the Stream" and "Buried Treasure," they gave him a strong, consistent set of songs. This, released just a year later, is a return to singles 'n' filler, which is not unheard of in either country-pop or in Rogers' catalog, and sometimes it can even make for an enjoyable listen, provided that the singles are strong enough and that the overall sound of the record is appealing. Neither is the case here. The singles are not memorable the closest is the title track, featuring not just Kim Carnes but James Ingram in a song that doesn't quite make sense as a duet, let alone a trio and the production, which abandons any pretense at country, is too calculatingly adult contemporary; instead of having a nice, soothing, synth-heavy feel like Eyes That See in the Dark, this sounds cold and clean, typifying the worst in mid-'80s adult contemporary. And make no mistake, this is not a country album at all it may have charted on the country charts, but that was due to career momentum, because this is an adult contemporary album, and a bad one at that. It's a depressing comedown after the splendid Eyes That See in the Dark.
~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]

Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]




Release of the album: 1984, July, 19 [LP RCA Victor, Cat.# AJL1-5335, USA]
Release of this CD: 1987, October, 21 [CD RCA/BMG Music (Japan), Cat.# R28P-1118 (PCD1-5335) / EAN: 4988017006962]
℗ 1987 BMG Music.
Manufactured by RVC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan from master recordings owned or controlled by RCA Corporation.
Made in Japan

Credits:

Backing Vocals – Cindy Fee, Herb Pedersen, Ken Cetera, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers II, Portia Griffin, Richard Marx, Terry Williams
Backing Vocals, Bass – Joe Chemay
Backing Vocals, Guitar – Kin Vassy
Bass – Dennis Belfield, Nathan East, Neil Stubenhaus
Drums – Ed Greene, John Robinson
Engineer – Humberto Gatica
Guitar – Billy Joe Walker, Dan Huff, Fred Tackett, Michael Landau, Paul Jackson, Jr.
Keyboards – David Foster, Jimmy Cox, John Hobbs, Randy Kerber, Tom Keane
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Erich Bulling
Mastered By – Wally Traugott
Percussion – Michael Temple, Sheila Escovedo, Steve Foreman
Producer – David Foster, Kenny Rogers
Saxophone – Gary Herbig
Synthesizer – Marcus Ryle

Tracklist:

01. What About Me? (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) (04:24)
(Kenny Rogers, David Foster, Richard Marx)
02. The Night Goes On (04:36)
(Paul Gordon, Tom Keane)
03. Dream Dancin' (04:26)
(Laura Allan, Robbie Long)
04. Two Hearts One Love (03:37)
(Mike Dekle, Byron Hill)
05. I Don't Want To Know Why (with Cindy Fee) (04:06)
(Guy Thomas)
06. Didn't We? (03:56)
(Graham Lyle, Troy Seals)
07. Somebody Took My Love (03:53)
(Richard Marx, David Pomeranz)
08. Crazy (03:44)
(Kenny Rogers, Richard Marx)
09. The Stranger (03:47)
(Dolly Parton)
10. Heart To Heart (03:43)
(Richard Feldman, Jimmy Scott)

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Kenny Rogers / What About Me

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Analyzed: Kenny Rogers / What About Me
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.12 dB -16.61 dB 4:24 01-What About Me (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram)
DR12 -1.73 dB -16.79 dB 4:36 02-The Night Goes On
DR14 -1.70 dB -19.45 dB 4:26 03-Dream Dancin'
DR12 -0.71 dB -15.58 dB 3:37 04-Two Hearts One Love
DR14 -0.58 dB -18.67 dB 4:06 05-I Don't Want To Know Why (with Cindy Fee)
DR13 0.00 dB -17.57 dB 3:56 06-Didn't We
DR12 -0.57 dB -14.69 dB 3:53 07-Somebody Took My Love
DR13 -0.98 dB -18.11 dB 3:44 08-Crazy
DR13 -1.65 dB -18.21 dB 3:47 09-The Stranger
DR14 0.00 dB -16.96 dB 3:43 10-Heart To Heart
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Official DR value: DR13

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Bitrate: 798 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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