Life Is Like A Song Kenny Rogers SKU: 4877257 Barcode: 0602448772572 26.00 £26.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: UMR Released Date: 2nd June 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Collection of Unreleased Songs from Kenny Rogers’ Archives includes Eight Never-Before-Heard Recordings Captured Between 2008 and 2011 Life Is Like a Song is a collection of unreleased songs from Kenny Rogers’ archives that tells the story of the love, life, loss and faith between the legendary singer/songwriter and his wife, Wanda, and their two children. It serves as the first new non-Christmas studio album in ten years from Rogers, who passed away in 2020. It’s also his only non-compilation full-length album, aside from reissues, to be released on vinyl since 1991. Life Is Like A Song was curated and executive-produced by the star’s widow Wanda Rogers, and includes eight never-before-heard recordings from between 2008 and 2011. Rogers’ range and versatility are displayed throughout a collection of original material and covers, which include interpretations of Eric Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight” and Lionel Richie’s “Goodbye,” plus his much sought-after duet with Dolly Parton, “Tell Me That You Love Me.” “I think the record is fabulous, and it is going to make Kenny so proud,” Wanda shares. “These songs are such a beautiful reminder of his love ‘for the feelings a song can make’ for a person. He would often say that he wanted his songs to be ‘what every man wants to say, and every woman wants to hear.’ I think there are a lot of those moments on this album. This is a very special record to me and our family because it really tells the story of our life together, and I feel his fans will also relate to it in a big way because it walks the listener through the seasons of life that we all experience in one way or another. There is joy, there is love, there is family, there is uncertainty, there is pain, there is faith… it’s emotional and real. This is the kind of music Kenny loved to make.” Album opener “Love Is A Drug” is set to become a hard-driving country rock anthem, co-written by Rogers’ longtime musical partner and former bandmate in the New Christy Minstrels, Kim Carnes. The second song is the Temptations’ Motown classic of 1967, “I Wish It Would Rain,” written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Rodger Penzabene. Rogers’ version features new instrumentation by the celebrated producer Kyle Lehning and in-demand musician and producer Viktor Krauss, who together oversaw Rogers’ recording. Also from the sessions with Brown comes Rogers’ rendition of “Goodbye,” written by Richie, another good friend and frequent collaborator. It’s been a favorite with fans since first appearing in 2009, all the more so since a touching lyric video for the song was played at Rogers’ memorial in 2022. His take on Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight” contains a newly-recorded music bed, courtesy of Lehning, whose credits for Rogers go back more than 40 years, and Krauss. Singing to acoustic guitar, Rogers owns the ballad, while Lehning and Krauss supply gentle orchestration. Larry Keith and Jim Hurt’s “Am I Too Late” was, Rogers said, one of his all-time favorite songs, originally recorded for his 1977 hit album Daytime Friends. It’s now reimagined as a duet with Kim Keyes, whose vocal credits include work with Billy Joel, Amy Grant, and Peter Cetera. “That’s Love To Me,” written by Gary Burr and Jim Photoglo, stands as a quintessential Rogers love song, while the cinematic Legrand/Demy/Gimbel composition “I Will Wait For You,” features such lyrics as “Forevermore, I will wait for you/The clock will tick away the hours, one by one/Then the time will come when all the waiting’s done/The time when you return and find me here and run straight to my waiting arms.” The centerpiece of Life Is Like A Song is the unreleased “Catchin’ Grasshoppers,” a highly personal ode to Rogers’ twin sons with his wife Wanda, Justin and Jordan. The song was composed by Laura McCall Torno and Earl Torno, with production work by Rogers and Randy Dorman, a member of his band, Bloodline, since the 1970s. The lyrics have Rogers reveling in quiet and precious memories made with his young children, now aged 18. “Years from now I won’t remember this day,” he sings. “I won’t recall the field/But I’ll remember my children’s eyes/Lighting up like stars when they were five/Yes, I’ll remember/Catchin’ grasshoppers.” The album’s “Straight Into Love,” on which he duets with Australian country star Jamie O’Neal, is helmed by award-winning producer Brent Maher, who has previous credits with Rogers including writing his “Somewhere Between Lovers and Friends” with Randy Goodrum. The duet with his longtime friend, collaborator and fellow superstar Parton continues a recording relationship that began with 1983’s indelible “Islands In the Stream.” Their “Tell Me That You Love Me” was captured in the mid-2000s and helmed by esteemed Nashville producer and executive Tony Brown (George Strait, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire). Artist Kenny Rogers Genre Americana / Country Label UMR Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Love Is A Drug I Wish It Would Rain Am I Too Late (with Kim Keyes) Tell Me That You Love Me (with Dolly Parton) Straight Into Love (with Jamie O'Neal) Wonderful Tonight Catchin' Grasshoppers That's Love To Me I Will Wait For You Goodbye Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Kenny Rogers and more from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Kenny Rogers 21 Number Ones Americana / Country | Virgin | 2LP Released 14th May 2021 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kenny Rogers 21 Number Ones £26.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Virgin SKU: 3525568 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 14th May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Various Kings Of Country Vol.1 Americana / Country | Pickwick | 1LP Released 30th June 2020 £4.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Various Kings Of Country Vol.1 £4.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Pickwick SKU: nn206948 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th June 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Jason Molina Eight Gates Americana / Country | Secretly Canadian | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 7th August 2020 £19.00 Select options Jason Molina Eight Gates £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Secretly Canadian Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 7th August 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Johnny Cash Greatest Hits II Americana / Country | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 29th May 2020 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Johnny Cash Greatest Hits II £21.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2378 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th May 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jim James Uniform Clarity Americana / Country | ATO | 1LP Released 5th October 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jim James Uniform Clarity £23.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: ATO SKU: ATO0435 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View William Elliott Whitmore Ashes To Dust Americana / Country | Southern | 1LP Released 10th February 2005 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders William Elliott Whitmore Ashes To Dust £13.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Southern SKU: 281111 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th February 2005 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Langhorne Slim Lost At Last Vol. 1 Americana / Country | Dualtone | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 10th November 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Langhorne Slim Lost At Last Vol. 1 £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Dualtone SKU: DUA18251 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chip Taylor Yonkers NY Americana / Country | Train Wreck | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 3rd December 2011 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chip Taylor Yonkers NY £16.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Train Wreck SKU: TW0033LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 3rd December 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Secret Sisters, The Put Your Needle Down Americana / Country | Decca | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 13th May 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Secret Sisters, The Put Your Needle Down £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Decca SKU: 3777979 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 13th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchess) The Low Highway Americana / Country | New West | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th November 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchess) The Low Highway £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5553LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 5th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Michael Chapman Americana Americana / Country | Secret Records | 180g, 1LP Released 17th April 2020 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Chapman Americana £16.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Secret Records SKU: CRESTLP108 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th April 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Americana / Country Start again
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