While this box is a bit pricey, it's the only way to show the breadth and depth of his career.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. And despite 1991's "If You Want To Find Love" being the most recent charting single on this box set, the final chapter on Rogers' career is yet to be written. Only four of these songs went Top 10-all on the country chart-but these are all solid performances. 1 pop hits: "Lady" and his duet with Dolly Parton, "Islands in the Stream."ĭisc 3: While not packed with hits like disc-2, all but two of the songs on this third disc ("While the Feeling's Good" and "The Greatest Gift of All") charted in the Top 40 on the country and/or pop chart, including one of Rogers' rare songwriting credits on "Sweet Music Man."ĭisc-4: By the mid-Eighties, Rogers was no longer the guaranteed hit machine that he had been for the past decade. All but seven of them also placed in the Top 40 on the pop charts-including two No. The rest of the disc includes the rest of that group's hits with the glaring omission of 1970's "Heed the Call." ĭisc-2: Rogers achieved superstar status in the Seventies. It is with "Just Dropped In"-The First Edition's quasi-psychedelic 1968 hit-that the material becomes more familiar. These tracks are mostly of historical value and show Rogers working in a variety of styles (doo-wop, jazz, big band) both as a solo and with The Scholars and The Bobby Doyle Three. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You Videoįour-and-a-half hours is probably more Kenny Rogers than the average fan needs, but this 4-disc retrospective is the most comprehensive collection available to date.ĭisc-1: All but the die-hard fans will be unfamiliar with the first twelve tracks recorded between 1956-66. Vows Go Unbroken, The (Always True to You) If I Ever Fall in Love Again - (with Anne Murray) What About Me - (with Kim Carnes/James Ingram) Greatest Gift of All, The - (with Dolly Parton) Til I Can Make It on My Own - (with Dottie West)ĭon't Fall In Love With A Dreamer (with Kim Carnes) Make No Mistake, She's Mine (with Ronnie Milsap)Īnyone Who Isn't Me Tonight - (with Dottie West)
Islands In The Stream (with Dolly Parton) What Are We Doin' in Love - (with Dottie West) She Believes in Me Engelbert Humperdinck and Kenny Rogers VideoĪll I Ever Need Is You (with Dottie West) Today I Started Loving You Again - (with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition)Įvery Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West) Someone Who Cares - (with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition) Tell It All Brother - (with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition) Something's Burning - (with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition) Reuben James - (with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition) Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - (with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition) Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was in) - (with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition)īut You Know I Love You - (with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition) Poor Little Doggie, The - (with The Scholars)ĭon't Feel Rained On - (with The Bobby Doyle Three)įly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) - (with The Bobby Doyle Three) Hearing this material ties together the seemingly disparate elements Rogers's long and impressive career. Besides functioning as an excellent best-of compilation of Rogers's underrated country-pop group, the First Edition, this disc includes many songs from Rogers's early Texas bands, most of them folk-rock tunes never before available on CD, and all of them surprisingly worthwhile examples of his pre-stardom journeyman years. However, it's the first disc that's of the greatest interest.
The second and third discs collect all of the biggest solo and duet hits and Rogers's most-loved material, while the fourth disc covers his finest songs from the mid-1980s through the '90s. Contains 80 tracks.All tracks have been digitally remastered.The thorough, four-disc THROUGH THE YEARS: A RETROSPECTIVE may be a bit daunting for the casual listener who just wants Kenny Rogers's best-known songs (the single-disc 20 GREATEST HITS is good for that), but it's essential listening for all other Rogers fans.
Description : Full title: Through The Years: A Retrospective.THROUGH THE YEARS: A RETROSPECTIVE includes several unreleased tracks and rarities.