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.
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 Rogers had with The First Edition. These new versions were recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio "B" using Rogers' road band "Bloodline" (listed below). Side 1 of the LP contained all the re-recordings. Though Rogers 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. Rogers still had the rights to the First Edition's original hit recording of "Today I Started Loving You Again", which was previously released on their 1972 album Back Roads; hence that recording was chosen as the closing track of Ten Years of Gold.
There were two different versions of the cover art. One had Rogers' 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
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 Chart (1977) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1 U.S. Billboard 200 33 Australian (Kent Music Report) Albums 68 Canadian RPM Top Albums 23
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