Share Your Love

Share Your Love
Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released	24 June 1981
Recorded	1981
Studio	Concorde Recording, Los Angeles, California Devonshire, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Country
Length	36:28
Label	Liberty
Producer	Lionel Richie
Kenny Rogers chronology
Greatest Hits (1980) Share Your Love (1981) Christmas (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Share Your Love is a studio album by country singer Kenny Rogers, released in 1981. Produced by Lionel Richie, it is also Rogers' first with Liberty Records besides his Greatest Hits album. The album has sold nine million copies worldwide.

Recording

Rogers recorded portions of the album at Concorde Recording Center, where he had recorded his single "Lady", and purchased the recording studio in May 1981, before the album was completed. He later re-named the studio Lion Share Studios. ^[2]

Overview

Four singles were released from this Share Your Love. "I Don't Need You" charted at number 1 on the US and Canadian country charts as well as reaching the top of the US Adult Contemporary charts, and number 3 on the US Hot 100. The title cut "Share Your Love With Me" reached number 14 on the Hot 100 and 5 in the US Country charts, though it did reach number 2 in Canada and led the US Adult Contemporary charts. Rogers then took a break to release a single from his first Christmas album. "Blaze of Glory", which featured Kin Vassy on backing vocals, was also released as a single. Although it was a lesser hit than the first two singles, it still made the top ten. The final single, "Through The Years", returned Rogers to the very top by putting him at No. 1 the Adult Contemporary charts once again.

The album reached No. 1 on the country charts and No. 6 on the pop charts, reaching platinum and double-platinum status in the US and Canada, respectively.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blaze of Glory"	Danny Morrison, Johnny Slate, Larry Keith	2:37
2.	"I Don't Need You"	Rick Christian	3:27
3.	"The Good Life"	Lionel Richie	2:47
4.	"Makes Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye"	Mickey Newbury	2:29
5.	"Through the Years"	Steve Dorff, Marty Panzer	4:44
6.	"Share Your Love with Me"	Al "TNT" Braggs, Deadric Malone	3:19
7.	"So in Love with You"	Richie	4:17
8.	"Goin' Back to Alabama"	Richie	5:04
9.	"Without You in My Life"	Richie, Thomas McClary	5:04
10.	"Grey Beard"	Kenny Rogers, Gene Golden, Kirby Stone	2:36

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. ^[3]

Musicians

• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals, rhythm track arrangements (4)
• Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards
• Barnaby Finch – keyboards
• Glen Hardin – keyboards
• John Hobbs – keyboards
• Lincoln Mayorga – keyboards (5)
• Sylvester Rivers – keyboards
• James Burton – guitars
• Rickey Harper – guitars
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
• Russ Powell - guitars
• Darrell Jones – guitars
• Thomas McClary – guitars
• Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
• Fred Tackett – guitars
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – guitars
• Dennis Belfield – bass (2)
• Joe Chemay – bass (1, 3, 7)
• Nathan East – bass (5)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (6, 8, 9)
• Jerry Scheff – bass (10)
• Freddie Washington – bass (4)
• Ed Greene – drums
• Paul Leim – drums
• Rick Shlosser – drums (5)
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion
• Ollie E. Brown – percussion
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (10)
• David Boruff – saxophone solo (2)
• Gary Herbig – saxophone solo (6)
• Gene Page – string, horn and rhythm arrangements
• Edgar Struble – string arrangements (2, 4)
• Harry Bluestone – concertmaster

Backing vocalists

• Track 1: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Gene Marford
• Track 2: Terry Williams, Kin Vassy, Cindy Fee, Juanice Charmain
• Track 3: Deborah Thomas, Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
• Track 4: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
• Track 5: none
• Track 6: Gladys Knight & the Pips (Gladys Knight, William Guest, Merald "Bubba" Knight, Edward Patten), Lionel Richie
• Track 7: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
• Track 8: Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson
• Track 9: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Deborah Thomas, Brooks Hunnicut
• Track 10: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Dorothy Sugarloaf

Technical

• Reginald Dozier – recording and mixing engineer
• Larry Ferguson – second engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Michael Mancini – second engineer
• Brenda Harvey-Richie – assistant production
• Lionel Richie – producer
• Kenny Rogers – mixing engineer

Additional credits

• Bill Burks – art direction, design
• Roy R. Guzman – design
• Ken Kragen – management
• Gary Register – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1981–82) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [4] 44 Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [5] 11 Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [6] 21 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [7] 13 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 37 US Billboard 200 [9] 6 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [10] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1981) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [11] 58 US Billboard 200 [12] 98 Chart (1982) Position US Billboard 200 [13] 62

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [14]	2× Platinum	200,000^
United States (RIAA) [15]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Share Your Love Review by James Chrispell". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
2. "Lion Share Recording Studios: What the Proceeds from a Couple of Decades of Hits can Buy!" (PDF). Recording Engineer/Producer. April 1982. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
3. Share Your Love (LP liner). Kenny Rogers. Liberty Records. 1981. 134416.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 256. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4694". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
7. "Norwegiancharts.com – Kenny Rogers – Share Your Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
8. "Swedishcharts.com – Kenny Rogers – Share Your Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
9. "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
10. "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
11. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4687". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
12. "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1981". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
13. "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1982". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
14. "Canadian album certifications – Kenny Rogers – Share Your Love". Music Canada.
15. "American album certifications – Kenny Rogers – Share Your Love". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• "Share Your Love" album page at Billboard