She Rides Wild Horses

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She Rides Wild Horses
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 11, 1999
Genre Country
Length38:06
Label Dreamcatcher
Producer Kenny Rogers, Brent Maher, Jim McKell
Kenny Rogers chronology
Christmas from the Heart
(1998)
She Rides Wild Horses
(1999)
There You Go Again
(2000)
Singles from She Rides Wild Horses
  1. "The Greatest"
    Released: April 17, 1999
  2. "Buy Me a Rose"
    Released: October 13, 1999

She Rides Wild Horses is the twenty-third studio album by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. It was released in 1999 on his own Dreamcatcher Records label. The album includes the singles "The Greatest," "Slow Dance More" and "Buy Me a Rose," all of which charted on the Billboard country singles charts.

Contents

History

Rogers had not charted a country hit since "If You Want to Find Love" in late 1991-early 1992. [1] "The Greatest," his first release on his own label, brought him to the charts for the first time in nearly eight years, spending twenty weeks on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaking at 26. [1] After it came "Slow Dance More" at 67, followed by "Buy Me a Rose," with backing vocals from Alison Krauss and Billy Dean. This song went to Number One on the country charts and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Rogers his first Number One since 1987, and the last number one hit of his career. The song also made Rogers, who was 61 at the time, the oldest country artist to achieve a Number One hit. [2]

Critical reception

Giving it three stars out of five, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic considered it a stronger album than Rogers' 1998 Across My Heart and a return to his 1980s sound, but said that some of the song selection was "uneven." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slow Dance More" Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson 3:04
2."Buy Me a Rose" (guest vocals: Alison Krauss and Billy Dean)Jim Funk, Erik Hickenlooper3:48
3."I Will Remember You"Seamus Egan, Sarah McLachlan, Dave Merenda5:04
4."Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (guest vocals: Alison Krauss) Eric Kaz, Linda Thompson 3:47
5."She Rides Wild Horses" Bob Corbin, Ted Hewitt 3:15
6."The Kind of Fool Love Makes" Brenda Lee, Michael McDonald, Dave Powelson4:12
7."Loving Arms" Tom Jans 3:40
8."I Can't Make You Love Me" Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin 4:17
9."Let It Be Me" Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Manny Curtis 3:52
10."The Greatest" Don Schlitz 3:09

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [4]

Production

Charts

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