You Can't Make Old Friends (album)

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You Can't Make Old Friends
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ReleasedOctober 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)
Studio
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Dann Huff, Kyle Lehning and Warren Hartman
Kenny Rogers chronology
Amazing Grace
(2012)
You Can't Make Old Friends
(2013)
Once Again It's Christmas
(2015)
Singles from You Can't Make Old Friends
  1. "You Can't Make Old Friends"
    Released: November 4, 2013
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You Can't Make Old Friends is the twenty-seventh and final studio album of original music from American country music singer Kenny Rogers. Released on October 8, 2013 via Warner Bros. Nashville, it is Rogers's first album of original material since 2006's Water & Bridges . Its title track, a duet with Dolly Parton, peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in December 2013, becoming Rogers' first single released in four years. "You Can't Make Old Friends" was later included on Parton's 2014 album, Blue Smoke .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Can't Make Old Friends" (duet with Dolly Parton) Ryan Hanna King, Don Schlitz, Caitlyn Smith 4:02
2."All I Need Is One" Marc Beeson, Allen Shamblin 3:31
3."You Had to Be There" Casey Beathard, Kenneth Wright4:00
4."'Merica"Ben Caver, Corey Crowder, Nicole Witt3:44
5."Turn This World Around"Andrew Dorff, Eric Paslay, Jason Reeves 4:32
6."Dreams of the San Joaquin"Jack Wesley Routh, Randy Sharp 6:06
7."Don't Leave Me in the Night Time" (featuring Buckwheat Zydeco) Paul Overstreet, Schlitz2:51
8."Look At You" Mike Reid, Shamblin3:57
9."Neon Horses" Dave Loggins, Ronnie Samoset4:31
10."When You Love Someone" Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Gretchen Peters 3:41
11."It's Gonna Be Easy Now" Dan Seals 3:47

Personnel

Production

Tracks 1, 2, 3 & 10

Tracks 4-9 & 11

Other Credits

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 43
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 9

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country Airplay
2013"You Can't Make Old Friends"57

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