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1978 studio album by Kenny Rogers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Love or Something Like It is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Kenny Rogers, released in 1978. It was Rogers' fourth #1 hit album.
Love or Something Like It | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 1978 | |||
Studio | Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
Length | 33:46 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Producer | Larry Butler | |||
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Singles from Love or Something Like It | ||||
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The album's title cut ("Love or Something Like It") also topped the charts. Though this was the only single to be issued from the album, another cut, "Momma's Waiting" (written by Rogers), was issued on the B-side of a 1978 major hit single, "The Gambler".[1] "Momma's Waiting" was originally recorded by Rogers and The First Edition in 1970.
The song "We Could Have Been The Closest of Friends" was also recorded by a number of other artists including B J Thomas, Sammy Davis Jr. and Tom Jones. Janie Fricke, who provides backing vocals on this album, also recorded the song.
Biographer Chris Bolton notes in the sleevenotes of the 2009 reissue on the Edsel record label that "I Could Be So Good For You", was Kenny's attempt to "go Disco" and suggests the Disco influence may be the reason only one single was pulled from this album. Bolton goes on to call "Momma's Waiting" a close cousin of Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" and states the album features songs that are much more pop slanted -on the whole- than any of Rogers' previous albums, but the album's best tracks still have an over-riding country sound.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Love or Something Like It" | Kenny Rogers, Steve Glassmeyer | 2:51 |
2. | "There's a Lot of That Going Around" | Jim Hurt, Steve Pippin | 2:41 |
3. | "Buried Treasures" | Charlie Phillips, Ernie Rowell | 3:17 |
4. | "Something About Your Song" | Jon Hassell | 2:38 |
5. | "Momma's Waiting" | Rogers, Terry Williams | 4:07 |
6. | "We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends" | Johnny Slate, Pippin | 3:11 |
7. | "I Could Be So Good for You" | Alan Rush, Dennis Linde, Randy Cullers, Thomas Cain | 2:58 |
8. | "Sail Away" | Rafe Van Hoy | 3:31 |
9. | "Even a Fool Would Let Go" | Kerry Chater, Tom Snow | 3:07 |
10. | "Highway Flyer" | Doug Owen, Stephen Allen Davis | 2:16 |
11. | "Starting Again" | Rogers, Glassmeyer | 3:09 |
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[8] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[9] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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