Back to the Well
Back to the Well is the twenty-fifth studio album released in 2003 by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. The album includes the singles "Harder Cards," "I'm Missing You" and "Handprints on the Wall," all of which charted on the Hot Country Songs chart between 2002 and 2003. "Harder Cards" peaked at number 47, "I'm Missing You" at 49 and "Handprints on the Wall" at 40.[1] The album itself reached number 52 on the Top Country Albums chart.[2]
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| Released | September 23, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Dreamcatcher #008 | |||
| Producer | Joe Chemay, John Guess, Brent Maher, Kenny Rogers, Phil Vassar | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Back to the Well" | Rick Bowles, Robert Byrne | 3:06 |
| 2. | "Listen to the Rain" | Chuck Cannon, Billy Dean | 4:35 |
| 3. | "727 East Magnolia Avenue" | Steven Dale Jones, Bobby Tomberlin | 2:51 |
| 4. | "Undercover" | Dolly Parton | 2:39 |
| 5. | "Prairie Wedding" | Mark Knopfler | 4:35 |
| 6. | "I'm Missing You" | Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner | 3:12 |
| 7. | "It's a Beautiful Life" | Charlie Black, Phil Vassar, Jim Collins | 3:14 |
| 8. | "Tears in God's Eyes" | Kent Blazy, Skip Ewing, Kim Williams | 4:15 |
| 9. | "Harder Cards" | Craig Wiseman, Mike Henderson | 4:04 |
| 10. | "Handprints on the Wall" | Nelson Blanchard, Scott Innes, Claude Parish | 4:02 |
| 11. | "Owe Them More Than That" | John Guess, Tony Martin, Clessie Lee Morisette, Roger Springer | 3:10 |
| 12. | "Love Like This" | Candy Cameron, Chip Davis | 4:39 |
Personnel
- Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
- Bobby Ogdin – acoustic piano (1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12), synthesizers (1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12), strings (12)
- Steve Nathan – acoustic piano (3, 5), synthesizers (3, 5)
- Warren Hartman – synthesizers (6, 7)
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 10, 12)
- Ilya Toshinsky – banjo (1), guitar (2, 8)
- Rob Ickes – dobro (1)
- Glen Duncan – mandolin (1), fiddle (1)
- Tom Bukovac – guitar (2, 8)
- Brent Rowan – electric guitar (3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12)
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (3, 5, 6, 7, 12), acoustic guitar (11)
- Larry Franklin – mandolin (3-7, 9), fiddle (3-7, 9)
- Brent Mason – electric guitar (4, 9)
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (4, 6, 7, 9)
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar (4, 9), lap steel guitar (4, 9)
- Leroy Parnell – slide guitar (9)
- Joe Chemay – bass guitar (1, 3-7, 9, 11, 12), backing vocals (5, 7, 9), Wurlitzer organ (9), organ (9), rhythm guitar (9), percussion (9), strings (10)
- Spencer Campbell – bass guitar (2, 8)
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar (10)
- Paul Leim – drums (1, 3-7, 9-12)
- Eddie Bayers – drums (2, 8)
- Pat Bergeson – harmonica (1, 5)
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle solo (1), fiddle (12)
- Kathy Chiavola – backing vocals (1, 10, 12)
- Chip Davis – backing vocals (1, 10, 12)
- Liana Manis – harmony vocals (3), backing vocals (5)
- Tim McGraw – lead and backing vocals (11)
- Steve Wariner – backing vocals (6)
- Tammy Pierce – backing vocals (7)
- Jim Chapman – backing vocals (9)
- Alison Krauss – harmony vocals (12)
- Mike Durham – electric guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano
- Jerry McPherson – bouzouki, electric guitar
- Dolly Parton – vocals on "Undercover"
- Dwaine Rowe – keyboards
- Jeff Smith – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Chuck Tilley – drums
- Phil Vassar – piano, background vocals
Chart performance
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 52 |
| Australian (ARIA Charts) Albums | 179[3] |
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 361. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- "Chart history for Back to the Well". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
- "Kenny Rogers ARIA chart history, received March 31, 2020". Imgur.com. Retrieved April 11, 2020. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
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