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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was in)
2. Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Lown
3. Reuben James
4. Something 'S Burning
5. Tell It All Brother
6. Love Lifted Me
7. Lucille
8. Daytime Friends - (with Dottie West)
9. Sweet Music Man
10. Every Time Two Fools Collide - (with Dottie West)
11. Love or Something Like It
12. Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight - (with Dottie West)
13. Gambler, The
14. All I Ever Need Is You - (with Dottie West)
15. She Believes in Me
16. 'Til I Can Make It on My Own - (with Dottie West)
17. You Decorated My Life
18. Coward of the Country
19. Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer - (with Kim Carnes)
20. Love the World Away
21. Lady - (with Dottie West)
DISC 2:
1. What Are We Doin' in Love
2. I Don't Need You
3. Share Your Love With Me
4. Blaze of Glory
5. Through the Years
6. Love Will Turn You Around
7. Love Song, A
8. We've Got Tonight - (with Sheena Easton)
9. Scarlet Fever
10. Islands in the Stream - (with Dolly Parton)
11. Buried Treasure
12. Crazy
13. Morning Desire
14. Make No Mistake, She's Mine - (with Ronnie Milsap)
15. Twenty Years Ago
16. Vows Go Unbroken, The
17. Greatest, The
18. Buy Me a Rose - (with Alison Krauss/Billy Dean)
19. It's a Beautiful Life
20. My World Is Over - (previously unreleased, with Whitney Duncan)
21. We Are the Same - (previously unreleased)
Album Notes
Personnel include: Kenny Rogers (vocals); Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Kim Carnes, Ronnie Milsap, Sheena Easton, Billy Dean, Whitney Duncan (vocals).
Recording information: 1969 - 2004.
Though the sheer number of Kenny Rogers hits suggests that best-of compilations will continue to endlessly appear over the years, few of the many collections issued have attempted to capture the full range of the bearded country/pop singer's art. For listeners not quite ready to commit to Capitol/EMI's mammoth four-disc THROUGH THE YEARS: A RETROSPECTIVE box set, 42 ULTIMATE HITS provides a nicely comprehensive overview.
Beginning with the trippy backwards guitar of the First Edition classic "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," the collection offers a five-track sampling from Rogers's late-1960s/early-70's folk-rock years. The collection then delves into a broad selection of his best-known work, from the country tale of "The Gambler" to the smash Dolly Parton pop duet "Islands in the Stream." In addition, 42 ULTIMATE HITS includes key tracks from the '90s and three previously unreleased songs, making this double-disc package one of the most satisfying Kenny Rogers sets available.
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