Share Your Love

Share Your Love
Share Your Love
Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released	1981
Recorded	1981 at Concorde Recording Center (Los Angeles, CA) and Devonshire Studios (Burbank, CA).
Genre	Country
Length	36:28
Label	Liberty Records
Producer	Lionel Richie
Kenny Rogers chronology

Share Your Love is the eleventh studio album by country singer Kenny Rogers, released in 1981. Produced by Lionel Richie, it is also Rogers' first with Liberty Records besides his Greatest Hits album. The album has sold nine million copies worldwide.

Overview

Four singles were released from this Share Your Love. "I Don't Need You" charted at number 1 on the US and Canadian country charts as well as reaching the top of the US Adult Contemporary charts, and number 3 on the US Hot 100. The title cut "Share Your Love With Me" reached number 14 on the Hot 100 and 5 in the US Country charts, though it did reach number 2 in Canada and led the US Adult Contemporary charts. Rogers then took a break to release a single from his first Christmas album. "Blaze of Glory", which featured Kin Vassy on backing vocals, was also released as a single. Although it was a lesser hit than the first two singles, it still made the top ten. The final single, "Through The Years", returned Rogers to the very top by putting him at No. 1 the Adult Contemporary charts once again.

The album reached No. 1 on the country charts and No. 6 on the pop charts, reaching platinum and double-platinum status in the US and Canada, respectively.

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blaze of Glory"	Danny Morrison, John Thomas Slate, Larry Keith	2:37
2.	"I Don't Need You"	Rick Christian	3:27
3.	"The Good Life"	Lionel Richie	2:47
4.	"Makes Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye"	Mickey Newbury	2:29
5.	"Through the Years"	Steve Dorff, Marty Panzer	4:44
6.	"Share Your Love with Me"	Al "TNT" Braggs, Deadric Malone	3:19
7.	"So in Love with You"	Richie	4:17
8.	"Goin' Back to Alabama"	Richie	5:04
9.	"Without You in My Life"	Richie, Thomas McClary	5:04
10.	"Grey Beard"	Kenny Rogers, Gene Golden, Kirby Stone	2:36

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[1]

Musicians

Kenny Rogers – lead vocals, rhythm track arrangement (4)
Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards
Barnaby Finch – keyboards
Glen Hardin – keyboards
John Hobbs – keyboards
Lincoln Mayorga – keyboards
Sylvester Rivers – keyboards
James Burton – guitars
Rickey Harper – guitars
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
Darrell Jones – guitars
Thomas McClary – guitars
Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
Fred Tackett – guitars
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – guitars
Dennis Belfield – bass guitar
Joe Chemay – bass guitar
Nathan East – bass guitar
Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
Jerry Scheff – bass guitar
Freddie Washington – bass guitar
Ed Greene – drums
Paul Leim – drums
Rick Shlosser – drums
Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion
Ollie E. Brown – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
David Boruff – saxophone solo (2)
Gary Herbig – saxophone solo (6)
Gene Page – string, horn and rhythm arrangements
Edgar Struble – string arrangements (2, 4)
Harry Bluestone – concertmaster

Backing vocalists

Track 1: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Gene Marford
Track 2: Terry Williams, Kin Vassy, Cindy Fee, Juanice Charmain
Track 3: Deborah Thomas, Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
Track 4: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
Track 5: none
Track 6: Gladys Knight & the Pips (Gladys Knight, William Guest, Merald "Bubba" Knight, Edward Patten), Lionel Richie
Track 7: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
Track 8: Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson
Track 9: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Deborah Thomas, Brooks Hunnicut
Track 10: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Dorothy Sugarloaf

Technical

Reginald Dozier – recording and mixing engineer
Larry Ferguson – second engineer
Bernie Grundman – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
Michael Mancini – second engineer
Brenda Harvey-Richie – assistant production
Lionel Richie – producer
Kenny Rogers – mixing engineer

Additional credits

Bill Burks – art direction, design
Roy R. Guzman – design
Ken Kragen – management
Gary Register – photography

Charting History

Weekly Charts

Chart (1981-1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	6
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
Australian (Kent Music Report) Albums	44^[2]
Canadian RPM Top Albums	11

Year End Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	98
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	38

Year End Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	62
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	21

Charting Singles

Single	Chart	Position
I Don't Need You	U.S.Billboard Hot 100	3
	U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary	1
	U.S.Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
	Australian (ARIA Charts)	64
	Canada (RPM)	2
	Canada Adult Songs (RPM)	2
	Canada Country Songs (RPM)	1
	Official New Zealand Music Chart	38
Share Your Love With Me	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	14
	U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary	1
	U.S.Billboard Hot Country Songs	5
	Canada Adult Songs (RPM)	5
	Canada Country Songs (RPM)	2
Blaze Of Glory	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	66
	U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary	25
	U.S.Billboard Hot Country Songs	9
	Canada Country Song (RPM)	4
	Australian (ARIA charts)	9
Through The Years	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	13
	U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary	1
	U.S.Billboard Hot Country Songs	5
	Canada Country Song (RPM)	5
	Australian (ARIA charts)	92

External links

References

^ Share Your Love (LP liner). Kenny Rogers. Liberty Records. 1981. 134416.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 256. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[1] Share Your Love (LP liner). Kenny Rogers. Liberty Records. 1981. 134416.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 256. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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v t e Kenny Rogers
Studio albums	Love Lifted Me Kenny Rogers Daytime Friends Love or Something Like It The Gambler Kenny Gideon Share Your Love Love Will Turn You Around We've Got Tonight Eyes That See in the Dark What About Me? The Heart of the Matter They Don't Make Them Like They Used To I Prefer the Moonlight Something Inside So Strong Love Is Strange Back Home Again If Only My Heart Had a Voice Vote for Love Across My Heart She Rides Wild Horses There You Go Again Back to the Well Water & Bridges You Can't Make Old Friends Life Is Like a Song
Collaboration albums	Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West) Classics (with Dottie West) Timepiece (with David Foster)
Christmas albums	Christmas Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton) Christmas in America The Gift Christmas from the Heart Once Again It's Christmas
Compilations	Ten Years of Gold The Kenny Rogers Singles Album Greatest Hits (1980) 20 Greatest Hits Duets The Kenny Rogers Story Love Is What We Make It Short Stories Greatest Hits (1988) Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers Live by Request 42 Ultimate Hits 21 Number Ones
Notable singles	"That Crazy Feeling" "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" "But You Know I Love You" "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" "Something's Burning" "Love Lifted Me" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "Lucille" "Daytime Friends" "Sweet Music Man" "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West) "Love or Something Like It" "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Dottie West) "The Gambler" "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Dottie West) "She Believes in Me" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Dottie West) "You Decorated My Life" "Coward of the County" "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes) "Love the World Away" "Lady" "I Don't Need You" "Share Your Love with Me" "Blaze of Glory" "Through the Years" "Love Will Turn You Around" "A Love Song" "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) "All My Life" "Scarlet Fever" "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) "Eyes That See in the Dark" "This Woman" "Buried Treasure" "Together Again" (with Dottie West) "What About Me?" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) "Evening Star" "Crazy" "Morning Desire" "Goodbye Marie" "Tomb of the Unknown Love" "Twenty Years Ago" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Ronnie Milsap) "I Prefer the Moonlight" "The Factory" "I Don't Call Him Daddy" "When You Put Your Heart in It" "Planet Texas" "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)" "Maybe" (with Holly Dunn) "Love Is Strange" (with Dolly Parton) "Crazy in Love" "If You Want to Find Love" "Ol' Red" "Mary, Did You Know?" (with Wynonna Judd) "The Greatest" "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean) "He Will, She Knows" "There You Go Again" "Homeland" "I Can't Unlove You"
Guest singles	"What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Dottie West) "Real Love" (with Dolly Parton) "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Anne Murray)
Other songs	"Elvira" "You and I" (with the Bee Gees)
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