Water & Bridges

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Water & Bridges is the twenty-sixth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. It was released on March 21, 2006 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album accounted for three singles: "I Can't Unlove You," "The Last Ten Years (Superman)" and "Calling Me," all of which charted on Hot Country Songs. These songs respectively reached peaks of 17, 56 and 53.

Thom Jurek of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that it "isn't a perfect record, but it's a sincere one."

"Someone Somewhere Tonight" was later covered by Pam Tillis and Kellie Pickler, the latter of which release the song as a single to country radio in May 2013. "Half a Man" was originally recorded by Anthony Smith on his album If That Ain't Country, and his version charted at number 40 on Hot Country Songs in 2003. The title track was originally recorded by Collin Raye on his 2000 album Tracks, which was also produced by Dann Huff.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Water & Bridges"	Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman	4:09
2.	"Someone Is Me"	Josh Kear, Joe Doyle	3:30
3.	"Someone Somewhere Tonight"	Davis Raines, Walt Wilkins	5:18
4.	"I Can't Unlove You"	Wade Kirby, Will Robinson	3:24
5.	"Calling Me"	Wiseman, Annie Roboff	3:59
6.	"Half a Man"	Anthony Smith	3:18
7.	"I Can Feel You Drifting"	Billy Kirsch, Bat McGrath	3:51
8.	"The Last Ten Years (Superman)" (duet with Don Henley)	Tommy Conners, D. Vincent Williams	3:42
9.	"You'll Know Love"	Marc Beeson, Don Pfrimmer, Mike Reid	4:13
10.	"My Petition"	Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby, Bryant Simpson	4:12
11.	"One Life"	Beeson, Tim Johnson	3:44

Personnel

• Bruce Bouton – dobro (8), steel guitar (11)
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar (2, 4, 7, 8)
• Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements and conductor (1, 11)
• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 8-11)
• Sarah Buxton – backing vocals (3)
• Matt Chamberlain – drums (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
• Perry Coleman – backing vocals (1, 2, 4-8, 10, 11)
• Eric Darken – percussion (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
• Shannon Forrest – drums (2, 4, 7, 8)
• Vince Gill – backing vocals (9)
• Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (2, 7)
• Warren Hartman – synthesizer (7)
• Don Henley – duet vocals (5)
• Dann Huff – electric guitar (1-11)
• Jim Hoke – accordion (5)
• John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (1-6, 8-11)
• Charlie Judge – keyboards (2, 4, 5, 8), synthesizer (7)
• The London Session Orchestra – strings (1, 11)
• Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (7)
• Russ Pahl – steel guitar (1-10)
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
• Russell Terrell – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 7, 8)
• Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin (2), bouzouki (4), fiddle (4, 8), cello (7), viola (7), violin (7), string arrangements and composing (7)

Production

• Producer – Dann Huff
• Production Coordination – Mike "Frog" Griffith
• A&R Coordination – Darrell Griffith
• Recorded by Jeff Balding, Jedd Hackett, Mark Hagen and Justin Niebank.
• Assistant Recording by Drew Bollman, Steve Crowder, Travis Daniels, Allen Ditto, Greg Lawrence and David Robinson.
• Recorded at Blackbird Studios, Emerald Entertainment and Cartee Day Studios (Nashville, TN); Tree Sound Studios (Atlanta, GA).
• Strings on Tracks 1 & 11 recorded by Steve Churchmeyer at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA), assisted by Aaron Walk.
• Don Henley's vocal recorded by Mark Hagen at Patchwerk Recording Studio (Atlanta, GA).
• Digital Editing – Christopher Rowe
• ProTools Engineer – Andy Ackland
• Mixed by Justin Niebank at The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN); assisted by Drew Bollman and Melissa Mattey.
• Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).
• Art Direction – Joanna Carter
• Design – Joe Rogers
• Art Production – Denise Arguijo and Michelle Hall
• Digital Imaging – Colourworks
• Photography – Melanie Dunea

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	14