Back Home Again (Kenny Rogers album)

Back Home Again is the twenty-fourth studio album by American country music artist Kenny Rogers released on November 16, 1991. It was Rogers' last album to be released through Reprise Records. The album was Rogers' second album not to attain any certifications from the RIAA and only reached number 42 on the U.S. Country charts.

Track listing

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

Musicians

• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
• Mike Lawler – synthesizers
• Phil Naish – keyboards, synthesizers, synth string arrangements
• Bobby Ogdin – acoustic piano, keyboards
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – acoustic piano
• Steve Gibson – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandola
• John Hug – acoustic guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Hoot Hester – mandolin, mandola, fiddle
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Jay Dee Maness – steel guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Paul Leim – drums
• Billy Thomas – drums
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Farrell Morris – marimbas
• Eric Prestidge – synth string arrangements
• Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor
• Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor and concertmaster
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Steve Glassmeyer – backing vocals
• Gene Golden – backing vocals
• Chris Harris – backing vocals
• Mark Heimermann – backing vocals
• Gary Janney – backing vocals, harmony vocals
• Dennis Locorriere – harmony vocals

Guest vocalists

• The Branson Brothers (tracks 1, 4)
• Linda Davis (tracks 1, 2, 5)
• Larry Stewart of Restless Heart (track 6)
• Rudy and Steve Gatlin of Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers (track 8)
• Terry McBride and Billy Thomas of McBride & the Ride (track 10)

Production

• Jim Ed Norman – producer
• Eric Prestidge – producer, recording, mixing
• Robert Tassi – assistant engineer, production coordinator
• Mark Capps – recording assistant
• Mark Dewey – recording assistant
• John Dickson – recording assistant
• Mark Coddington – additional recording assistant
• Mark Nevers – additional recording assistant
• Brett Swain – mix assistant
• Don Cobb – digital multitrack editing
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Danny Kee – production coordinator
• Laura LiPuma Nash – art direction
• Beth Middleworth – design
• Peter LiPuma Nash – photography
• Ken Kragen – management

Chart performance

Singles

The first single released from this album was "If You Want To Find Love", which reached #11 in the U.S. and #12 in Canada. Two other singles, "Someone Must Feel Like A Fool Tonight" and "I'll Be There For You", did not chart.

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