Water & Bridges
2006 studio album by Kenny Rogers
Water & Bridges Released March 21, 2006 (2006-03-21 ) Studios
Blackbird Studio , Emerald Sound Studios and Cartee Day Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
Tree Sound Studios and Patchwerk Recording Studio (Atlanta, Georgia)
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre Country Length 43 :20 Label Capitol Nashville Producer Dann Huff
"I Can't Unlove You " Released: December 12, 2005
"The Last Ten Years (Superman)" Released: October 9, 2006
"Calling Me" Released: February 12, 2007
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic
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 have three singles: "I Can't Unlove You," "The Last Ten Years (Superman)" and "Calling Me," all of which charted on Hot Country Songs and peaked at number 17, 56, and 53 respectively.
"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.
Critical reception
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."
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Water & Bridges" Tim Nichols , Craig Wiseman 4:09 2. "Someone Is Me" Josh Kear , Joe Doyle3:30 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" (duet with Don Henley ) Wiseman, Annie Roboff 3:59 6. "Half a Man" Anthony Smith 3:18 7. "I Can Feel You Drifting" Billy Kirsch , Bat McGrath3:51 8. "The Last Ten Years (Superman)" 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, Bryan Simpson 4:12 11. "One Life" Beeson, Tim Johnson 3:44
Personnel
Kenny Rogers – vocals
John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (1–6, 8–11)
Charlie Judge – keyboards (2, 4, 5, 8), synthesizers (7)
Jim Hoke – accordion (5)
Warren Hartman – synthesizers (7)
Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (7)
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 8–11)
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 9–11)
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (2, 7)
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)
Russ Pahl – steel guitar (1–10)
Bruce Bouton – dobro (8), steel guitar (11)
Michael Rhodes – bass (1, 3, 5, 6, 9–11)
Mike Brignardello – bass (2, 4, 7, 8)
Matt Chamberlain – drums (1, 3, 5, 6, 9–11)
Shannon Forrest – drums (2, 4, 7, 8)
Eric Darken – percussion (1, 3, 5, 6, 9–11)
Perry Coleman – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–8, 10, 11)
Russell Terrell – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
Sarah Buxton – backing vocals (3)
Don Henley – vocals (5)
Vince Gill – backing vocals (9)
String section (Tracks 1 & 11)
Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements and conductor
Paula Hochhalter, Suzie Katayama, Daniel Smith and Rudy Stein – cello
Karen Elaine Bakunin, Matt Funes, Vicki Miskolczy and Carole Mukogawa – viola
Darius Campo, Susan Chatman, Bruce Dukov , Ronald Folsom, Larry Greenfield, Alan Grunfeld, Natalie Leggett, Robert Peterson, Haim Shtrum, Tereza Stanislav, Josefina Vergara and Miwako Watanabe – violin
Production
Dann Huff – producer
Jeff Balding – recording
Jed Hackett – recording
Mark Hagen – recording, vocal recording for Don Henley
Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
Steve Churchyard – string recording (1, 11)
Drew Bollman – recording assistant, mix assistant
Steve Crowder – recording assistant
Travis Daniels – recording assistant
Allen Ditto – recording assistant
Greg Lawrence – recording assistant
David Robinson – recording assistant
Aaron Walk – string recording assistant (1, 11)
Melissa Mattey – mix assistant
Chris Rowe – digital editing
Andy Ackland – Pro Tools engineer
Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
Darrell Griffith – A&R coordinator
Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
Joanna Carter – art direction
Joe Rogers – design
Denise Arguijo – art production
Michelle Hall – art production
Colourworks – digital imaging
Melanie Dunea – photography
References
Studio albums Collaboration albums Christmas albums Compilations Notable singles Guest singles Other songs Related articles