Gideon (album)
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| Studio album by Kenny Rogers | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:05 | |||
| Label | United Artists Group | |||
| Producer | Larry Butler | |||
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Gideon is the seventh solo studio album by Kenny Rogers. Issued by United Artists Records in 1980, it reached #1 on the country charts and the top 20 of the pop charts. It includes the worldwide hit "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (a duet with Kim Carnes, who also wrote and produced the album for Rogers).
Gideon is a concept album about a Texas cowboy, and all the songs stick to this theme. The album is a look back at his life in retrospect. In the first song "Gideon Tanner", it is known that Gideon is dead. This and most of the other songs are sung from the point of view of Gideon.
Although the album's only single release was "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer", the song "Saying Goodbye" was issued on the B-side to Rogers' top five hit single "Love the World Away".
Gideon reached #1 on the Billboard Country charts in 1980.
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Track listing
All tracks composed by (Kim Carnes and David M. Ellingson)
- "Goin' Home to the Rock" (Intro) (0:40)
- "Gideon Tanner" (2:34)
- "No Good Texas Rounder" (4:11)
- "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes) (3:39)
- "The Buckeroos" (3:16)
- "You Were a Good Friend" (3:53) (K. Ellingson, D. Ellingson)
- "Call Me Up (The Phone Is in the Cradle)" (3:17)
- "These Chains" (3:22)
- "Somebody Help Me" (2:51)
- "One Place in the Night" (2:59)
- "Sayin' Goodbye" (3:25)
- "Goin' Home to the Rock" (Reprise) (0:58)
Chart performance
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 12 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 5 |
| Preceded by There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me by Charley Pride There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me by Charley Pride Greatest Hits by Waylon Jennings |
Top Country Albums number-one album May 10, 1980 May 24, 1980 June 7 - July 5, 1980 |
Succeeded by There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me by Charley Pride Greatest Hits by Waylon Jennings Music Man by Waylon Jennings |
| Preceded by Together by The Oak Ridge Boys |
RPM Country Albums number-one album June 21, 1980 |
Succeeded by Somebody's Waiting by Anne Murray |
