Water & Bridges

Water & Bridges
Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released March 21, 2006 (2006-03-21)
Genre Country
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Dann Huff
Kenny Rogers chronology
21 Number Ones
(2006)		 Water & Bridges
(2006)		 The Love of God
(2011)

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.[1]

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."[2]

"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

  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)" (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

Chart performance

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

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 361. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Water & Bridges review". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
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