If Only My Heart Had a Voice

If Only My Heart Had a Voice is the twenty-fifth studio album by country music artist Kenny Rogers released in 1993 by Giant Records. It was Rogers' first album not to chart since 1976. The album includes the singles "Missing You", "Ol' Red" and "Wanderin' Man".

If Only My Heart Had a Voice
Studio album by
Released1993
Recorded1992–1993
GenreCountry
Length34:08
LabelGiant
ProducerLarry Butler, James Stroud
Kenny Rogers chronology
Back Home Again
(1991)
If Only My Heart Had a Voice
(1993)
Timepiece
(1994)

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"Ol' Red" was also recorded by George Jones on his 1990 album You Oughta Be Here with Me, and would later be a Top 20 hit in 2002 for Blake Shelton from his self-titled debut. "If I Were You", recorded here as a duet with Travis Tritt, was originally cut by The Oak Ridge Boys on their 1991 album Unstoppable, and would later be recorded by Chad Brock as a duet with Mark Wills on Brock's 2000 album Yes!

Critical reception

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Rob Theakston of Allmusic rated the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, saying that "there are some moments on here that die-hard fans will enjoy". He thought that the production had "aged well" and that the songs were "surprisingly consistent."[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fightin' for the Same Thing"Chuck Jones, Tom Shapiro3:13
2."Missing You"Rick Giles, Susan Longacre3:14
3."She Waits"Tom French, Tom Paden3:10
4."Ol' Red"James "Bo" Bohan, Don Goodman, Mark Sherrill3:07
5."If I Were You" (duet with Travis Tritt)Billy Dean, Verlon Thompson3:08
6."Wanderin' Man"Kim Carnes, Colin Ellingson3:53
7."Reason to Go"Debbie Hupp, Tim Mensy3:55
8."If You Were the Friend"Hupp, Mensy3:40
9."If Only My Heart Had a Voice"Rick Bowles, Skip Ewing, Kenny Rogers3:35
10."Somebody's Wrong Somebody's Right"Larry Butler3:13

Personnel

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Production

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  • Producers – Larry Butler and James Stroud
  • Recorded by Julian King, Lynn Peterzell and Billy Sherrill.
  • Assistant Engineers – Derek Bason, Mark Capps, David Hall, John Hurley, Julian King, Graham Lewis and Darren Smith.
  • Recorded at Sound Stage Studios, Soundshop Recording Studios and 16th Avenue Sound (Nashville, TN); The Castle (Franklin, TN); Mesa Recording (Sebastapol, CA).
  • Mixed by Lynn Peterzell at 16th Avenue Sound, Sound Stage Studios and Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
  • Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics
  • Art Direction – Laura LiPuma Nash
  • Design – Beth Middleworth
  • Photography – Peter Nash
  • Management – Ken Kragen at Kragen & Co.
  • Booking – C.K. Spurlock

References

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  1. ^ Theakston, Rob. "If Only My Heart Had a Voice". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 June 2014.