Kenny Rogers - Something Inside So Strong

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• Audio CD (1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reprise / Wea

Music reviews of Something Inside So Strong

Music Review: A Little of This, a Little of That, and a Little Country
Rating: 4 Stars

"Planet Texas" is about as clever and as quirky as a novelty song can get, but it was far from a hit single. Kenny Rogers has always been a welcoming duet partner. On this release, he took it to an extreme. Anne Murray, Holly Dunne, and Gladys Knight (yes Gladys Knight) all takes turns sharing the microphone. Anne Murray's collaboration on "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" is a strong country love song that also failed to achieve the airplay it deserved. "Maybe" with Holly Dunne was certainly adequate, but why Kenny and Gladys remade the Gary Morris flop is a true mystery.It contains lyrics like the badly forced rhyme, "I would have held you tighter/ I would have loved you righter."

Traditional country couple Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White harmonized on "The Vows Go Unbroken," the album's most rustic sounding effort. "When You Put Your Heart In It" was the theme song of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team and was probably hurt by preceding the album's release by nearly a year.

The title is a gospel-sounding anthem adding to the effort cover all bases. Overall it is a very rewarding experience despite the hodgepodge of styles represented. It certainly marked Kenny Rogers overdue first step back to country.

Description of Something Inside So Strong

Country CDs

• Music > Styles
• Pop