If Only My Heart Had a Voice

1993 studio album by Kenny Rogers

Studio album by

Kenny Rogers

Released

1993

Recorded

1992-1993

Genre

Country

Label

Giant

Producer

Larry Butler, James Stroud

Kenny Rogers chronology

Back Home Again
(1991)

If Only My Heart Had a Voice
(1993)

Timepiece
(1994)

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".

Content

"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

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

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

Personnel

Kenny Rogers – lead vocals, backing vocals
Larry Butler – keyboards, synthesizers
Gene Golden – keyboards, synthesizers
Mike Lawler – keyboards, synthesizers
Warren Hartman – Hammond B3 organ
Steve Glassmeyer – acoustic piano
Randy McCormick – acoustic piano
Bobby Ogdin – acoustic piano
Gary Prim – acoustic piano
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Chuck Jones – acoustic guitar
Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar
Tim Mensy – acoustic guitar
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, mandolin
Randy Dorman – electric guitar
Steve Gibson – electric guitar
Ricky Harper – electric guitar
Porter Howell – electric guitar
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Brent Rowan – electric guitar
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, dobro
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar, dobro
Jimmy Carter – bass
Joe Chemay – bass
Chuck Jacobs – bass
Dave Pomeroy – bass
Glenn Worf – bass
Bob Wray – bass
Lynn Hammann – drums
Paul Leim – drums
Nigel Olsson – drums, percussion
James Stroud – drums, percussion
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Joe Spivey – fiddle
Carl Gorodetzky – string arrangements and conductor
The Nashville String Machine – strings
Jana King – backing vocals
Curtis Wright – backing vocals
Curtis Young – backing vocals
Travis Tritt – lead vocals on "If I Were You"

Production

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