What About Me?

What About Me?

Infobox Album
Name = What About Me?
Type = Studio
Artist = Kenny Rogers


Released = 1984
Genre = Country
Label = RCA
Last album = "Eyes That See in the Dark"
(1983)
This album = "What About Me?"
(1984)
Next album =

"What About Me?" is the title of a 1984 album by Kenny Rogers, released by RCA (see 1984 in music).

After success in 1983 with the album "Eyes That See in the Dark" (which featured songs composed by The Bee Gees exclusively for Rogers), Rogers' solo career had now been successful for at least eight years. While the critics were mixed about his brand of Country/Pop/AOR, it was popular with his fans, and his singles and albums charted across the board; even though one critic did describe "What About Me?" as "cold and clean, typifying the worst in mid-'80s adult contemporary". [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8yd3vwnva92k Review] by Allmusic]

The album's title track, "What About Me?", is sung in trio with soul singer James Ingram and Rogers' former New Christy Minstrels bandmate turned solo star Kim Carnes, which is a love song that reached #1 on the AOR charts and was also a pop and country hit. Elsewhere on the album is "Two Hearts, One Love", "The Stranger" (a story song in the vein of Rogers' previous hits such as "The Gambler" and "Lucille"), "The Night Goes On" (a R&B influenced ballad) and "Crazy" (a song Rogers co-wrote with Richard Marx which is in the style of "Through the Years") that also charted and gave Rogers yet another #1 hit.

Though this album didn't enjoy the success of his previous albums, "What About Me?" was a hit with its strongest showing being #9 on the Country music album charts during a chart run of nearly a year.

Track listing

#"What About Me?" – 4:23
#*Composed by Kenny Rogers, David Foster, Richard Marx
#*Performed by Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, James Ingram
#"The Night Goes On" – 4:35
#*Composed by Gordon, Keane
#"Dream Dancin'" – 4:25
#*Composed by Allan, Long
#"Two Hearts One Love" – 3:36
#*Composed by Dekle, Hill
#"I Don't Want to Know Why" – 4:06
#*Composed by Thomas
#*Performed by Kenny Rogers and Cindy Fee
#"Didn't We?" – 3:55
#*Composed by Lyle, Seals
#"Somebody Took My Love" – 3:52
#*Composed by Marx, Pomeranz
#"Crazy" – 3:43
#*Composed by Kenny Rogers, Richard Marx
#"The Stranger" – 3:46
#*Composed by Dolly Parton
#"Heart to Heart" – 3:42
#*Composed by Feldman, Scott

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