Ten Years Of Gold es un álbum de Kenny Rogers, publicado en 1978 por United Artists Records. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Ruby Don´t Take Your Love To Town», «Reuben James», «But You Know I Love You» y «Something´s Burning».
Sobre el álbum
La compilación "Ten Years Of Gold" es una celebración de la primera década de éxitos en la discografía de Kenny Rogers, incluyendo tanto su etapa en solitario como sus hits con The First Edition. Publicado en 1978, este álbum recopilatorio no solo reunía sus canciones más conocidas, sino que también las regrababa, ofreciendo una nueva perspectiva de su legado. Fue un enorme éxito de ventas.
El disco permite apreciar la increíble evolución del artista, desde el rock psicodélico de "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" hasta el country-pop de "Lucille". Al ser regrabadas con su banda de los 70, las canciones adquieren una nueva cohesión sonora, mostrando la versatilidad de su repertorio.
El álbum también incluye algunos de sus éxitos más recientes en ese momento, como "Daytime Friends". Funciona como un puente perfecto entre sus dos grandes etapas artísticas. Mientras tanto, para el gran público, fue la oportunidad de tener en un solo disco una colección de canciones que ya formaban parte de la banda sonora de sus vidas.
"Ten Years Of Gold" es mucho más que un simple grandes éxitos. Es un testimonio de la longevidad y la capacidad de reinvención de un artista único, una obra que celebra un viaje musical fascinante.
Listado de Canciones
- Ruby Don´t Take Your Love To Town2:48
- Reuben James2:37
Letra
Reuben James In my song you live again And the phrases that I rhyme Are just the footsteps out of time From the time when I knew you, Reuben James Reuben James All the folks around Madison County cussed your name Just a no-account, sharecropping colored man Who would steal anything he can And everybody laid the blame on Reuben James Reuben James You still walk the fertile fields of my mind The faded shirt, the weathered brow The calloused hands upon the plow I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James Flora Grey The gossip of Madison County died with child And although your skin was black You were the one that didn't turn your back On the hungry white child with no name Reuben James Reuben James With your mind on my soul and a Bible in your right hand You said, "Turn the other cheek there's a better world a-waiting for the meek" In my mind these words remain from Reuben James Reuben James For you still walk the fertile fields of my mind The faded shirt, the weathered brow The calloused hands upon the plow I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James Reuben James One dark, cloudy day they brought you from the field And to your lonely pine box came Just a preacher, me, and the rain Just to sing one last refrain for Reuben James Reuben James You still walk the fertile fields of my mind The faded shirt, the weathered brow The calloused hands upon the plow I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James Reuben James You still walk the fertile fields of my mind The faded shirt, the weathered brow The calloused hands upon the plow I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James - But You Know I Love You3:12
Letra
He works hard to give her all he thinks she wants A three car garage, her own credit cards He pulls in late to wake her up with a kiss good night If he could only read her mind, she'd say: Buy me a rose, call me from work Open a door for me, what would it hurt Show me you love me by the look in your eyes These are the little things I need the most in my life. Now the days have grown to years of feeling all alone And she can't help but wonder what she's doing wrong 'Cause lately she'd try anything to turn his head Would it make a difference if she said: Buy me a rose, call me from work Open a door for me, what would it hurt Show me you love me by the look in your eyes These are the little things I need the most in my life. And the more that he lives the less that he tries To show her the love that he hold inside And the more that she gives the more that he sees This is a story of you and me. So I bought you a rose on the way home from work Opened the door to a heart that I hurt And I hope you notice this look in my eyes 'Cause I'm gonna make things right. I'm gonna hold you tonight Do all those little things For the rest of your life... - Something´s Burning4:16
- Just Dropped In3:16
- Lucille3:34
In a bar in Toledo Across from the depot On a bar stool she took off her ring I thought I'd get closer So I walked on over I sat down and asked her name When the drinks finally hit her She said I'm no quitter But I finally quit livin' on dreams I'm hungry for laughter And here ever after I'm after whatever the other life brings In the mirror I saw him And I closely watched him I thought how he looked out of place He came to the woman Who sat there beside me He had a strange look on his face The big hands were calloused He looked like a mountain For a minute I thought I was dead But he started shakin' His big heart was breakin' He turned to the woman and said You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille With four hungry children And a crop in the field I've had some bad times Lived through some sad times But this time your hurtin' won't heal You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille After he left us I ordered more whisky I thought how she'd made him look small From the lights of the bar room To a rented hotel room We walked without talkin' at all She was a beauty But when she came to me She must have thought I'd lost my mind I could'nt hold her 'Cos the words that he told her Kept coming back time after time You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille With four hungry children And a crop in the field I've had some bad times Lived through some sad times But this time your hurtin' won't heal You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille - Daytime Friends3:07
Letra
And he'll tell her he's working late again But she knows too well there's something going on She's been neglected and she needs a friend So her trembling fingers dial the telephone And Lord it hurts her, doing this again He's the best friend that her husband ever knew When she's lonely, he's more than just a friend He's the one she longs to give her body to Daytime friends and nighttime lovers Hoping no one else discovers Where they go, what they do In their secret hideaway Daytime friends and nighttime lovers They don't want to hurt the others So they love in the nighttime And shake hands in the light of day And when it's over, there's no peace of mind Just a longing for the way things should have been And she wonders why some men never find That a woman needs a lover and a friend Daytime friends and nighttime lovers - While The Feeling´s Good3:59
- Love Lifted Me3:43
Letra
I'll write myself a simple song Get the whole world to sing along I'll call it a love song for you And who knows I'm liable to take a song from the Bible And then when I'm through, I'll just sing Love lifted me, love lifted me When nothing else would do You know love lifted me Everybody's looking for a way To say something nobody said But that's hard to do They're searching their mind Trying to find the one of a kind way That they could say something new and I just say Love lifted me, love lifted me When I was down and out You know love lifted me Love lifted me, love lifted me When nothing else would do You know love lifted me Love lifted me, love lifted me When nothing else would do You know love lifted me Love lifted me, love lifted me When I was down and out You know love lifted me Everybody sing love lifted me Oh, love lifted me - Today I Started Loving You Again3:04