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- Number Ones
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Kenny Rogers
Released 2006

Love Or Something Like It
02:51
9,000 plays

Every Time Two Fools Collide
03:00
8,762 plays

All I Ever Need Is You
03:06
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- 1
- The Gambler
- 03:32
- 38,923 plays

- 2
- Through The Years
- 04:24
- 27,662 plays

- 3
- Lady
- 03:51
- 18,540 plays

- 4
- Lucille
- 03:39
- 16,777 plays

- 5
- Coward Of The County
- 04:18
- 25,220 plays

- 6
- I Don't Need You
- 03:27
- 11,067 plays

- 7
- We've Got Tonight
- 03:47
- 5,798 plays

- 8
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- 03:00
- 8,762 plays

- 8
- Crazy
- 03:39
- 6,079 plays

- 9
- Islands in the Stream
- 04:08
- 7,520 plays

- 10
- She Believes In Me
- 04:11
- 13,399 plays

- 12
- You Decorated My Life
- 03:37
- 11,452 plays

- 13
- Make No Mistake, She's Mine
- 03:53
- 3,737 plays

- 14
- Share Your Love With Me
- 03:16
- 7,846 plays

- 14
- Love Will Turn You Around
- 03:36
- 19,943 plays

- 15
- All I Ever Need Is You
- 03:06
- 8,639 plays

- 16
- Buy Me a Rose
- 03:42
- 30,971 plays

- 16
- Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer
- 03:40
- 15,567 plays

- 17
- Daytime Friends
- 03:10
- 12,159 plays

- 18
- Love Or Something Like It
- 02:51
- 9,000 plays

- 20
- Morning Desire
- 04:04
- 4,361 plays

- 21
- What Are We Doin' In Love
- 03:00
- 8,483 plays

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album review

Given Kenny Rogers' long and successful recording career, it would seem that a collection like 21 Number Ones would be a useful to way to collect all of his biggest and best hits. That's not necessarily the case. First of all, this 2006 compilation has nothing from the First Edition, with whom he had his earliest hits, including "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town." Then, because of the nature of number one singles -- once an artist has had one number one single, it's easier to rack up subsequent singles, particularly on a genre-specific chart like Country, which is where nearly all of these 21 tracks charted -- his more interesting music from the late '70s and early '80s is left behind in favor of the slick ballads of the second half of the '80s. These are songs that did hit number one on the charts, but they're a little samey and not is interesting as the singles he made on his way up the charts. That said, with the exception of the previously mentioned First Edition singles -- and some other good '70s sides like "Something's Burning," "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got?)," and "Love Lifted Me" -- all the big hits are here in their original hit versions, including the bonus track of the Kim Carnes duet "Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer," which may not have hit number one, but made the Top Five on the Pop, Country, and Adult Contemporary charts. While it's hard not to miss those First Edition songs, this is the best single-disc collection of Rogers' biggest songs -- it's half the length of 2004's 42 Ultimate Hits, after all, so many listeners may find this more manageable -- which makes it both a useful overview and introduction. Plus, it has terrific song-by-song liner notes by Kenny Rogers himself, offering such insights as: "Around the world, I am known as the Gambler. When I go to Korea or Japan, for example, people see me and go, 'Ah, the Gambler.' The song really is a wonderful piece of philosophy, not just about playing cards or gambling, but about life in general"; "Sheena Easton had some Streisand-like qualities, this wonderfully lyrical singer who sang with a little more everyday passion than Streisand"; and "Kim Carnes and I, we sound like we're hemorrhaging half the time when we're singing in full voice." For fans who already have this music elsewhere, these notes very well may make 21 Number Ones a worthwhile purchase. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide