Heart Of The Matter, The

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Personnel includes: Kenny Rogers (vocals); Stanley Jordan, Ian Bairnson, Steve Lukather, Michael Landau, Fred Tackett (guitar); Gayle Levant (harp); James Galway (flute); Gary Herbig, Lawrence Williams (saxophone); Jerry Hey, Gary Grant (trumpet); Jim Thatcher, Richard Todd (French horn); Bill Reichenbach (trombone); Jimmy Cox, Ann Dudley, John Hobbs (keyboards); Joe Chemay (bass, background vocals); Mo Foster, Neil Stubenhaus (bass); Stuart Elliott (drums); Terry Williams, Kin Vassy (percussion, background vocals); Leon Ndugu Chancler, Steve Leach, John Robinson (percussion); Richard Marx, Nathan East, Herb Pedersen, David Morgan, Kenny Rogers II (background vocals); David Foster, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Paul Jackson Jr.. HEART OF THE MATTER is the 1985 release from U.S. country/pop singer Kenny Rogers and includes the songs "I Don't Wanna Have To Worry" and "You Made Me Feel Love." Personnel: Kenny Rogers (vocals); Ian Bairnson, Michael Landau, Paul Jackson, Jr. , Stanley Jordan, Steve Lukather, Fred Tackett, Billy Joe Walker (guitar); Gayle Levant (harp); Assa Drori, Don Palmer, Shari Zippert, Ronald Folsom, David Schwartz , Dennis Karmazyn, Mari Tsumura-Botnick, Bill Hybel, Reginald Hill, Bill Nuttycombe, Gareth "Garry" Nuttycombe, Reg Hill, Fred Seykoura, William Hymanson, Bruce Dukoff, Robert Sushel, Ray Kelley, Isabelle Daskoff, Jay Rosen, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Stuart Canin, Bruce Dukov, Kathleen Lenski , Sheldon Sanov, Gordon Marron Strings, Buell Neidlinger, Denyse Buffum, Frederick Seykora (strings); James Galway (flute); Donald Sanders (saxophone, saxello); Donnie Sanders, Larry Williams , Gary Herbig, Lawrence Williams (saxophone); Gary Grant, Jerry Hey (trumpet); James Thatcher, Richard Todd (French horn); William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (trombone); David Foster (piano, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, drums); Jeremy Lubbock, Jimmy Cox, John Hobbs, Anne Dudley, Randy Waldman (keyboards); John "J.R." Robinson , John Richards , Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (drums, percussion); Stuart Elliott (drums); Kin Vassy, Terry Williams , Richard Marx (percussion, background vocals); Steve Leach (percussion); David Morgan, Kenny Rogers II, Herb Pedersen, Nathan East, Joe Chemay (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Bino Espinoza; Mike Wuellner; Jon Kelly . Liner Note Author: Peter Doggett. Recording information: Evergreen Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Evergreen, Los Angeles, CA; Lion Share Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Lion Share, Los Angeles, CA; Marcadet Studios, Paris, France; Sound Castle Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA; The Sound Castle, Los Angeles, CA. Photographer: Matthew Rolston. Arrangers: George Martin; Jeremy Lubbock; Jerry Hey. By 1985, when The Heart of the Matter was released, Kenny Rogers was making absolutely no pretense about being a country artist, and felt free to indulge his desire to make straight adult contemporary albums, confident that his audience would follow him. This would be the last time a mass audience would turn up for his album, sending it to the top of the country charts even if it never sounded country. Rogers doesn't hide the fact that he's made a pop album with The Heart of the Matter -- after all, he hired the Beatles' producer, George Martin, to helm the affair. Martin gives the album focus, something its haphazard predecessor, What About Me?, lacked, and a nice commercial sheen. It also helps that song for song, this is a much stronger effort than What About Me?; it lacks the skillful songwriting of Eyes That See in the Dark, his best album (in either the pop or country idiom), and the singles aren't nearly as good as those he had at the turn of the '80s, but they are sturdy and consistent, making this a very pleasant listen. But pleasant isn't necessarily memorable, and while the songs aren't bad, they aren't catchy enough to stick around long, and the production is so state of
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