Gideon (album)

Gideon
Gideon
Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released	1980
Recorded	1980
Studio	Jack Clement Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	34:05
Label	United Artists Group
Producer	Larry Butler, Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers chronology

Gideon is the platinum-selling ninth studio album by Kenny Rogers. Issued by United Artists Records in 1980, it hit #1 on the Country albums chart and #12 on the main Billboard album chart. It includes the worldwide hit "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (a duet with Kim Carnes, who co-wrote the entire album with her husband Dave Ellingson).

Gideon is a concept album about a Texas cowboy, and all the songs stick to this theme. The album is a look back at his life in retrospect. In the first song "Gideon Tanner", it is known that Gideon is dead. This and most of the other songs are sung from the point of view of the character himself.

Although the album's only single release was "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer", the song "Saying Goodbye" was issued on the B-side to Rogers' top five hit single "Love the World Away".

Gideon reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts in 1980.

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Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Kim Carnes and David M. Ellingson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Goin' Home to the Rock" (intro)	0:40
2.	"Gideon Tanner"	2:34
3.	"No Good Texas Rounder"	4:11
4.	"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes)	3:39
5.	"The Buckeroos"	3:16
6.	"You Were a Good Friend"	3:53
7.	"Call Me Up (The Phone Is in the Cradle)"	3:17
8.	"These Chains"	3:22
9.	"Somebody Help Me"	2:51
10.	"One Place in the Night"	2:59
11.	"Sayin' Goodbye"	3:25
12.	"Goin' Home to the Rock" (reprise)	0:58

Personnel[]

Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
Larry Butler – acoustic piano
Bill Cuomo – acoustic piano
Steve Glassmeyer – acoustic piano, backing vocals
Eugene Golden – acoustic piano, backing vocals
Edgar Struble – clavinet, synthesizers, backing vocals, horn arrangements (7)
Randy Dorman – guitar
Patrick Harper – guitar
Billy Sanford – guitar, dobro
Chuck Jacobs – bass guitar
Bobby Daniels – drums, backing vocals
Jerry Carrigan – percussion
Bill Justis – string arrangements
The Sheldon Kurland Strings – strings
Lea Jane Berinati – backing vocals
Kim Carnes – backing vocals, lead vocals (4)
James Cason – backing vocals
David Ellingson – backing vocals
Wendy Suits – backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals

Production[]

Producers – Larry Butler and Kenny Rogers
Engineer – Billy Sherrill
Mixing – Bill Schnee
Recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studios (Nashville, TN)
Mastered by Doug Sax at the Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA)
Art direction – Bill Burks
Cover and poster photos – Ken Kragen
Back cover photo – Reid Miles
Management – Kragen & Company

Chart performance[]

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	12
Australian (Kent Music Report) Albums	31^[1]
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Top Albums	5

Certifications and sales[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[2]	2× Platinum	200,000^{^}
Japan	—	40,000^[3]
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 256. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Kenny Rogers – Gideon". Music Canada. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
^ Fujita, Shig (November 7, 1981). "International - Japan Suffers From 'Country Allergy,' Yet Rogers Still No. 1" (PDF). Billboard. p. 76. Retrieved May 30, 2020 – via American Radio History.
^ "American album certifications – Kenny Rogers – Gideon". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

External links[]

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[1] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 256. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[CanadaKenny_RogersGideonalbumCertRef-2] "Canadian album certifications – Kenny Rogers – Gideon". Music Canada. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

[3] Fujita, Shig (November 7, 1981). "International - Japan Suffers From 'Country Allergy,' Yet Rogers Still No. 1" (PDF). Billboard. p. 76. Retrieved May 30, 2020 – via American Radio History.

[United_StatesKenny_RogersGideonalbumCertRef-4] "American album certifications – Kenny Rogers – Gideon". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

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