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20 Greatest Hits (Kenny Rogers album)

1983 compilation album by Kenny Rogers

Field	Value
name	20 Greatest Hits
type	greatest
artist	Kenny Rogers
cover	20 Greatest Hits Kenny.jpg
released	1983
recorded	1983
genre	Country
length	72:51
label	Liberty Records
prev_title	We've Got Tonight
prev_year	1983
next_title	Eyes That See in the Dark
next_year	1983

20 Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Kenny Rogers released by Liberty Records in 1983.

Overview

20 Greatest Hits marks Rogers' third compilation album as a solo artist. This compilation covers the entire span of Rogers' glorious chart run through the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Among the 20 tracks on the album is Rogers' early smash hit "Lucille", which made Rogers a world-famous solo superstar. "The Gambler" – Rogers' chart-topping story song – also makes an appearance. The single that first appeared on Rogers' first solo Greatest Hits collection in 1980, "Lady" also makes it onto the album, as does "Love Lifted Me" from 1976 (his first solo single in ten years following his split with The First Edition).

Also included are popular duets with Sheena Easton ("We've Got Tonight"), Kim Carnes ("Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"), and Dottie West ("Till I Can Make It on My Own").

Based on hit singles from the Billboard charts, this is the strongest Kenny Rogers single disc compilation album released. Another version came in 1987 (see below). It was also re-released on CD in 1994.

Track listing

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	16
U.S. Billboard 200	22
Australian Albums Chart	2
Canadian RPM Top Albums	29

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position	Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html	archivedate=July 1, 2002	url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html	title=
40

Chart (2002)	Position	Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
59

Reissue

In 1987, Liberty issued a new disc featuring five additional tracks, covering Rogers' newest hits up to that point. The new tracks are the last five, including the title single "Love Is What We Make It" and "Sweet Music Man", the latter penned by Rogers himself.

Track listing

:Track times differ from the 1983 release and all tracks are re-presented here.

Lucille
Lady
Love Lifted Me
We've Got Tonight
Scarlet Fever
Love or Something Like It
She Believes in Me
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
You Were a Good Friend
Gambler
Through the Years
Daytime Friends
You Decorated My Life
'Til I Can Make It on My Own
Reuben James
Coward of the County
I Don't Need You
Something's Burning
Love Will Turn You Around
Abraham, Martin and John/Precious Memories
Love Is What We Make It
Green, Green Grass of Home
Desperado
Sweet Music Man

References

Kent, David. (1993). "[[Kent Music Report". Australian Chart Book.
"Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada".

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