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After the Roses
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by Kenny Rankin
Sales Rank: 749420
Price:$51.98
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Album Details
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1. Regrets - Kenny Rankin, Wyrick, Barbara
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2. With a Little from My Friends - Kenny Rankin, Lennon, John
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3. Strings - Kenny Rankin, Rankin, Kenny
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4. Lyin' Eyes - Kenny Rankin, Frey, Glenn
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5. After the Roses - Kenny Rankin, Costa, Teddy
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6. What Matters Most - Kenny Rankin, Bergman, Alan
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7. One More Goodbye, One More Hello - Kenny Rankin, Allen, Deborah
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8. Cue, No. 1 - Kenny Rankin,
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9. Down the Backstairs of My Life - Kenny Rankin, Mercury, Eric
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10. Woman, Woman - Kenny Rankin, Rankin, Kenny
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11. To a Wild Rose - Kenny Rankin, Costa, Don
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Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2008.
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Listener Reviews & Comments
The negative review below made me want to set the record straight. I've loved Kenny Rankin's music since seeing him in the late '60s / early '70s on Johnny Carson, putting Helen Reddy's version of "Peaceful" to shame with his truly peaceful rendition, and enrapturing us all with "Stringman." I inhaled the first two albums I found, "Like a Seed" and "Inside," went orgasmic when "Silver Morning" came out (why isn't it offered here???), and wrote but chickened out sending my only fan letter when "Kenny Rankin Album" was released, the quintessential Kenny. It was more than 15 years before I found a new recording, and I've snatched up every new issue since (except from the overseas CD pirates -- Kenny, darlin', if you own all the rights, why don't you reissue your own CD locally?). As to the comment below that Kenny is great and doesn't need any help from highly orchestrated arrangements, I agree. However, Kenny is SO great, the more elaborate settings are like a velvet box for a diamond. Kenny's talent showcases equally well whether a cappella, with solo guitar or piano, with his preteen children (as in Roll Around on "Inside"), or with a 60-piece ensemble. Everything on this CD is good, and I was delighted to hear what Kenny did with Edward MacDowell's semi-classical composition, "To a Wild Rose," written in 1896. My rating of only 4 stars is because of the eclectic mix, with vintage 1-a.m.-at-the-lounge licks (like "Strings") side by side with the sassy "One More Goodbye, One More Hello" and curious string section teasers for the Wild Rose finale. The order of these tracks seems disjointed and without logical flow, but each selection has merit on its own and has Kenny's unmistakable, smooth musical signature all over it. That said, only diehard Rankin fans like myself will want to shell out the gouging prices currently listed for this now-rare release. The track samplings available here are typical of each song, so if you like what you hear, you'll be happy with the rest.
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After the Roses
by Kenny Rankin
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