Something Inside So Strong is a 1989 album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

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Overview

Something Inside So Strong is another album of Rogers' that heads in the adult-contemporary direction, but actually performs better than his other recent albums. After #17, #18, and #16 efforts, Kenny finally re-enters the top 10 (at #10) with the 1989 release.

Track listing

1. "Planet Texas" (John Andrew Parks III) [4:51]
2. "Something Inside So Strong" (Labi Siffre) [5:00]
3. "If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)" - with Gladys Knight
   Gladys Knight
   Gladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...
   
    (Richard Butler, Robert Byrne) [3:54]
4. "One Night" (Mike Reid, Troy Seals
   Troy Seals
   Troy Seals is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes, Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Brady Seals...
   
   ) [4:38]
5. "There Lies the Difference" (Pat Bunch, Steve Dorff
   Steve Dorff
   Steve Dorff is an American songwriter and composer whose work is mainly in the field of country music.Dorff has written several songs for other artists, including "Hypnotize the Moon" and "My Heart Will Never Know" for Clay Walker, "The Man in Love with You" and "I Cross My Heart" by George Strait,...
   
   ) [4:23]
6. "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" - with Anne Murray
   Anne Murray
   Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
   
    (Steve Dorff, Gloria Sklerov) [3:36]
7. "When You Put Your Heart in It" (James Patrick Dunne, Austin Roberts) [3:41]
8. "The Vows Go Unbroken" (Gary Burr, Eric Kaz
   Eric Kaz
   Eric Kaz, born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947, is a singer-songwriter active mainly in the late 1960s and the 1970s.-Biography:He first appeared on the popular music scene in the mid-60s playing piano in a band called Children of Paradise with Happy and Artie Traum...
   
   ) [3:31]
9. "Maybe" - with Holly Dunn
   Holly Dunn
   Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father...
   
    (Bill Rice, M. Sharon Rice) [3:29]
10. "Love the Way You Do" (Kye Fleming, Richard Kerr) [7:49]

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	141
Canadian RPM Country Albums	13
Canadian RPM Top Albums	92

Singles

Like the studio album before it, Something Inside So Strong was home to a load of singles. "When You Put Your Heart in It" came out in advance of the album in 1988, and charted #26 on the U.S. Country charts. Other singles include "Planet Texas" (#30 with a #11 in Canada), "The Vows Go Unbroken" (#8 in the US, #26 in Canada), the title cut (#26 on Adult Contemporary), and "Maybe", a duet with Holly Dunn

Holly Dunn

Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father...

 (#25 and #17 in U.S. and Canada).

Other duets

There are three duets on this album. "Maybe" is discussed in the Singles above; the other two duets are "If I Knew Then" with Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight

Gladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...

 and "If I Ever Fall In Love Again" with Anne Murray

Anne Murray

Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....

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