very unhappy - I feel the quality is poor, I have several of his CD and this one just sounds differnt. It seems like someone copy it off a radio.
If you are thinking about buying this disc, ignore the negative reviews on here! - I wanted a good collection of Kenny Rogers music to use for my DJ service. The only disc that I had was full of lousy re-recordings. In my mind, if they are not the original recordings that actually became hits, then they are worthless to me. I read all of the mixed reviews here on Amazon regarding this collection, but decided to take a risk and purchase it. I have listened to the full collection 3 times in full. Many reviewers are saying that this collection is full of re-recordings, but that is not true. These ARE the original hit recordings. This is a great, quality collection. Yes, the first 5 tracks are Kenny Rogers & The First Edition- but the package states that they are. Besides, he made those particular songs hits when he WAS with The First Edition. Those ARE the originals. You won t find a better Kenny Rogers collection out there, believe me- I ve searched. The only things that could have made this collection better, are if they would have given us Kenny s solo version of Ruben James ALSO, along with the First Edition version. They also could have left off the last song on the 2nd CD. It s a new one called We Are The Same, and it s a real stinker. The last thing that could have made this collection even better, is if it could have also included the beautiful song I Can t Un-Love You....but it didn t even exist at the time that this collection was released, so that wouldn t have been possible.
Re-recordings? - I really, REALLY wish I hadn t bought this album... though they are close, it seems he s re-recorded a lot of these songs... this isn t what it should be.. one star for not disclosing the songs are altered from what we all bought on 8 track, etc...New recordings doesn t equal better recordings!off to find the old stuff...
Beware, this disc has re-recordings! - Putting re-recorded hits on a collection without letting the buyer know is reprehensible. Kenny, I thought you were the Gambler, not the Swindler. Boooooo!
Kenny Rogers Blechhhhh! - I really like the Gambler, so I decided to download this 42 hit collection. Thank goodness I didn t pay for it.My conclusion: Kenny Rogers music is trash!Having listened to his other hits on the CD I m completely dissastisfied. To make a long review short, Kenny s hits constitute sensual love songs. Unlike the gambler every song is devoid of clever lyrics.I felt my self becoming more stupid just by listening to this 2 CD set.I really tried folks! I really tried to enjoy Kenny s music. I thought I d give it some time to appreciate it. Nope! Plain and simple, Kenny Rogers is easy-listening sensual love-dovey barf.Kenny sounds great playing softly in your doctor s office, thats about it.How many greatest hits has Kenny put out now? It certainly must exceed the number of almums he recorded.Did KR get plastic surgery? His eyes look different now.