She Rides Wild Horses

Rogers had not charted a country hit since "If You Want to Find Love" in late 1991-early 1992.[1] "The Greatest," his first release on his own label, brought him to the charts for the first time in nearly eight years, spending twenty weeks on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaking at 26.[1] After it came "Slow Dance More" at 67, followed by "Buy Me a Rose," with backing vocals from Alison Krauss and Billy Dean. This song went to Number One on the country charts and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Rogers his first Number One since 1987, and the last number one hit of his career. The song also made Rogers, who was 61 at the time, the oldest country artist to achieve a Number One hit.[2]

Giving it three stars out of five, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic considered it a stronger album than Rogers' 1998 Across My Heart and a return to his 1980s sound, but said that some of the song selection was "uneven."[3]

As listed in liner notes.[4]

• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
• Bobby Ogdin – keyboards
• Steve Mandile – all guitars (1, 2, 4-9), electric guitar (10)
• Richard Bailey – banjo (1)
• Russ Pahl – steel guitar (1)
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (2, 4)
• Steve Gibson – all guitars (3)
• Mark Selby – rhythm guitar (10)
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (10)
• Steve Glassmeyer – mandolin (10)
• Spencer Campbell – bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Bobby Taylor – English horn and oboe (4, 5)
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle (1), violin (3)
• Michael Black – backing vocals (1, 3, 5)
• Thom Flora – backing vocals (1, 10)
• Billy Dean – backing vocals (2)
• Alison Krauss – backing vocals (2, 4)
• Tammy Fry – harmony vocals (3, 5, 9)
• Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals (5)
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson – harmony vocals (6)
• Billy Montana – backing vocals (7)
• Jack Sundrud – backing vocals (7)
• Strings on Tracks 2-9 performed by The Nashville String Machine; Carl Gorodetzky, concertmaster. Arranged and conducted by Bergen White.

• Tracks 1-4 produced by Kenny Rogers; Tracks 5-10 produced by Brent Maher and Jim McKell for Maher Productions.
• Executive producer – Jim Mazza
• Recorded and mixed by Brent Maher and Jim McKell
• Assistant engineers – Jason Breckling, Otto D'Agnolo, Thomas Johnson, Eric Katte, Mark Niemiec, Gary Paczosa, Paul Skaife and Jamison Weddle.
• Recorded and mixed at Creative Recording, Inc. (Nashville, TN).
• Editing – Eric Conn, Frank Green, Carlos Grier and Mills Logan.
• Mastered by Denny Purcell and Jonathan Russell at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, TN).
• Art direction – P. David Elezear and Nick Long
• Photography – Jim "Señor" McGuire
• Management – Ken Kragen and Jim Mazza
• Booking – Greg Oswald at William Morris Agency