{{short description|1981 studio album by Kenny Rogers}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Share Your Love | type = studio | artist = Kenny Rogers | cover = Share Your Love.jpg | alt = | released = 24 June 1981 | recorded = 1981 | venue = | studio = *Concorde Recording, Los Angeles, California *Devonshire, Los Angeles, California | genre = Country | length = 36:28 | label = Liberty | producer = Lionel Richie | prev_title = Greatest Hits | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Christmas | next_year = 1981 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Share Your Love Review by James Chrispell |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/share-your-love-mw0000626366 |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> }} '''''Share Your Love''''' is a studio album by country singer Kenny Rogers, released in 1981. Produced by Lionel Richie, it is also Rogers' first with Liberty Records besides his ''Greatest Hits'' album. The album has sold nine million copies worldwide.
==Recording== Rogers recorded portions of the album at Concorde Recording Center, where he had recorded his single "Lady", and purchased the recording studio in May 1981, before the album was completed. He later re-named the studio Lion Share Studios.<ref name="REPapr1982">{{cite magazine|title=Lion Share Recording Studios: What the Proceeds from a Couple of Decades of Hits can Buy!|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-Recording-Engineer/80s/Recording-1982-04.pdf|magazine=Recording Engineer/Producer|date=April 1982|access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref>
==Overview== Four singles were released from this ''Share Your Love''. "I Don't Need You" charted at number one on the US and Canadian country charts as well as reaching the top of the US Adult Contemporary charts, and number three on the US Hot 100. The title cut "Share Your Love With Me" reached number 14 on the Hot 100 and five in the US Country charts, though it did reach number two in Canada and led the US Adult Contemporary charts. Rogers then took a break to release a single from his first Christmas album. "Blaze of Glory", which featured Kin Vassy on backing vocals, was also released as a single. Although it was a lesser hit than the first two singles, it still made the top ten. The final single, "Through The Years", returned Rogers to the very top by putting him at number one the Adult Contemporary charts once again.
The album reached number one on the country charts and number six on the pop charts, reaching platinum and double-platinum status in the US and Canada, respectively.
==Track listing== {{track listing |title1 = Blaze of Glory |writer1 = Danny Morrison, Johnny Slate, Larry Keith |length1 = 2:37 |title2 = I Don't Need You |writer2 = Rick Christian |length2 = 3:27 |title3 = The Good Life |writer3 = Lionel Richie |length3 = 2:47 |title4 = Makes Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye |writer4 = Mickey Newbury |length4 = 2:29 |title5 = Through the Years |writer5 = Steve Dorff, Marty Panzer |length5 = 4:44 |title6 = Share Your Love with Me |writer6 = Al "TNT" Braggs, Deadric Malone |length6 = 3:19 |title7 = So in Love with You |writer7 = Richie |length7 = 4:17 |title8 = Goin' Back to Alabama |writer8 = Richie |length8 = 5:04 |title9 = Without You in My Life |writer9 = Richie, Thomas McClary |length9 = 5:04 |title10 = Grey Beard |writer10 = Kenny Rogers, Gene Golden, Kirby Stone |length10 = 2:36 }}
== Personnel == Compiled from liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Share Your Love |others=Kenny Rogers |year=1981 |type=LP liner |publisher=Liberty Records |id= 134416}}</ref>
'''Musicians''' * Kenny Rogers – lead vocals, rhythm track arrangements (4) * Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards * Barnaby Finch – keyboards * Glen Hardin – keyboards * John Hobbs – keyboards * Lincoln Mayorga – keyboards (5) * Sylvester Rivers – keyboards * James Burton – guitars * Rickey Harper – guitars * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars * Russ Powell - guitars * Darrell Jones – guitars * Thomas McClary – guitars * Ray Parker Jr. – guitars * Fred Tackett – guitars * Billy Joe Walker Jr. – guitars * Dennis Belfield – bass (2) * Joe Chemay – bass (1, 3, 7) * Nathan East – bass (5) * Abraham Laboriel – bass (6, 8, 9) * Jerry Scheff – bass (10) * Freddie Washington – bass (4) * Ed Greene – drums * Paul Leim – drums * Rick Shlosser – drums (5) * Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion * Ollie E. Brown – percussion * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (10) * David Boruff – saxophone solo (2) * Gary Herbig – saxophone solo (6) * Gene Page – string, horn and rhythm arrangements * Edgar Struble – string arrangements (2, 4) * Harry Bluestone – concertmaster
'''Backing vocalists''' * Track 1: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Gene Marford * Track 2: Terry Williams, Kin Vassy, Cindy Fee, Juanice Charmain * Track 3: Deborah Thomas, Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee * Track 4: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee * Track 5: none * Track 6: Gladys Knight & the Pips (Gladys Knight, William Guest, Merald "Bubba" Knight, Edward Patten), Lionel Richie * Track 7: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee * Track 8: Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson * Track 9: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Deborah Thomas, Brooks Hunnicut * Track 10: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Dorothy Sugarloaf
'''Technical''' * Reginald Dozier – recording and mixing engineer * Larry Ferguson – second engineer * Bernie Grundman – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA). * Michael Mancini – second engineer * Brenda Harvey-Richie – assistant production * Lionel Richie – producer * Kenny Rogers – mixing engineer
'''Additional credits''' * Bill Burks – art direction, design * Roy R. Guzman – design * Ken Kragen – management * Gary Register – photography
==Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1981–82) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St. Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|page=256|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | 44 |- {{album chart|Canada|11|artist=Kenny Rogers|album=Share Your Love|chartid=4694|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5| language= fi}}</ref> | align="center"| 21 |- {{album chart|Norway|13|artist=Kenny Rogers|album=Share Your Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|37|artist=Kenny Rogers|album=Share Your Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|6|artist=Kenny Rogers|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Kenny Rogers|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1981) ! scope="col"| Position |- {{album chart|Canada|58|chartid=4687|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2025|refname=CA_YE}} |- ! scope="row" | US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_1981|title=Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1981|website=BestSellingAlbums.org|access-date=16 February 2025}}</ref> | 98 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1982) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row" | US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_1982|title=Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1982|website=BestSellingAlbums.org|access-date=16 February 2025}}</ref> | 62 |} {{col-end}}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Kenny Rogers|title=Share Your Love|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1981|certyear=1981}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Kenny Rogers|title=Share Your Love|award=Platinum|relyear=1981|certyear=1981}} {{certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
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==External links== *[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kenny rogers|chart=all}} "Share Your Love" album page at Billboard]
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