Back to the Well

Back to the Well
Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released	September 23, 2003
Genre	Country
Label	Dreamcatcher #008
Producer	Joe Chemay, John Guess, Brent Maher, Kenny Rogers, Phil Vassar
Kenny Rogers chronology
Live by Request (2001) Back to the Well (2003) 42 Ultimate Hits (2004)

Back to the Well is the twenty-fifth studio album released in 2003 by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. The album includes the singles "Harder Cards," "I'm Missing You" and "Handprints on the Wall," all of which charted on the Hot Country Songs chart between 2002 and 2003. "Harder Cards" peaked at number 47, "I'm Missing You" at 49 and "Handprints on the Wall" at 40.^[1] The album itself reached number 52 on the Top Country Albums chart.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back to the Well"	Rick Bowles, Robert Byrne	3:06
2.	"Listen to the Rain"	Chuck Cannon, Billy Dean	4:35
3.	"727 East Magnolia Avenue"	Steven Dale Jones, Bobby Tomberlin	2:51
4.	"Undercover"	Dolly Parton	2:39
5.	"Prairie Wedding"	Mark Knopfler	4:35
6.	"I'm Missing You"	Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner	3:12
7.	"It's a Beautiful Life"	Charlie Black, Phil Vassar, Jim Collins	3:14
8.	"Tears in God's Eyes"	Kent Blazy, Skip Ewing, Kim Williams	4:15
9.	"Harder Cards"	Craig Wiseman, Mike Henderson	4:04
10.	"Handprints on the Wall"	Nelson Blanchard, Scott Innes, Claude Parish	4:02
11.	"Owe Them More Than That"	John Guess, Tony Martin, Clessie Lee Morisette, Roger Springer	3:10
12.	"Love Like This"	Candy Cameron, Chip Davis	4:39

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Pat Bergeson – harmonica
• Bruce Bouton – acoustic guitar, steel guitar
• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
• Spencer Campbell – bass guitar
• Joe Chemay – bass guitar, percussion, background vocals
• Kathy Chiavola – background vocals
• Chip Davis – background vocals
• Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Mike Durham – electric guitar
• Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Warren Hartman – synthesizer
• Rob Ickes – dobro
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Alison Krauss – vocals on "Love Like This"
• Paul Liem – drums, percussion
• Tim McGraw – vocals on "Owe Them More Than That"
• Jerry McPherson – bouzouki, electric guitar
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, gut string guitar
• Steve Nathan – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
• Bobby Ogdin – keyboards, piano, synthesizer strings, synthesizer
• Dolly Parton – vocals on "Undercover"
• Tammy Pierce – background vocals
• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Dwaine Rowe – keyboards
• Jeff Smith – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
• Chuck Tilley – drums
• Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, acoustic guitar
• Phil Vassar – piano, background vocals
• Biff Watson – bantar, acoustic guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	52

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 361. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
2. "Chart history for Back to the Well". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 September 2010.