The Heart of the Matter (Kenny Rogers album)

The Heart of the Matter is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers, released by RCA Records in 1985.It peaked at #51 on the US Billboard 200 and was produced by George Martin.His next single, "Goodbye Marie", came from the Short Stories album (also released after Rogers signed to RCA) and charted.The final single from this album followed, "Tomb of the Unknown Love", was a #1 hit in the country charts.Strings (Tracks 2, 4-6, 8, 10) "Don't Look In My Eyes" was used by NBC Sports for a music video of the 1986 Boston Red Sox during the postgame show of the 1986 World Series, after the New York Mets defeated the Red Sox in Game 7 to win the World Championship.
Studio albumKenny RogersCountryRCA VictorProducerGeorge MartinThe Kenny Rogers StoryLove Is What We Make ItSinglesMorning DesireTomb of the Unknown LoveAllmusicRCA RecordsBillboardBillboard 200Short StoriesDave LogginsFrank WildhornThe Best of MeDavid FosterRichard MarxByron HillGraham LyleTroy SealsDavid BriggsLinda ThompsonAnne DudleyRandy WaldmanMoog bassLinnDrumJeremy LubbockIan BairnsonBilly Joe Walker Jr.Michael LandauSteve LukatherStanley JordanPaul Jackson Jr.Fred TackettMo FosterJoe ChemayNeil StubenhausNathan EastStuart ElliottLeon "Ndugu" ChanclerKin VassyTerry WilliamsJohn RobinsonLarry WilliamsBill Reichenbach Jr.Gary GrantJerry HeysaxelloJames GalwayJames ThatcherFrench hornRichard ToddHerb PedersenIsrael BakerStuart CaninBuell NeidlingerSunset SoundCapitol MasteringMatthew RolstonKent Music ReportNBC SportsBoston Red Sox1986 World SeriesNew York MetsKent, DavidLove Lifted MeDaytime FriendsLove or Something Like ItThe GamblerGideonShare Your LoveLove Will Turn You AroundWe've Got TonightEyes That See in the DarkWhat About Me?They Don't Make Them Like They Used ToI Prefer the MoonlightSomething Inside So StrongLove Is StrangeBack Home AgainIf Only My Heart Had a VoiceVote for LoveAcross My HeartShe Rides Wild HorsesThere You Go AgainBack to the WellWater & BridgesYou Can't Make Old FriendsLife Is Like a SongEvery Time Two Fools CollideDottie WestClassicsTimepieceChristmasOnce Upon a ChristmasDolly PartonChristmas in AmericaThe GiftChristmas from the HeartOnce Again It's ChristmasTen Years of GoldThe Kenny Rogers Singles AlbumGreatest Hits20 Greatest HitsDaytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny RogersLive by Request42 Ultimate Hits21 Number OnesThat Crazy FeelingJust Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)But You Know I Love YouRuby, Don't Take Your Love to TownSomething's BurningLaura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)LucilleSweet Music ManAnyone Who Isn't Me TonightAll I Ever Need Is YouShe Believes in Me'Til I Can Make It on My OwnYou Decorated My LifeCoward of the CountyDon't Fall in Love with a DreamerLove the World AwayI Don't Need YouShare Your Love with MeBlaze of GloryThrough the YearsA Love SongSheena EastonAll My LifeScarlet FeverIslands in the StreamThis WomanBuried TreasureTogether AgainEvening StarGoodbye MarieTwenty Years AgoMake No Mistake, She's MineRonnie MilsapThe FactoryI Don't Call Him DaddyWhen You Put Your Heart in ItPlanet TexasThe Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)Holly DunnCrazy in LoveIf You Want to Find LoveOl' RedMary, Did You Know?Wynonna JuddThe GreatestBuy Me a RoseAlison KraussBilly DeanHe Will, She KnowsHomelandI Can't Unlove YouWhat Are We Doin' in LoveReal LoveIf I Ever Fall in Love AgainAnne MurrayYou and IBee GeesDiscographyThe First EditionKenny Rogers RoastersThe Real West