Tell It All Brother Explained

Tell It All Brother
Type:	Studio
Artist:	The First Edition
Cover:	Tell It All Brother.jpeg
Released:	November 1970
Label:	Reprise
Producer:	Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Bowen
Prev Title:	Something's Burning
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Transition
Next Year:	1971

Tell It All Brother is the sixth album by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, released in 1970 by Reprise Records. It reached #61 on the Billboard 200.^[1] Two singles were released and also charted, including the title track which reached #17 on the Hot 100 on 29 August 1970 and #1 on WRKO on 13 August 1970.^[2] Larry Cansler arranged the string sections.

Track listing

1. "Tell It All Brother" (Alex Harvey)
2. "Shine On Ruby Mountain" (Kenny Young)
3. "The King of Oak Street" (Alex Harvey)
4. "I'm Gonna Sing You a Sad Song Susie" (Mike Settle)
5. "Love Woman" (Douglas Legrand, Kenny Rogers)
6. "Heed the Call" (Kin Vassy)
7. "Camptown Ladies" (Traditional; adapted and arranged by Kenny Rogers)
8. "Molly" (Alex Harvey)
9. "After All (I Live My Life)" (Frankie Miller, Jim Doris)
10. "We All Got to Help Each Other" (Earl Cate, Ernest Cate)

Singles

^[3]

• "Tell It All Brother" (1970), #17 on the Hot 100
• "Heed The Call" (1970), #33 on the Hot 100

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kenny Rogers' Billboard albums history. . 2010-12-10.
2. Web site: Big 30 Records in New England. WRKO. 1970-08-13. 2020-09-10.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 718.