Sevens (album)
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| Sevens | ||||
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| Studio album by Garth Brooks | ||||
| Released | November 25, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 46:01 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
| Garth Brooks chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
Sevens is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 25, 1997, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums chart. The album also topped the Country album charts in Britain for several months and crossed over into the mainstream pop charts. His duet with Trisha Yearwood, "In Another's Eyes", won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals at the Grammy Awards of 1998. Sevens was nominated for the Best Country Album Grammy the following year.
777,777 copies of Sevens were marked as First Editions. These albums have a gold seal on the CD booklet and a similar mark on the CD itself. Canadian versions of the albums have a maple leaf shaped seal on the cover. First Editions were not released outside of North America.
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[edit] Background
Brooks commented on the album by saying:
"I'm proud, I'm excited, I'm nervous, and it feels good to be back in the game again. This is a very personal album. I only wrote six of the songs, but there are many that are so 'me' that people I work with every day thought I wrote them".[4]
[edit] Track listings
- "Longneck Bottle" (Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner) – 2:15
- "How You Ever Gonna Know" (Kent Blazy, Garth Brooks) – 3:35
- "She's Gonna Make It" (Blazy, Kim Williams, Brooks) – 2:45
- "I Don't Have to Wonder" (Shawn Camp, Taylor Dunn) – 3:04
- "Two Piña Coladas" (Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy Manson) – 3:34
- "Cowboy Cadillac" (Bryan Kennedy, Brooks) – 2:50
- "Fit for a King" (Jim Rushing, Carl Jackson) – 3:58
- "Do What You Gotta Do" (Pat Flynn) – 2:57
- "You Move Me" (Gordon Kennedy, Pierce Pettis) – 4:34
- "In Another's Eyes" (Bobby Wood, John Peppard, Brooks) – 3:33
- duet with Trisha Yearwood
- "When There's No One Around" (Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott) – 3:33
- "A Friend to Me" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 3:05
- "Take The Keys to My Heart" (Hill, Pam Wolfe, Tommy Smith) – 2:31
- "Belleau Wood" (Joe Henry, Brooks) – 3:29
[edit] Chart performance
Sevens debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his fifth, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 Country album. In November 2006, Sevens was certified 10 x Platinum by the RIAA.
[edit] Charts
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[edit] Certifications
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[edit] End of decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200[9] | 42 |
[edit] Credits
[edit] Technical
- Recorded and Mixed by Mark Miller
- Recorded at Jack's Tracks Recording Studio
- Assisted by Duke Duczer and Joe Hayden
- Strings Recorded at Javelina Studios
- Mastered at Georgetown Masters by Denny Purcell
- Digital Editing by Carlos Grier
[edit] Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[10]
- Susan Ashton – background vocals ("She's Gonna Make It", "You Move Me")
- Sam Bacco – percussion ("You Move Me", "Belleau Wood"), congas ("She's Gonna Make It")
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
- Garth Brooks – lead vocals, background vocals
- Sam Bush – background vocals ("Do What You Gotta Do"), mandolin ("Do What You Gotta Do", "When There's No One Around")
- Shawn Camp – acoustic guitar ("Two Piña Coladas")
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Mike Chapman – bass guitar
- John Cowan – background vocals ("Do What You Gotta Do")
- Béla Fleck – banjo
- Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar ("Do What You Gotta Do")
- Kevin Grant – bass guitar ("Fit for a King")
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Randy Hardison – drums ("Fit for a King")
- Lona Heid – background vocals ("Fit for a King")
- Randy Howard – fiddle ("Fit for a King")
- Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar, background vocals ("Fit for a King")
- Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar, nylon string guitar
- Edgar Meyer – arco bass ("Belleau Wood")
- Al Perkins – Dobro ("Fit for a King")
- Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
- Catherine Styron – piano ("Fit for a King")
- Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar ("Longneck Bottle")
- Bobby Wood – piano, keyboard
"The Ordinaires" on "How You Ever Gonna Know": Bobby Wood, Allen Reynolds, Garth Brooks
Choir on "I Don't Have to Wonder": Kathy Chiavola, Vicki Hampton, Susan Ashton, Trisha Yearwood, Robert Bailey, Yvonne Hodges
Background vocals on "Two Piña Coladas": Dorothy "The Birthday Girl" Robinson, Charles Green, Matt Lindsey, Sandy Mason, Shawn Camp, Big Al, Double "D", "Sam the Man" Duczer, Garth Brooks
All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted and arranged by Jim Ed Norman.
[edit] Art
- Production: Carlton Davis
- Production Assistant: Denise Jarvis
- Art Direction: Virginia Team
- Design: Jerry Joyner
- Photography: Beverly Parker
- Additional Photographs: Henry Diltz, Virginia Team and Jerry Joyner
- Make-Up: Mary Beth Felts
- Digital Imager: Harris Graphics
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ http://www.planetgarth.com/albums/sevens.php
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/#/album/garth-brooks/sevens/277698
- ^ "Accreditations 1997 Albums - Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1999.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association: Certification Results- February 15, 2010". CRIA. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=4&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25Garth+brooks%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=75&csearch=20&nextprev=1. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=sevens&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
- ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ (1997) Album notes for Sevens by Garth Brooks [CD]. Capitol Records (329519).
| Preceded by ReLoad by Metallica |
Billboard 200 number-one album December 13, 1997 - January 16, 1998 |
Succeeded by Let's Talk About Love by Celine Dion |
| Preceded by Come On Over by Shania Twain Come On Over by Shania Twain Come On Over by Shania Twain |
Top Country Albums number-one album December 13, 1997 - February 6, 1998 February 28 - March 13, 1998 March 21 - April 10, 1998 |
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RPM Country Albums number-one album December 8, 1997 - January 25, 1998 March 9–29, 1998 |
Succeeded by Come On Over by Shania Twain Come On Over by Shania Twain |
| Preceded by Blue by LeAnn Rimes |
Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 1998 |
Succeeded by Come On Over by Shania Twain |
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