The Chase (Garth Brooks album)
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| The Chase | ||||
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| Studio album by Garth Brooks | ||||
| Released | September 22, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Jack's Track's Recording Studio | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
| Garth Brooks chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B)[2] |
The Chase is the fourth studio album of American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 22, 1992 on Liberty Records and sold 403,000 copies in its first week,[citation needed] The Chase debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and Top Country Albums chart. and has been certified 9 x Platinum by the RIAA. It was also successful internationally, reaching #1 on the UK country albums chart and remained in the top ten for many months.
"Dixie Chicken" is a cover of the classic Little Feat song off of their 1973 album of the same name while "Night Rider's Lament" is a classic cowboy song that had been previously recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker and Chris LeDoux.
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[edit] Background
Brooks commented on the album saying:
"The Chase is definitely the most personal album I think I've ever been involved with. This is as much me as anybody has ever seen. It was recorded at a time in my life that was probably the most trying time of my life. Not the fact that it was a hard time for me, I was just going through a lot of things at this time. Probably the biggest thing was expecting the birth of our first child Taylor. Was also in the business for record re-negotiations, we were remodeling our house. And still trying to go through the biggest tour I'd ever been on since Ropin' The Wind was seeing the success that it was. No Fences seemed to still be doing very well. So we were gone another 250 to 300 days out of the year. So, when you hear this album or snippets from it, and you hear things that are more, probably socially oriented as far as concerns of the world. And some things that are a little bit darker. That's probably 'cause that's where I was at that time. It was a big moment for me. And I gotta say of all the albums I've ever done, this one has the best writing on it, and probably the one that I feel the strongest about. I'm very proud and I love this album."[3]
[edit] Track listing
- "We Shall Be Free" (Stephanie Davis, Garth Brooks) – 3:48
- "Somewhere Other Than the Night" (Kent Blazy, Brooks) – 3:12
- "Mr. Right" (Brooks) – 2:01
- "Every Now and Then" (Buddy Mundlock, Brooks) – 4:16
- "Walkin' After Midnight" (Alan Block, Don Hecht) – 2:33
- "Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Martin Kibbee) – 4:25
- "Learning to Live Again" (Don Schlitz, Davis) – 4:06
- "That Summer" (Pat Alger, Sandy Mahl-Brooks, Brooks) – 4:47
- "Something With a Ring to It" (Aaron Tippin, Mark Collie) - 2:33A
- "Night Rider's Lament" (Michael Burton) – 4:05
- "Face to Face" (Tony Arata) – 4:26
AThis track was not on the original release of the album. It first appeared when the album was re-released as part of Brooks' first Limited Series box set collection, and has since been part of subsequent releases of the album.
[edit] Chart performance
The Chase debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his second, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his third #1 Country album. In November 2006, The Chase was certified 9 x Platinum by the RIAA
[edit] Charts
[edit] End of decade charts
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[edit] Sales and Certifications
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[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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| 1992 | "We Shall Be Free" | 12 | 12 |
| "Somewhere Other Than the Night" | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | "Learning to Live Again" | 2 | 5 |
| "That Summer" | 1 | 1 | |
[edit] Other charted songs
| Year | Single | Peak positions |
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| 1993 | "Dixie Chicken" | 73 |
[edit] Personnel
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
- Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
- Bruce Bouton - steel guitar
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Denis Solee - clarinet
- Bobby Wood - piano, keyboards
- Mike Chapman - bass & Synclavier programming on "We Shall Be Free"
- Milton Sledge - drums, percussion
- Trisha Yearwood, Donna McElroy, Vicki Hampton, Yvonne Hodges, Debbie Nims, Gary Chapman, Howard Smith, Johnny Cobb - background vocals
- The Nashville String Machine
- Digitally remastered by Denny Purcell at Georgetown Masters, Nashville, Tennessee
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ "Garth'S Cd'S". Angelfire.com. http://www.angelfire.com/ks/Gbrooks/cds.html. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/#/album/garth-brooks/the-chase/94667
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Top 50 Albums Chart - Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2000.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ "CRIA - Audio and Video Certification January 2009". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=5&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=garth%20brooks&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.
| Preceded by Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus Timeless: The Classics by Michael Bolton |
Billboard 200 number-one album October 10 - November 20, 1992 November 28 - December 4, 1992 |
Succeeded by Timeless: The Classics by Michael Bolton The Predator by Ice Cube |
| Preceded by Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus |
Top Country Albums number-one album October 10, 1992 - January 29, 1993 |
Succeeded by Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus |
| Preceded by More Country Heat by Various Artists Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus |
RPM Country Albums number-one album October 17 - November 6, 1992 November 28 - December 25, 1992 |
Succeeded by Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus Pure Country by George Strait |
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