Wide Open Spaces (album)
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Wide Open Spaces is the fourth studio album and the major label debut of American country music band, the Dixie Chicks. It was their first record with new lead vocalist Natalie Maines, and became their breakthrough commercial success. It received diamond status by the RIAA on February 20, 2003 in the United States, having shipped 14 million units worldwide,[2] while spending more than six years in the Australian ARIA music charts Country Top 20. The album has sold 8,841,000 copies in the United States as of October 2013.[3]
At the 41st Grammy Awards, the album was awarded 2 Grammy Awards out of 3 nominations.[4] It was awarded Best Country Album (the first of what would be 4 trophies in this category: they would later win for Fly in 2001, Home in 2003, and Taking the Long Way in 2007.) and for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "There's Your Trouble". (an award the Chicks would win 5 times: in 2000 for "Ready to Run", in 2003 for "Long Time Gone", in 2005 for "Top of the World" and 2007 for "Not Ready to Make Nice", a feat only matched by The Judds.) In addition, the Chicks were nominated for Best New Artist.
The CD, next to their next albums Fly and Home were released in the HDCD format.
Track listing
- "I Can Love You Better" (Pamela Brown Hayes, Kostas) – 3:53
- "Wide Open Spaces" (Susan Gibson) – 3:44
- "Loving Arms" (Tom Jans) – 3:37
- "There's Your Trouble" (Mark Selby, Tia Sillers) – 3:10
- "You Were Mine" (Emily Robison, Martie Seidel) – 3:37
- "Never Say Die" (George Ducas, Radney Foster) – 3:56
- "Tonight the Heartache's on Me" (Mary W. Francis, Johnny MacRae, Bob Morrison) – 3:25
- "Let 'Er Rip" (Billy Crain, Sandy Ramos) – 2:49
- "Once You've Loved Somebody" (Thom McHugh, Bruce Miller) – 3:28
- "I'll Take Care of You" (J. D. Souther) – 3:40
- "Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)" (Maria McKee) – 3:25
- "Give It Up or Let Me Go" (Bonnie Raitt) – 4:55
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[5]
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Dixie Chicks
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Charts and certifications
As of the 24th May 2009, "Wide Open Spaces" has been within the top twenty of the Australian ARIA Country Charts for a consecutive 363 Weeks
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Awards
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| 1999 | "There's Your Trouble" | Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal |
| 1999 | Wide Open Spaces | Best Country Album |
See also
References
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Wide Open Spaces". Robert Christgau.
- ^ RIAA Diamond Awards
- ^ a b Paul Grein (October 30, 2013). "Katy Perry Knocks Miley Cyrus Down a Couple Pegs". Chart Watch. Yahoo.
- ^ Collins, Roger. "Dixie Chicks". Iomusic News. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ Wide Open Spaces (CD booklet). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records. 1997. 68195.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ 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. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
{{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces". Music Canada.
- ^ "British album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Wide Open Spaces in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ "American album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces". Recording Industry Association of America.