The Chase (Garth Brooks album) explained
The Chase |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Garth Brooks |
Cover: | Garthchase.jpg |
Released: | September 14, 1992 |
Studio: | Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee) |
Genre: | Country |
Length: | 40:12 |
Label: | Liberty |
Producer: | Allen Reynolds |
Prev Title: | Beyond the Season |
Prev Year: | 1992 |
Next Title: | In Pieces |
Next Year: | 1993 |
The Chase is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 14, 1992, through Liberty Records and sold 403,000 copies in its first week, The Chase debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and Top Country Albums chart and has been certified diamond by the RIAA. It was also successful internationally, reaching number one 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.
Background
Brooks commented on the album, saying:
Commercial performance
The Chase debuted atop the U.S.[1] Billboard 200, becoming his second, and number one on the Top Country Albums, becoming his third Country chart-topping album. This album was keeping Madonna's "Erotica" from taking the top spot. In 2020, The Chase was certified diamond by the RIAA.
Track listing
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.
Personnel
Musicians
- Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar on "Somewhere Other Than the Night", "Mr. Right", "Walk-in' After Midnight", "Dixie Chicken", "Learning to Live Again", "That Summer" and "Night Rider's Lament"
- Garth Brooks – lead vocals; backing vocals on "Every Now and Then" and "Night Rider's Lament"
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Gary Chapman – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free"
- Mike Chapman – bass guitar
- Johnny Cobb – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free"
- Charles Cochran – string arrangements on "Somewhere Other Than the Night" and "Learning to Live Again"
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle on "Mr. Right", "Walkin' After Midnight", "Dixie Chicken", "Night Rider's Lament" and "Face to Face"
- Vicki Hampton – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" and "Dixie Chicken"
- Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" and "Dixie Chicken"
- Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
- Donna McElroy – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" and "Dixie Chicken"
- Debbie Nims – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free"
- Denis Solee – clarinet on "Dixie Chicken"
- Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
- Howard Smith – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free"
- Bobby Wood – keyboards; piano on "Mr. Right", "Walkin' After Midnight" and "Dixie Chicken"
- Trisha Yearwood – backing vocals on "Dixie Chicken", "That Summer" and "Night Rider's Lament"
- Nashville String Machine – string section on "Somewhere Other Than the Night" and "Learning to Live Again"
Production
- Allen Reynolds – producer
- Mark Miller – recording and mixing engineer
- Matt Allen – recording assistant
- Richard Aspinwall – recording and mix assistant
- Terry Palmer – recording assistant, technical supervisor
- Carlos Grier – digital editing
- Denny Purcell – mastering engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1992) | Position |
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US Billboard 200[5] | 21 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] | 4 | |
Chart (1993) | Position |
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US Billboard 200[7] | 9 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] | 2 | |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak positions |
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US Country | CAN Country |
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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 | |
Other charted songs
Notes and References
- Web site: Garth Brooks to take an eight- month hiatus. Variety. Bruce. Haring. October 5, 1992. June 9, 2020.
- Hits of the World - Eurochart. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. October 10, 1992. 43.
- Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . 1st . Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava . Helsinki. 978-951-1-21053-5 . 263 . fi .
- Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
- Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1992. Billboard. 2 January 2013. October 24, 2021.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992. Billboard. 2 January 2013. October 24, 2021.
- Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. 2 January 2013. October 24, 2021.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. 2 January 2013. October 24, 2021.
- Book: Geoff Mayfield . 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 . . December 25, 1999 . October 15, 2010.