No Fences Explained
No Fences |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Garth Brooks |
Cover: | Garth Brooks-No Fences (album cover).jpg |
Released: | August 27, 1990 |
Recorded: | 1989–1990 |
Studio: | Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee) |
Genre: |
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Length: | 38:29 |
Label: | Capitol Nashville |
Producer: | Allen Reynolds |
Prev Title: | Garth Brooks |
Prev Year: | 1989 |
Next Title: | Ropin' the Wind |
Next Year: | 1991 |
No Fences is the second studio album by the American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990, and reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album also reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. On the latter chart, it stayed in the top 40 for 126 weeks.[2] No Fences remains Brooks' best-selling studio album to date with 18 million copies shipped in the US,[3] and is the album that made him an international star. It was his first album issued in Europe (the original European release contained the four singles from his US debut as bonus tracks).
Singles
Some of Brooks' most famous songs appear on No Fences, including: "The Thunder Rolls" (CMA's 1991 Video of the Year), "Friends in Low Places" (Academy of Country Music's 1990 Single of the Year), "Unanswered Prayers" and "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House". A cover version of The Fleetwoods' "Mr. Blue" appears on the album. The album itself was named Album of the Year by the ACM in 1990. It reached Number 1 on the British country music charts (earning Brooks his first gold album in that country) and remained charted for over five years.
The track "Victim of the Game" was later covered by Brooks's friend and future wife Trisha Yearwood for her 1991 eponymous debut album.
Brooks later re-recorded the track "Wild Horses", and released the new recording as a single in early 2001, reaching #7 on the country chart.
25th anniversary reissue
In September 2015, it was announced No Fences would be reissued later in the year to commemorate its 25-year release anniversary. The release would include a new version of "Friends in Low Places", featuring George Strait, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, and Keith Urban singing along with Brooks. The album release has since been delayed due to royalty disputes.[4]
Personnel
The following credits are sourced from liner notes included with the album's release.[5]
Musicians
- Pat Alger – acoustic guitar, harmony and backing vocals
- Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar, harmony and backing vocals
- Tim Bowers – bass guitar, harmony and backing vocals
- Garth Brooks – lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Mike Chapman – bass guitar, harmony and backing vocals
- Johnny Christopher – acoustic guitar
- Ty England – acoustic guitar, harmony and backing vocals
- Dave Gant – piano, keyboard, organ, fiddle, harmony and backing vocals
- James Garver – electric guitar, harmony and backing vocals
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle, harmony and backing vocals
- Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
- Steve McClure – electric and pedal steel guitars
- Edgar Meyer – double bass
- Mike Palmer – drums, percussion
- Brian Petree – harmony and backing vocals
- Milton Sledge – drums
- Bobby Wood – piano, keyboards, organ, harmony and backing vocals
- Nashville String Machine – string orchestra
Backing and harmony vocalists
- Friends in Low Places
- Pat Alger
- Al "Shaggy" Barclay
- Dewayne Blackwell
- Bruce Bouton
- Tim Bowers
- Sandy Brooks
- Stephanie C. Brown
- Mike Chapman
- Bob Doyle
- The Englands (plus one)
- Dave Gant
- Rob Hajacos
- Joe Harris
- Dan Heins
- Rusty "Race Horse" Jones
- Steve King
- Earl of Bud Lee
- Pam "The Chick" Lewis
- Buddy Mondlock
- Steve Morley
- Mike "Palmerman"
- Brian Petree
- Dale Pierce
- Jim Rooney
- Tami Rose
- Lee Sartin
- Charlie Stefl
- Scott Stem
- Bobby Wood
- Unanswered Prayers
- Wendy Johnson
- Jennifer O'Brien
- Hurshel Wiginton
- Curtis Young
- Wolves
- Indian River
- David McVay
- Stephen Tolman
- Neil Thrasher
- Curry Worsham
Recording
- Denny Purcell – mastering engineer
- Mark Miller – recording and mixing engineer
- Dan Heins – harmony and backing vocals, audio engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1990) | Position |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] | 60 |
Chart (1991) | Position |
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US Billboard 200[9] | 2 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] | 1 |
Chart (1992) | Position |
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US Billboard 200[11] | 6 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] | 3 |
Chart (1993) | Position |
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US Billboard 200[13] | 47 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] | 9 |
Chart (1994) | Position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] | 85 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[16] | 21 | |
Decade-end charts
See also
Notes and References
- Friends in Low Places Edition. Hit Parade Music History and Music Trivia. Slate. Molanphy. Chris. November 5, 2020. January 22, 2024.
- Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums, 3rd edition, Billboard Books, 1995, p. 46.
- Web site: 16 August 2015. RIAA – Searchable Database. .
- Web site: Newman. Melinda. Garth Brooks' All-Star 'Friends in Low Places' & Album Reissue On Hold Over Royalty Dispute: Exclusive. Billboard.com. September 6, 2015.
- No Fences . Garth Brooks . 1990 . CD . Capitol Records . 93866.
- Hits of the World – Eurochart. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 17 May 1994. 43.
- Hits of the World – Ireland. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 23 April 1994. 47.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990. Billboard. December 27, 2020.
- Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991. Billboard. December 27, 2020.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991. Billboard. December 27, 2020.
- Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1992. Billboard. December 27, 2020.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992. Billboard. December 27, 2020.
- Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. December 27, 2020.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. December 27, 2020.
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20151102014251/http://i.imgur.com/3GuDxzg.jpg . The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1994 . November 2, 2015 . May 19, 2022 . Australian Record Industry Association Ltd..
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994. Billboard. December 27, 2020.
- 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.