No Fences

No Fences
No Fences
Studio album by Garth Brooks
Released August 27, 1990
Recorded Jack's Tracks Recording Studio, Nashville, TN, 1990
Genre Country
Length 38:29
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Garth Brooks
(1989)
No Fences
(1990)
Ropin' the Wind
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 4/5 stars[1]
Allmusic 5/5 stars[2]
Artistdirect 5/5 stars[3]
Entertainment Weekly (A)[4]
Starpulse.com 4.5/5 stars[5]

No Fences is the second studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990 and reached #3 on the Billboard 200, and #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. No Fences remains Brooks' best-selling album to date with 17 million copies sold in the US, and is the album that made him an international star and was his first album issued in Great Britain (the original release in that country contained four bonus tracks, the singles from his previous U.S debut).

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 Garth'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 charts with it.

Contents

Background

Brooks commented on this album, saying:

"No Fences definitely, hands down would be the people's favorite album that we have done so far. It's by far our biggest selling album. With songs like Friends In Low Places, Two of a Kind, Unanswered Prayers, and especially The Thunder Rolls with all the attention it got with the video situation that it went through. It's probably not surprising that this is the biggest selling album of our collection. The number that we have sold surprises me to death, and this is a good time for me to say thanks to those people who have it. To those people who might be thinking about getting Fences, if you do, I hope that you don't feel like you've been let down. It's an album that I stand by, I'm very proud of. An album that I pull out from time to time and listen and hold my head up and say, yeah I'll still stand by it."[6]

Track listing

  1. "The Thunder Rolls" (Pat Alger, Garth Brooks) – 3:42
  2. "New Way to Fly" (Kim Williams, Brooks) – 3:54
  3. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" (Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins) – 2:31
  4. "Victim of the Game" (Mark D. Sanders, Brooks) – 3:06
  5. "Friends in Low Places" (DeWayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee) – 4:18
  6. "This Ain't Tennessee" (Jim Shaw, Larry Bastian) - 4:08A
  7. "Wild Horses" (Bill Shore, David Wills) – 3:08
  8. "Unanswered Prayers" (Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks) – 3:23
  9. "Same Old Story" (Tony Arata) – 2:52
  10. "Mr. Blue" (Blackwell) – 3:16
  11. "Wolves" (Stephanie Davis) – 4:08

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.

Chart performance

No Fences peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and peaked at #1 on the Top Country Albums selling 238,000 copies, his first #1 Country album.

Charts

Charts (1990/1992) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Albums 49
Canadian RPM Country Albums 2
U.S. Billboard 200[7] 3
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[7] 1

Sales and Certifications

Region Provider Certification Sales/Shipments
Canada CRIA 7x Platinum 700,000+
United States RIAA 17x Platinum 17,900,000
World-Wide 23,000,000

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[8] 4

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country UK
1990 "Friends in Low Places" 1 1 36
"Unanswered Prayers" 1 1
1991 "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" 1 1
"The Thunder Rolls" 1 1
2000 "Wild Horses" (re-recording) 7 50

Personnel[9]

Musicians

  • Garth Brooks - guitar, vocals
  • Chris Leuzinger - guitar
  • Pat Alger - guitar, background vocals
  • Johnny Christopher - guitar
  • Mark Casstevens - guitar
  • Bruce Bouton - steel guitar, background vocals
  • Rob Hajacos - fiddle, background vocals
  • Bobby Wood - piano, keyboard, background vocals
  • Edgar Meyer - acoustic bass
  • Milton Sledge - drums, acoustic bass
  • Mike Chapman - acoustic bass, background vocals
  • Mike Palmer - Drums, Percussion
  • Dave Gant - Vocals, Keyboards, Fiddle
  • Steve McClure - Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel)
  • Ty England - Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic)
  • Brian Petree - Vocals, Stage Manager
  • James Garver - Guitar, Fiddle, Vocals
  • Nashville String Machine - strings

Background 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

Production

  • Virginia Team - Art Direction
  • Denny Purcell - Mastering
  • Mary Beth Felts - Make-Up
  • Beverly Parker - Photography
  • Jerry Joyner - Design
  • Mark Miller - Mixing, Engineer
  • Dan Heins - Vocals, Audio Engineer

See also

References and external links

Preceded by
Killin' Time by Clint Black
Top Country Albums number-one album
October 13 - November 24, 1990
Succeeded by
Heroes & Friends by Randy Travis
Preceded by
Heroes & Friends by Randy Travis
Top Country Albums number-one album
December 1–22, 1990
Succeeded by
Put Yourself in My Shoes by Clint Black
Preceded by
Put Yourself in My Shoes by Clint Black
Top Country Albums number-one album
February 9 - May 18, 1991
Succeeded by
Eagle When She Flies by Dolly Parton
Preceded by
Eagle When She Flies by Dolly Parton
Top Country Albums number-one album
May 25 - September 28, 1991
Succeeded by
Ropin' The Wind by Garth Brooks
Preceded by
Killin' Time by Clint Black
Top Country Albums number-one album of the year
1991
Succeeded by
Ropin' the Wind by Garth Brooks

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