The Chase (Garth Brooks album)

The Chase is the fifth studio album of American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 14, 1992 on Liberty Records and sold 403,000 copies in its first week,[6] 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.

The Chase
Studio album by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1992
StudioJack's Track's Recording Studio
GenreCountry
Length40:12
LabelLiberty
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Beyond the Season
(1992)		 The Chase
(1992)		 In Pieces
(1993)
Singles from The Chase
  1. "We Shall Be Free"
    Released: August 31, 1992
  2. "Somewhere Other Than the Night"
    Released: October 12, 1992
  3. "Learning to Live Again"
    Released: January 25, 1993
  4. "That Summer"
    Released: April 26, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideB+[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Q[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

"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:

"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."[7]

Commercial performance

The Chase debuted atop the U.S.[6] 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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We Shall Be Free"Garth Brooks, Stephanie Davis3:44
2."Somewhere Other Than the Night"Kent Blazy, Brooks3:11
3."Mr. Right"Brooks2:01
4."Every Now and Then"Brooks, Buddy Mondlock3:56
5."Walkin' After Midnight"Alan Block, Don Hecht2:33
6."Dixie Chicken"Lowell George, Martin Kibbee4:21
7."Learning to Live Again"Davis, Don Schlitz4:05
8."That Summer"Pat Alger, Brooks, Sandy Mahl4:46
9."Something with a Ring to ItA"Aaron Tippin, Mark Collie2:33
10."Night Rider's Lament"Michael Burton4:04
11."Face To Face"Tony Arata4:18
Total length:36:59

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
  • Garth Brooks – lead and backing vocals
  • Ty England – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave Gant – keyboards, fiddle, backing vocals
  • James Garver – electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steve McClure – pedal steel and electric guitars
  • Betsy Smittle – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Palmer – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

  • Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
  • Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
  • Gary Chapman – backing vocals
  • Mike Chapman – bass guitar, Synclavier programming on "We Shall Be Free"
  • Johnny Cobb – backing vocals
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
  • Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals
  • Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
  • Donna McElroy – backing vocals
  • Nashville String Machine – string orchestra
  • Debbie Nims – backing vocals
  • Dennis Solee – clarinet
  • Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
  • Howard Smith – backing vocals
  • Bobby Wood – piano, keyboards
  • Trisha Yearwood – backing vocals

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[15] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[16] 5× Platinum 500,000^
United States (RIAA)[17] Diamond 10,000,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  3. Entertainment Weekly review
  4. Album reviews at CD Universe
  5. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 105. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone garth brooks album guide.
  6. Haring, Bruce (October 5, 1992). "Garth Brooks to take an eight- month hiatus". Variety. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  7. "Garth'S Cd'S". Angelfire.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  8. Garth Brooks - The Chase - swisscharts.com
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=EBIEAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1%7Ctitle=Hits of the World - Eurochart|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=10 October 1992|page=43
  10. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  11. Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de
  12. "The Chase - Garth Brooks". Billboard.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  14. 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.
  15. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  16. "Canadian album certifications – Garth Brooks – The Chase". Music Canada. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  17. "American album certifications – Garth Brooks – The Chase". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 9, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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