The Chase (Garth Brooks album)

The Chase
Studio album by Garth Brooks
Released	September 14, 1992
Recorded	Jack's Track's Recording Studio
Genre	Country
Label	Liberty
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Beyond the Season (1992) The Chase (1992) In Pieces (1993)
Singles from The Chase
"We Shall Be Free" Released: August 31, 1992 "Somewhere Other Than the Night" Released: October 12, 1992 "Learning to Live Again" Released: January 25, 1993 "That Summer" Released: April 26, 1993

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
Q	[3]
Robert Christgau	B+[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

The Chase is the fourth 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, The Chase debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and Top Country Albums chart. and has been certified 9 x Platinum by the RIAA. It was also successful internationally, reaching #1 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:

"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."^[6]

Commercial performance

The Chase debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his second, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his third #1 Country album. This album was keeping Madonna's "Erotica" from taking the top spot. In November 2006, The Chase was certified 9 x Platinum by the RIAA

Track listing

1. "We Shall Be Free" (Stephanie Davis, Garth Brooks) – 3:48
2. "Somewhere Other Than the Night" (Kent Blazy, Brooks) – 3:12
3. "Mr. Right" (Brooks) – 2:01
4. "Every Now and Then" (Buddy Mondlock, Brooks) – 4:16
5. "Walkin' After Midnight" (Alan Block, Donn Hecht) – 2:33
6. "Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Martin Kibbee) – 4:25
7. "Learning to Live Again" (Don Schlitz, Davis) – 4:06
8. "That Summer" (Pat Alger, Sandy Mahl-Brooks, Brooks) – 4:47
9. "Something With a Ring to It" (Aaron Tippin, Mark Collie) - 2:33^A
10. "Night Rider's Lament" (Michael Burton) – 4:05
11. "Face to Face" (Tony Arata) – 4:26

^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 section
• Debbie Nims - backing vocals
• Dennis Solee - clarinet
• Milton Sledge - drums, percussion
• Howard Smith - backing vocals
• Bobby Wood - piano, keyboards
• Trisha Yearwood - backing vocals

Charts

Charts (1992) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[7] 24 Canadian RPM Top Albums 6 Canadian RPM Country Albums 1 European Albums Chart[8] 90 Finnish Albums Chart[9] 32 German Albums Chart[10] 76 New Zealand Albums Chart[7] 45 U.S. Billboard 200[11] 1 U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[11] 1 End of decade charts Chart (1990–1999) Position U.S. Billboard 200[12] 65

Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country CAN Country 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 Year Single Peak positions US Country 1993 "Dixie Chicken" 73

Certifications

Region	Provider	Certification	Sales/Shipments
Australia	ARIA	Gold[13]	35,000
Canada	CRIA	5 × Platinum[14]	500,000
Ireland	IRMA	Platinum	15,000
United States	RIAA	9 x Platinum[15]	9,000,000
World-Wide			9,550,000

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Entertainment Weekly review
3. Album reviews at CD Universe
4. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
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.
6. "Garth'S Cd'S". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
7. Garth Brooks - The Chase - swisscharts.com
8. https://books.google.ca/books?id=EBIEAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1|title=Hits of the World - Eurochart|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=10 October 1992|page=43
9. 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.
10. Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de
11. "The Chase - Garth Brooks". Billboard.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
12. 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.
13. "Top 50 Albums Chart - Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
14. "CRIA - Audio and Video Certification January 2009". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
15. "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-02-12.