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Sevens(album)

Sevensis the seventh studio album by Americancountry musicartistGarth Brooks.It was released on November 25, 1997, and debuted at No. 1 on theBillboard200,and on theTop Country Albumschart. To date, it is Brooks' last studio album to be certifieddiamondby theRIAA.The album also topped the Country album charts inBritainfor several months and crossed over into the mainstream pop charts. His duet withTrisha Yearwood,"In Another's Eyes", won theGrammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocalsat theGrammy Awards of 1998.Sevenswas nominated for theBest Country AlbumGrammy the following year.

Sevens
Studio albumby
Garth Brooks
ReleasedNovember 25, 1997
StudioJack's Tracks(Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length46:01
LabelCapitol Nashville
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brookschronology
Fresh Horses
(1995) 		Sevens
(1997) 		The Limited Series
(1998)
SinglesfromSevens
  1. "In Another's Eyes"
    Released: August 18, 1997
  2. "Longneck Bottle"
    Released: November 22, 1997
  3. "She's Gonna Make It"
    Released: January 15, 1998
  4. "Two Piña Coladas"
    Released: March 16, 1998
  5. "You Move Me"
    Released: August 24, 1998
  6. "Do What You Gotta Do"
    Released: January 3, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer GuideB[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Background

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Brooks commented on the album by saying:

"I'm proud, I'm excited, I'm nervous, and it feels good to be back in the game again. This is a very personal album. I only wrote six of the songs, but there are many that are so 'me' that people I work with every day thought I wrote them."[6]

Track listings

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Longneck Bottle"Rick Carnes,Steve Wariner2:17
2."How You Ever Gonna Know"Kent Blazy,Garth Brooks3:36
3."She's Gonna Make It"Blazy, Brooks,Kim Williams2:46
4."I Don't Have to Wonder"Shawn Camp,Taylor Dunn3:05
5."Two Piña Coladas"Camp, Benita Hill,Sandy Mason3:35
6."Cowboy Cadillac"Brooks, Brian Kennedy2:48
7."Fit for a King"Carl Jackson,Jim Rushing3:59
8."Do What You Gotta Do"Pat Flynn2:58
9."You Move Me"Gordon Kennedy, Pierce Pettis4:33
10."In Another's Eyes"(featuringTrisha Yearwood)Brooks, John Peppard, Bobby Wood3:34
11."When There's No One Around"Tim O'Brien,Darrell Scott3:33
12."A Friend to Me"Brooks,Victoria Shaw3:06
13."Take the Keys to My Heart"Hill, Tommy Smith, Pam Wolfe2:32
14."Belleau Wood"Brooks, Joe Henry3:28
Total length:45:46
  • A music video was made for "I Don't Have to Wonder", even though it was not released as a single. It was directed by Jon Small and Garth Brooks.

Personnel

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The following credits are sourced from liner notes.[7]

  • Susan Ashton– backing vocals on "She's Gonna Make It" and "You Move Me"
  • Sam Bacco – percussion on "You Move Me" and "Belleau Wood";congason "She's Gonna Make It"
  • Bruce Bouton–pedal steel guitar
  • Garth Brooks– lead and backing vocals
  • Sam Bush– backing vocals on "Do What You Gotta Do";mandolinon "Do What You Gotta Do" and "When There's No One Around"
  • Shawn Camp– acoustic guitar on "Two Piña Coladas"
  • Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar except "Fit For a King"
  • Mike Chapman – bass guitar
  • John Cowan– backing vocals on "Do What You Gotta Do"
  • Béla Fleck– banjo on "Do What You Gotta Do"
  • Pat Flynn– acoustic guitar on "Do What You Gotta Do"
  • Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar on "Fit for a King"
  • Rob Hajacos –fiddle
  • Randy Hardison – drums on "Fit for a King"
  • Lona Heid – backing vocals on "Fit for a King"
  • Randy Howard – fiddle on "Fit for a King"
  • Carl Jackson– acoustic guitar and backing vocals on "Fit for a King"
  • Chris Leuzinger –electric guitar
  • Edgar Meyer–double basson "Belleau Wood"
  • Jim Ed Norman– string arrangements and conductor on "In Another's Eyes" and "A Friend to Me"
  • Al Perkins–resonator guitaron "Fit for a King"
  • Allen Reynolds – backing vocals on "How You Ever Gonna Know"; producer
  • Milton Sledge – drums except "Fit For a King"; percussion on "How You Ever Gonna Know", "When There's No One Around" and "Belleau Wood"
  • Catherine Styron – piano on "Fit for a King"
  • Steve Wariner– acoustic guitar on "Longneck Bottle"
  • Bobby Wood – keyboards; piano on "Longneck Bottle"; electric piano on "Cowboy Cadillac"; backing vocals on "How You Ever Gonna Know"
  • Trisha Yearwood– duet vocals on "In Another's Eyes"
  • Nashville String Machine–string sectionon "In Another's Eyes" and "A Friend to Me"

Crowd vocals on "Two Piña Coladas": Dorothy "The Birthday Girl" Robinson, Charles Green, Mat Lindsey,Sandy Mason,Shawn Camp, Big Al, "Double D", Sam "The Man" Duczer, Garth Brooks

Chart performance

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Sevensdebuted at number one on the USBillboard200,becoming his fifth, and number one on theTop Country Albums,becoming his seventh Country number-one album. In November 2006,Sevenswas certified 10× Platinum by theRIAA.

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[22] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[23] 5× Platinum 500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[25] Diamond 10,000,000^

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^"Sevens - Garth Brooks".Allmusic.RetrievedDecember 12,2015.
  2. ^Allmusic review
  3. ^"Robert Christgau Consumer Guide".Robertchristgau.com. November 10, 1992.RetrievedJuly 8,2013.
  4. ^Alanna Nash (November 28, 1997)."Entertainment Weekly review".Ew.com.RetrievedJuly 8,2013.
  5. ^Garth Brooks (January 22, 1998)."Rolling Stone review".Rolling Stone.Archived fromthe originalon November 14, 2007.RetrievedJuly 8,2013.
  6. ^"PlanetGarth.com: Song Database: Albums: Sevens".www.planetgarth.com.Archived fromthe originalon January 24, 2002.
  7. ^Sevens(CD). Garth Brooks. Capitol Records. 1997. 329519.{{cite AV media notes}}:CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^"Australiancharts.com – Garth Brooks – Sevens".Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  9. ^"Dutchcharts.nl – Garth Brooks – Sevens"(in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  10. ^"Hits of the World - Eurochart".Billboard.Nielsen Business Media, Inc.December 20, 1997. p. 43.
  11. ^"Offiziellecharts.de – Garth Brooks – Sevens"(in German).GfK Entertainment Charts.Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  12. ^"Norwegiancharts.com – Garth Brooks – Sevens".Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  13. ^"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company.Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  14. ^"Swisscharts.com – Garth Brooks – Sevens".Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  15. ^"Official Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company.Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  16. ^"Garth Brooks Chart History (Billboard200) ".Billboard.Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  17. ^"Garth Brooks Chart History (Top Country Albums)".Billboard.Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  18. ^"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998".Billboard.RetrievedMay 16,2021.
  19. ^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998".Billboard.RetrievedMay 16,2021.
  20. ^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999".Billboard.RetrievedMay 16,2021.
  21. ^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.RetrievedOctober 15,2010.
  22. ^"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums"(PDF).Australian Recording Industry Association.RetrievedJune 9,2020.
  23. ^"Canadian album certifications – Garth Brooks – Sevens".Music Canada.RetrievedJune 9,2020.
  24. ^"British album certifications – Garth Brooks – Sevens".British Phonographic Industry.RetrievedJune 9,2020.
  25. ^"American album certifications – Garth Brooks – Sevens".Recording Industry Association of America.RetrievedJune 9,2020.
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