Fresh Horses (album)
Fresh Horses is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 21,1995. Fresh Horses peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart, and #1 on the Top Country Albums chart.
The album had a worldwide radio ban until it was available to buy. Only the two singles issued (" She' s Every Woman" and" The Fever" ) were allowed to be played before this date, the latter of which was a new country-rock version of an old Aerosmith song. Through 2006, approximately 7 million copies have been sold in the U. S.
Background
Brooks commented on the album saying:
" Everyone was expecting this album to be pop. Everyone said we were leaving (country). For the first time ever, I was involved (in writing) in eight of the 10 cuts, so it' s a huge reflection of myself. It' s the things I enjoy singing about. I got to sing about the band on the road, I got to sing about cowboys, and more importantly, the women who put up with those cowboys. Track listing" The Old Stuff" (Bryan Kennedy, Dan Roberts, Garth Brooks) - 4: 12" Cowboys and Angels" (Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Brooks) - 3: 16" The Fever" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, Kennedy) - 2: 40" That Ol' Wind" (Leigh Reynolds, Brooks) - 5: 22" Rollin' " (Harley Allen, Reynolds, Brooks) - 4: 07" The Change" (Tony Arata, Wayne Tester) - 4: 06" The Beaches of Cheyenne" (Roberts, Kennedy, Brooks) - 4: 13" It' s Midnight Cinderella" (Williams, Blazy, Brooks) - 2: 23" She' s Every Woman" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) - 2: 53
"Ireland" (Stephanie Davis, Jenny Yates, Brooks) - 5: 01
"The Limited Series" (1998) of the album inserted a cover of Bob Dylan's "To Make You Feel My Love" between tracks 7 and 8.
Chart performanceFresh Horses peaked at #2 on the U. S. Billboard 200, and peaked #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his sixth #1 Country album. In November 2006, Fresh Horses' ' ' ' ' was certified 7 x Platinum by the RIAA.
Album
Sales and Certifications
Singles
Other charted songs
Chart Successions
Personnel
Garth Brooks - lead vocals
Additional musicians
Susan Ashton - backing vocals
Sam Bacco - percussion
Bruce Bouton - steel guitar
Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
Mike Chapman - bass guitar
Ed Foote - hurdy-gurdy
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
Gordon Kennedy - electric guitar
Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
Jimmy Mattingly - fiddle
Bobby Wood - piano, organ, keyboards
Leigh Reynolds - acoustic guitar
Milton Sledge - drums, percussion
Trisha Yearwood - backing vocals
References
1995 albums
Garth Brooks albums