Sevens (album)

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Sevens
Studio album by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedNovember 25, 1997
StudioJack's Tracks Recording Studio, Nashville
GenreCountry
Length46:01
LabelCapitol Nashville
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Fresh Horses
(1995) 		Sevens
(1997) 		Scarecrow
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[2]
Robert ChristgauB[3]
Rolling Stone3/5 stars[4]

Sevens is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 25, 1997, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums chart. The album also topped the Country album charts in Britain for several months and crossed over into the mainstream pop charts. His duet with Trisha Yearwood, "In Another's Eyes", won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals at the Grammy Awards of 1998. Sevens was nominated for the Best Country Album Grammy the following year.

Background[change | change source]

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".[5]

Track listing[change | change source]

  1. "Longneck Bottle" (Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner) – 2:15
  2. "How You Ever Gonna Know" (Kent Blazy, Garth Brooks) – 3:35
  3. "She's Gonna Make It" (Blazy, Kim Williams, Brooks) – 2:45
  4. "I Don't Have to Wonder" (Shawn Camp, Taylor Dunn) – 3:04
  5. "Two Piña Coladas" (Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy Manson) – 3:34
  6. "Cowboy Cadillac" (Bryan Kennedy, Brooks) – 2:50
  7. "Fit for a King" (Jim Rushing, Carl Jackson) – 3:58
  8. "Do What You Gotta Do" (Pat Flynn) – 2:57
  9. "You Move Me" (Gordon Kennedy, Pierce Pettis) – 4:34
  10. "In Another's Eyes" (Bobby Wood, John Peppard, Brooks) – 3:33
  11. "When There's No One Around" (Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott) – 3:33
  12. "A Friend to Me" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 3:05
  13. "Take The Keys to My Heart" (Hill, Pam Wolfe, Tommy Smith) – 2:31
  14. "Belleau Wood" (Joe Henry, Brooks) – 3:29

Chart performance[change | change source]

Sevens debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his fifth, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 Country album. In November 2006, Sevens was certified 10 x Platinum by the RIAA.

End of decade charts[change | change source]

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[18] 42

Chart Successions[change | change source]

Preceded by
ReLoad by Metallica 		Billboard 200 number-one album
December 13, 1997 - January 16, 1998 		Succeeded by
Let's Talk About Love by Celine Dion
Preceded by
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Come On Over by Shania Twain 		Top Country Albums number-one album
December 13, 1997 - February 6, 1998
February 28 - March 13, 1998
March 21 - April 10, 1998 		Succeeded by
You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs by LeAnn Rimes
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Preceded by
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Come On Over by Shania Twain 		RPM Country Albums number-one album
December 8, 1997 - January 25, 1998
March 9–29, 1998 		Succeeded by
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Preceded by
Blue
by LeAnn Rimes 		Top Country Albums number-one album of the year
1998 		Succeeded by
Come On Over
by Shania Twain

Credits[change | change source]

Technical[change | change source]

  • Recorded and Mixed by Mark Miller
  • Recorded at Jack's Tracks Recording Studio
  • Assisted by Duke Duczer and Joe Hayden
  • Strings Recorded at Javelina Studios
  • Mastered at Georgetown Masters by Denny Purcell
  • Digital Editing by Carlos Grier

Personnel[change | change source]

As listed in liner notes.[19]

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

All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted and arranged by Jim Ed Norman.

Art[change | change source]

  • Production: Carlton Davis
  • Production Assistant: Denise Jarvis
  • Art Direction: Virginia Team
  • Design: Jerry Joyner
  • Photography: Beverly Parker
  • Additional Photographs: Henry Diltz, Virginia Team and Jerry Joyner
  • Make-Up: Mary Beth Felts
  • Digital Imager: Harris Graphics

First editions[change | change source]

777,777 copies of Sevens were marked as First Editions. These albums have a gold seal on the CD booklet and a similar mark on the CD itself. Canadian versions of the albums have a maple leaf shaped seal on the cover. First Editions were not released outside of North America.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Alanna Nash (1997-11-28). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  3. ↑ "Robert Christgau Consumer Guide". Robertchristgau.com. 1992-11-10. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  4. ↑ Garth Brooks (1998-01-22). "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  5. ↑ "Planet Garth Forums". Planet Garth Forums. Archived from the original on 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Garth Brooks - Sevens - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com.
  7. ↑ "TOP20.dk © 1998-4". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  8. ↑ "Hits of the World - Eurochart". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 December 1997. p. 43.
  9. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  10. ↑ "Hits of the World - Ireland". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 17 January 1998. p. 51. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  11. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  12. ↑ "Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://www.billboard.com/artist/garth-brooks/chart-history/
  14. ↑ "Accreditations 1997 Albums - Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  15. ↑ "Canadian Recording Industry Association: Certification Results- February 15, 2010". CRIA. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  16. ↑ "CERTIFIED AWARDS LATEST NEWS". BPI. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
  17. ↑ "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ Sevens (CD). Garth Brooks. Capitol Records. 1997. 329519.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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