Garth Brooks In ... The Life of Chris Gaines
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| Garth Brooks in ... The Life of Chris Gaines | ||
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| Studio album by Garth Brooks | ||
| Released | September 28, 1999 | |
| Genre | Rock Alternative rock |
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| Garth Brooks chronology | ||
| Double Live (1998) |
Garth Brooks in ... The Life of Chris Gaines (1999) |
Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas (1999) |
Garth Brooks in ... The Life of Chris Gaines is part of the alter ego project of American country singer-songwriter Garth Brooks, in which Chris Gaines is a fictional rock singer. Orginially this album was to be the soundtrack for a movie called "The Lamb" that would star Garth Brooks as a rock star recalling the different periods of his life. This album was purposely released a year in advance from the scheduled film release date to pique interest in Brooks performing rock instead of country. "The Lamb" was never filmed due to financial and management problems.
This is Brooks' eleventh overall album, released on September 28, 1999. It reached #2 on the Billboard 200 Pop albums chart. Through 2006, it sold approximately two million albums in the U.S.
On Nov. 13, 1999, Brooks hosted Saturday Night Live as himself but performed the musical numbers as Chris Gaines without acknowledging to the audience that they were the same person. He performed "Way Of The Girl."
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[edit] Track Listings
- "That's The Way I Remember It" - 4:29 (Tommy Simms, Tony Arata)
- "Lost in You" - 3:05 (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Simms)
- "Snow in July" - 4:20 (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Mike More, Andrew Logan)
- "Driftin' Away" - 4:56 (Tommy Simms)
- "Way Of The Girl" - 3:44 (Gordon Kennedy)
- "Unsigned Letter" - 4:17 (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Simms)
- "It Don't Matter to the Sun" - 4:21 (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Simms)
- "Right Now" - 3:24 (Cheryl Wheeler, Chet Powers)
- "Main Street" - 4:12 (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Trisha Yearwood)
- "White Flag" - 4:43 (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick)
- "Digging for Gold" - 5:08 (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick)
- "Maybe" - 5:11 (Gordon Kennedy, Phil Madeira)
- "My Love tells Me So" - 4:33 (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Simms), Lead Singer: Gordon Kennedy
[edit] Chart Singles
| Year | Song | U.S. Country | U.S. Hot 100 | UK singles |
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| 1999 | "Lost in You" | 62 | 5 | 70 |
| 1999 | "It Don't Matter to the Sun" | 24 | - | - |
[edit] Personnel
- Garth Brooks (vocals, acoustic guitar)
- Gordon Kennedy (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass)
- Wayne Kirkpatrick (acoustic guitar, Clavinet, keyboards, programming, background vocals)
- Tommy Sims (acoustic guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals)
- Reggie Young (electric guitar)
- Mike Lawler (Clavinet, keyboards)
- Phil Madeira, Rami Jaffee (Hammond B-3 organ)
- Matt Rollings, Greg Phillinganes, Blair Masters (keyboards)
- Jimmie Lee Sloas, Hutch Hutchison (bass)
- Chris McHugh (drums, percussion, programming)
- Kenny Aronoff, Dan Needham, Eddie Bayers (drums)
- Lenny Castro, Terry McMillan (percussion)
- Crystal Taliefero, Lee Leavitt, Mark Heimermann, Chris Harris (background vocals)
- Engineers include: JB Baird, Glenn Spinner, Steve Bishir
[edit] References and External Links
Studio albums: Garth Brooks · No Fences · Ropin' the Wind · The Chase · In Pieces · Fresh Horses · Sevens · Garth Brooks In ... The Life of Chris Gaines · Scarecrow · The Lost Sessions
Holiday albums: Beyond the Season · Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas · Songs from Call Me Claus
Compilation albums: The Garth Brooks Collection · The Hits
Live albums: Double Live
Box sets: The Limited Series · The Limited Series · The Entertainer
Singles: "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" · "If Tomorrow Never Comes" · "Not Counting You" · "The Dance" · "Friends in Low Places" · "Unanswered Prayers" · "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" · "The Thunder Rolls" · "Rodeo" · "Shameless" · "What She's Doing Now" · "Against the Grain" · "Papa Loved Mama" · "The River" · "Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy" · "We Shall Be Free" · "The Old Man's Back in Town" · "Somewhere Other Than the Night" · "Dixie Chicken" · "Learning to Live Again" · "That Summer" · "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" · "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" · "Standing Outside the Fire" · "One Night a Day" · "Hard Luck Woman" · "Callin' Baton Rouge" · "The Red Strokes" · "She's Every Woman" · "The Fever" · "The Beaches of Cheyenne" · "The Change" · "It's Midnight Cinderella" · "That Ol' Wind" · "The Old Stuff" · "In Another's Eyes" · "Cowboy Cadillac" · "How You Ever Gonna Know" · "Take the Keys to My Heart" · "Longneck Bottle" · "Belleau Wood" · "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" · "She's Gonna Make It" · "Two Piña Coladas" · "One Heart at a Time" · "Something With a Ring to It" · "Uptown Down-Home Good Ol' Boy" · "To Make You Feel My Love" · "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" · "Where Your Road Leads" · "You Move Me" · "It's Your Song" · "Tearin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down)" · "Wild As the Wind" · "Go Tell It on the Mountain" · "Lost in You" · "It Don't Matter to the Sun" · "Sleigh Ride" · "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" · "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays" · "White Christmas" · "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" · "Baby Jesus Is Born" · "Do What You Gotta Do" · "When You Come Back to Me Again" · "Katie Wants a Fast One" · "Wild Horses" · "Call Me Claus" · "'Zat You, Santa Claus?" · "Beer Run" · "Wrapped Up In You" · "Squeeze Me In" · "Thicker Than Blood" · "Why Ain't I Running" · "Good Ride Cowboy" · "Love Will Always Win" · "That Girl Is a Cowboy"
