Sevens (album)

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Sevens
Sevens cover
Studio album by Garth Brooks
Released November 25, 1997
Genre Country
Length 46:01 min.
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer(s) Allen Reynolds
Professional reviews
Garth Brooks chronology
Fresh Horses
(1995)
Sevens
(1997)
Double Live
(1998)


Sevens is the seventh studio album (ninth overall) of American Country Music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 25, 1997. It hit #1 on the Billboard Country music charts and #1 on the Billboard's Pop chart. The album also topped the Country album charts in Britain for several months and crossed over into the mainstream pop charts.

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.

Brooks quoted upon release of the album: "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".

Through 2006, approximately nine million copies have been sold in the U.S. 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.

Contents

[edit] Track Listings

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

[edit] Chart singles

Year Song U.S. Country U.S. Hot 100
1997 "In Another's Eyes" (with Trisha Yearwood) 2 -
1997 "Cowboy Cadillac" 52 -
1997 "How You Ever Gonna Know?" 59 -
1997 "Take the Keys to My Heart" 57 -
1997 "Longneck Bottle" (with Steve Wariner) 1 -
1998 "Belleau Wood" 41 -
1998 "She's Gonna Make It" 2 -
1998 "Two Piña Colladas" 1 -
1998 "You Move Me" 3 -
2000 "Do What You Gotta Do" 13 69

[edit] Credits

[edit] Technical

  • 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

[edit] Musicians

  • Drums and Percussion: Milton Sledge ("Fit For A King" Drums: Randy Hardison; "She's Gonna Make It", "You Move Me" and "Bellau Wood" Percussion: Sam Bacco)
  • Bass: Mike Chapman ("Fit For A King": Kevin Grant)
  • Keyboard and Piano: Bobby Wood ("Fit For A King" Piano: Cathrine Sytron)
  • Electric and Nylon String Guitars: Chris Leuzinger
  • Acoustic Guitar: Mark Castevens ("Fit For A King": Carl Jackson)
  • Additional Acoustic Guitars - "Longneck Bottle": Steve Wariner, "Two Piña Coladas": Shawn Camp, "Do What You Gotta Do": Pat Flynn
  • Fiddle: Rob Hajacos ("Fit For A King": Randy Howard)
  • Steel Guitar: Bruce Bouton
  • Dobro: Al Perkins
  • Mandolin: Sam Bush
  • Banjo: Béla Fleck
  • Arco Bass: Edgar Meyer
  • Strings Arranged and Conducted by Jim Ed Norman
  • Strings: The Nashville String Machine

[edit] Art

  • 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


[edit] References and External Links