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'''''Ropin' the Wind''''' is [[United States|American]] [[country music]] artist [[Garth Brooks]]' third album, released on Tuesday, [[September 10]], [[1991]]. It was the first album to debut at #1 on both the Country and [[Billboard 200|Pop chart]]s in the [[United States]]. There it enjoyed four runs at #1 between September |
'''''Ropin' the Wind''''' is [[United States|American]] [[country music]] artist [[Garth Brooks]]' third album, released on Tuesday, [[September 10]], [[1991]]. It was the first album to debut at #1 on both the Country and [[Billboard 200|Pop chart]]s in the [[United States]]. There it enjoyed four runs at #1 between September 28 1991 - April 3 1992, spending a combined 18 weeks at the top, eventually being certified for shipments of 14 million copies in the United States by the [[RIAA]]<ref>http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=3&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Garth%20Brooks&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=on&startMonth=1&endMonth=4&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25</ref> on September 23 1998. It also had success in many countries. In the UK it reached the [[UK Album Chart|Top 50 pop albums list]] and went to #1 for several months on the country charts. Overall it sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. Brooks had this to say regarding the album: |
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Ropin' the Wind is American country music artist Garth Brooks' third album, released on Tuesday, September 10, 1991. It was the first album to debut at #1 on both the Country and Pop charts in the United States. There it enjoyed four runs at #1 between September 28 1991 - April 3 1992, spending a combined 18 weeks at the top, eventually being certified for shipments of 14 million copies in the United States by the RIAA[1] on September 23 1998. It also had success in many countries. In the UK it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and went to #1 for several months on the country charts. Overall it sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. Brooks had this to say regarding the album:
"Ropin' the Wind was what we called the son of Fences. Ropin' the Wind was made in this world-wind [sic] kind of tour that we were on from No Fences. We were gone, pretty much 250 days out of the year. And in that remaining 100 days, I elected to cut Ropin' The Wind, and try to write for it.
This album became a lot bigger than I ever thought it could possibly be. And when I listen to the singles off of it like Rodeo, What She's Doing Now, The River, Papa Loved Mama, and Shameless, I look at it and stand very proud. And then when I also look at the cuts, Against The Grain, Cold Shoulder, these songs I am equally proud of."
The track "Shameless" is a cover of a Billy Joel song, previously recorded on his 1989 album Storm Front.
Track listing
- "Against the Grain" (Bruce Bouton, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson) – 2:22
- "Rodeo" (Larry Bastian) – 3:53
- "What She's Doing Now" (Pat Alger, Garth Brooks) – 3:26
- "Burning Bridges" (Stephanie C. Brown, Brooks) – 3:35
- "Which One of Them" (Brooks) - 2:39
- "Papa Loved Mama" (Kim Williams, Brooks) – 2:51
- "Shameless" (Billy Joel) – 4:19
- "Cold Shoulder" (Kent Blazy, Williams, Brooks) – 3:55
- "We Bury the Hatchet" (Royal Wade Kimes, Brooks) – 3:05
- "In Lonesome Dove" (Cynthia Limbaugh, Brooks) – 4:48
- "The River" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 4:25
Chart positions
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1991 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Song | U.S. Country | UK singles |
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| 1991 | "Rodeo" | 3 | - |
| 1991 | "Shameless" | 1 | 71 |
| 1992 | "What She's Doing Now" | 1 | - |
| 1992 | "Against the Grain" | 66 | - |
| 1992 | "Papa Loved Mama" | 3 | - |
| 1992 | "The River" | 1 | - |
The RIAA awarded Ropin' the Wind a 14-times-platinum certification, for shipments of 14 million. According to Nielsen Soundscan, this is his best-selling album in the United States, with 9,570,000 copies sold; however, because the release of Brooks's prior album, the 17-times-platinum 1990 disc No Fences, precedes the 1991 launch of Soundscan data on the U.S. album charts, an accurate sales total for it is not available, and it has likely sold more copies cumulatively than Ropin' the Wind.
The track, "Burning Bridges", was released as a single in Spain.
Personnel
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
- Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
- Bruce Bouton - lap & pedal steel guitars, Dobro
- Jerry Douglas - Dobro
- Sam Bush - mandolin
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Bobby Wood - keyboards
- Edgar Meyer - acoustic bass
- Mike Chapman - electric bass
- Milton Sledge - drums, percussion
- Trisha Yearwood, Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, Susan Ashton - background vocals
References and External Links
- ↑ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=3&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Garth%20Brooks&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=on&startMonth=1&endMonth=4&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25
| Preceded by Metallica by Metallica |
Billboard 200 number-one album September 28 - October 4 1991 October 19 - December 6 1991 January 18 - January 31 1992 February 8 - April 3 1992 |
Succeeded by Use Your Illusion II by Guns N' Roses |
| Preceded by No Fences by Garth Brooks |
Top Country Albums number-one album September 28, 1991 - April 18, 1992 |
Succeeded by Wynonna by Wynonna |
| Preceded by Wynonna by Wynonna |
Top Country Albums number-one album May 19 - June 31, 1992 |
Succeeded by Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus |
| Preceded by No Fences by Garth Brooks |
Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 1992 |
Succeeded by Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus |