The Chase is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 14, 1992, through Liberty Records and sold 403,000 copies in its first week, The Chase debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and Top Country Albums chart and has been certified diamond by the RIAA. It was also successful internationally, reaching number one on the UK country albums chart and remained in the top ten for many months.
"Dixie Chicken" is a cover of the classic Little Feat song off of their 1973 album of the same name, while "Night Rider's Lament" is a classic cowboy song that had been previously recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker and Chris LeDoux.
Background Brooks commented on the album, saying:
Commercial performance The Chase debuted atop the US Billboard 200, becoming his second number-one album, and atop the Top Country Albums chart, becoming his third country chart-topping album. The album prevented Madonna's Erotica from taking the top spot. In 2020, The Chase was certified diamond by the RIAA.
Track listing
AThis track was not on the original release of the album. It first appeared when the album was re-released as part of Brooks' first Limited Series box set collection, and has since been part of subsequent releases of the album.
Personnel Musicians
Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar on "Somewhere Other Than the Night", "Mr. Right", "Walk-in' After Midnight", "Dixie Chicken", "Learning to Live Again", "That Summer" and "Night Rider's Lament" Garth Brooks – lead vocals; backing vocals on "Every Now and Then" and "Night Rider's Lament" Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar Gary Chapman – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" Mike Chapman – bass guitar Johnny Cobb – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" Charles Cochran – string arrangements on "Somewhere Other Than the Night" and "Learning to Live Again" Rob Hajacos – fiddle on "Mr. Right", "Walkin' After Midnight", "Dixie Chicken", "Night Rider's Lament" and "Face to Face" Vicki Hampton – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" and "Dixie Chicken" Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" and "Dixie Chicken" Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar Donna McElroy – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" and "Dixie Chicken" Debbie Nims – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" Denis Solee – clarinet on "Dixie Chicken" Milton Sledge – drums, percussion Howard Smith – backing vocals on "We Shall Be Free" Bobby Wood – keyboards; piano on "Mr. Right", "Walkin' After Midnight" and "Dixie Chicken" Trisha Yearwood – backing vocals on "Dixie Chicken", "That Summer" and "Night Rider's Lament" Nashville String Machine – string section on "Somewhere Other Than the Night" and "Learning to Live Again"
Production Allen Reynolds – producer Mark Miller – recording and mixing engineer Matt Allen – recording assistant Richard Aspinwall – recording and mix assistant Terry Palmer – recording assistant, technical supervisor Carlos Grier – digital editing Denny Purcell – mastering engineer
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1992)PeakpositionCanadian Albums (RPM)6Canadian Country Albums (RPM)1European Albums Chart90Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)32Zimbabwean Albums Chart* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 20009
Year-end charts Chart (1992)PositionUS Billboard 20021US Top Country Albums (Billboard)4 Chart (1993)PositionUS Billboard 2009US Top Country Albums (Billboard)2
Decade-end charts Chart (1990–1999)Position US Billboard 20065
Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country CAN Country 1992 "We Shall Be Free" 12 12 "Somewhere Other Than the Night" 1 1 1993 "Learning to Live Again" 2 5 "That Summer" 1 1
Other charted songs Year Single Peak positions US Country 1993 "Dixie Chicken" 73
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