Ropin' the Wind

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Ropin' the Wind
Garth Brooks-Ropin' the Wind (album cover).jpg
Studio album by Garth Brooks
Released September 2, 1991
Recorded Jack's Tracks Recording Studios, 1990-1991
Genre Country
Length 39:21
Label Liberty
Producer Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
No Fences
(1990)No Fences1990		 Ropin' the Wind
(1991)		 Beyond the Season
(1992)Beyond the Season1992
Singles from Ropin' the Wind
  1. "Rodeo"
    Released: August 12, 1991
  2. "Shameless"
    Released: October 21, 1991
  3. "What She's Doing Now"
    Released: December 1991
  4. "Papa Loved Mama"
    Released: February 3, 1992
  5. "The River"
    Released: April 27, 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly C+[2]
Los Angeles Times 2.5/5 stars[3]
Robert Christgau A−[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars[5]

Ropin' the Wind is the third studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 2, 1991 and was his first studio album to debut at No. 1 the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart. There it enjoyed four runs at No. 1 between September 28, 1991 - April 3, 1992, spending a combined 18 weeks at the top, eventually being certified 14x Platinum by the RIAA in 1998. In the UK it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and went to No. 1 for several months on the country charts. It has gone to sell 17 million copies world wide.

The track "Shameless" is a cover of a Billy Joel song, previously recorded on his 1989 album Storm Front.

According to music review website Allmusic, Ropin' the Wind is the first country album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.[6]

Background

Brooks commented on the album saying : "Ropin' the Wind was what we called the son of Fences. Ropin' the Wind was made in this 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.'"[7]

Track listing

  1. "Against the Grain" (Bruce Bouton, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson) – 2:22
  2. "Rodeo" (Larry Bastian) – 3:53
  3. "What She's Doing Now" (Pat Alger, Garth Brooks) – 3:26
  4. "Burning Bridges" (Stephanie C. Brown, Brooks) – 3:35
  5. "Which One of Them" (Brooks) - 2:39A
  6. "Papa Loved Mama" (Kim Williams, Brooks) – 2:51
  7. "Shameless" (Billy Joel) – 4:19
  8. "Cold Shoulder" (Kent Blazy, Williams, Brooks) – 3:55
  9. "We Bury the Hatchet" (Royal Wade Kimes, Brooks) – 3:05
  10. "In Lonesome Dove" (Cynthia Limbaugh, Brooks) – 4:48
  11. "The River" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 4:25

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 remained part of subsequent releases of the album until 2014, when it was released digitally for the first time.

Chart performance

Ropin' the Wind debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his first, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums number-one album selling 400,000 copies, becoming his second No. 1 Country album. In September 1998, Ropin' the Wind was certified 14 x platinum by the RIAA.

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[18] 12

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country CAN Country CAN AC UK
1991 "Rodeo" 3 1 — —
"Shameless" 1 1 26 71
"What She's Doing Now" 1 1 — —
1992 "Papa Loved Mama" 3 2 — —
"The River" 1 1 — —

Other charted songs

Year Single Peak positions
US Country
1992 "Against the Grain" 66

Chart successions

Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
September 28 - October 4, 1991
October 19 - December 6, 1991
January 18–31, 1992
February 8 - April 3, 1992		 Succeeded by
Use Your Illusion II by Guns N' Roses
Achtung Baby by U2
Nevermind by Nirvana
Wayne's World (soundtrack) by Various artists
Preceded by
No Fences by Garth Brooks
Wynonna by Wynonna
 Top Country Albums number-one album
September 28, 1991 - April 17, 1992
May 9 - June 5, 1992		 Succeeded by
Wynonna by Wynonna
Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus
Preceded by
none
 RPM Country Albums number-one album
April 18–24, 1992		 Succeeded by
For My Broken Heart by Reba McEntire
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

Personnel

  • Garth Brooks - lead and backing vocals
  • Ty England - acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave Gant - keyboards, fiddle, backing vocals
  • James Garver - electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steve McClure - steel guitar, electric guitar
  • Betsy Smittle - bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Palmer - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

  • Susan Ashton - backing vocals
  • Bruce Bouton - lap and pedal steel guitars, dobro
  • Sam Bush - mandolin
  • Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
  • Mike Chapman - electric bass
  • Larry Cordle - backing vocals
  • Jerry Douglas - dobro
  • Carl Jackson - backing vocals
  • Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
  • Rob Hajacos - fiddle
  • Edgar Meyer - acoustic bass
  • Milton Sledge - drums, percussion
  • Bobby Wood - keyboards
  • Trisha Yearwood - backing vocals

See also

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ↑ Los Angeles Times review
  4. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
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  9. ↑ http://books.google.ca/books?id=jg8EAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1%7Ctitle=Hits of the World - Eurochart|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=23 May 1992|page=43
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