STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - GARTH BROOKS - THE CHASE

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Good Monday morning gang and welcome to the Columbus Day edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again . It was on this day in 1992 that Garth Brook's 4th studio album, The Chase debuted at #1 on tboth the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart. To mark the momentous occasion, we find ourselves spinning that very record. The LP was released  September 14, 1992 on Liberty Records and was produced by Allen Reynolds. In addition to topping the two aforementioned charts, it also reached #90 on the European Albums Chart, #76 in Germany, #45 in New Zealand, #32 in Finland, #24 in Australia, #9 in Zimbabwe, and #6 in Canada. The Diamond certified record saw the release of four singles ; "We Shall Be Free" (#12 US and Canada Country), "Somewhere Other Than the Night" (#1 US and Canada Country),  "Learning to Live Again" (#2 US, #5 Canada), and "That Summer" (#1 US and Canada Country). The cover of Little Feat's "Dixie Chicken", although not released as a single, reached #73 on the US Country charts. Our copy was part of the Legacy Box set that was released in 2019 and includes 7 vinyl records and 7 CDS. It was only available for sale on his website and at Dollar General Stores. We got ours from the fine folks at what used to be J.R.'s Junk Trunk. 

1. "We Shall Be Free"
Garth Brooks, Stephanie Davis
3:44

2. "Somewhere Other Than the Night"
Brooks, Kent Blazy
3:11

3. "Mr. Right"

Brooks

2:01

4. "Every Now and Then"
Brooks, Buddy Mondlock
3:56

5. "Walkin' After Midnight"
Alan Block, Don Hecht
2:33

6. "Dixie Chicken"
Lowell George, Martin Kibbee
4:21

7. "Learning to Live Again"
Davis, Don Schlitz
4:05

8. "That Summer"
Brooks, Pat Alger, Sandy Mahl
4:46

9. "Something with a Ring to ItA"
Aaron Tippin, Mark Collie
2:33

10. "Night Rider's Lament"

Michael Burton

4:04

11. "Face To Face"

Tony Arata

4:18

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"

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