Sevens (album)

Sevens is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 25, 1997, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums chart. The album also topped the Country album charts in Britain for several months and crossed over into the mainstream pop charts. 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.

Sevens
Studio album by Garth Brooks
Released	November 25, 1997
Studio	Jack's Tracks Recording Studio, Nashville
Genre	Country pop[1] country
Length	46:01
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Fresh Horses (1995) Sevens (1997) The Limited Series (1998)
Singles from Sevens
"Longneck Bottle" Released: November 22, 1997 "She's Gonna Make It" Released: January 15, 1998 "Two Piña Coladas" Released: March 16, 1998 "You Move Me" Released: August 24, 1998 "Do What You Gotta Do" Released: January 3, 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	B[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Background

Brooks commented on the album by saying:

"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."[6]

Track listings

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Longneck Bottle"	Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner	2:17
2.	"How You Ever Gonna Know"	Kent Blazy, Garth Brooks	3:36
3.	"She's Gonna Make It"	Blazy, Brooks, Kim Williams	2:46
4.	"I Don't Have to Wonder"	Shawn Camp, Taylor Dunn	3:05
5.	"Two Piña Coladas"	Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy Mason	3:35
6.	"Cowboy Cadillac"	Brooks, Brian Kennedy	2:48
7.	"Fit For a King"	Carl Jackson, Jim Rushing	3:59
8.	"Do What You Gotta Do"	Pat Flynn	2:58
9.	"You Move Me"	Gordon Kennedy, Pierce Pettis	4:33
10.	"In Another's Eyes"	Brooks, John Peppard, Bobby Wood	3:34
11.	"When There's No One Around"	Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott	3:29
12.	"A Friend to Me"	Brooks, Victoria Shaw	3:06
13.	"Take the Keys to My Heart"	Hill, Tommy Smith, Pam Wolfe	2:32
14.	"Belleau Wood"	Brooks, Joe Henry	3:28
Total length:			45:46

• A music video was made for "I Don't Have to Wonder", even though it was not released as a single. It was directed by Jon Small and Garth Brooks.

Credits

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

Personnel

The following credits are sourced from liner notes.[7]

• Susan Ashton – backing vocals ("She's Gonna Make It", "You Move Me")
• Sam Bacco – percussion ("You Move Me", "Belleau Wood"), congas ("She's Gonna Make It")
• Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
• Garth Brooks – lead and backing vocals
• Sam Bush – background vocals ("Do What You Gotta Do"), mandolin ("Do What You Gotta Do", "When There's No One Around")
• Shawn Camp – acoustic guitar ("Two Piña Coladas")
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Mike Chapman – bass guitar
• John Cowan – backing vocals ("Do What You Gotta Do")
• Béla Fleck – banjo
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar ("Do What You Gotta Do")
• Dave Gant – keyboards, fiddle, backing vocals
• James Garver – electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar ("Fit for a King")
• Mark Greenwood – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Randy Hardison – drums ("Fit for a King")
• Lona Heins – background vocals ("Fit for a King")
• Randy Howard – fiddle ("Fit for a King")
• Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar, backing vocals ("Fit for a King")
• Chris Leuzinger – electric and classical guitars
• Steve McClure – pedal steel and electric guitars
• Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle, acoustic guitar
• Edgar Meyer – double bass ("Belleau Wood")
• Debbie Nims – acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Jim Ed Norman – string arrangements, conductor
• Mike Palmer – drums, percussion
• Al Perkins – dobro ("Fit for a King")
• Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
• Catherine Styron – piano ("Fit for a King")
• Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar, backing vocals ("Longneck Bottle")
• Bobby Wood – piano, keyboard
• Trisha Yearwood – duet vocals ("In Another's Eyes")
• Nashville String Machine – strings

Crowd vocals on "Two Piña Coladas": Dorothy "The Birthday Girl" Robinson, Charles Green, Mat Lindsey, Sandy Mason, Shawn Camp, Big Al, "Double D", Sam "The Man" Duczer, Garth Brooks

Chart performance

Sevens debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming his fifth, and number one on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh Country number-one album. In November 2006, Sevens was certified 10× Platinum by the RIAA.

Weekly charts Charts (1997) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[8] 20 Canadian RPM Country Albums 1 Canadian RPM Top Albums 3 Danish Albums Chart[9] 12 Dutch Albums Chart[8] 80 European Albums Chart[10] 33 German Albums Chart[11] 41 Irish Albums Chart[12] 4 Norwegian Albums Chart[8] 8 Scottish Albums Chart[13] 47 Spanish Albums Chart[14] 40 Swiss Albums Chart[8] 38 UK Albums Chart[15] 34 US Billboard 200[16] 1 US Billboard Top Country Albums[16] 1

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
US Billboard 200[17]	42

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[18]	Platinum	70,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)[19]	5× Platinum	500,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[20]	Silver	60,000^^
United States (RIAA)[21]	Diamond	10,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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2. Allmusic review
3. "Robert Christgau Consumer Guide". Robertchristgau.com. 1992-11-10. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
4. Alanna Nash (1997-11-28). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
5. Garth Brooks (1998-01-22). "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
6. http://www.planetgarth.com/albums/sevens.php
7. Sevens (CD). Garth Brooks. Capitol Records. 1997. 329519.CS1 maint: others (link)
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9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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12. "Hits of the World - Ireland". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 17 January 1998. p. 51. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
13. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19971207/40/
14. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
15. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/garth%20brooks/
16. https://www.billboard.com/music/garth-brooks/chart-history/
17. Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
18. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
19. "Canadian album certifications – Garth Brooks – Sevens". Music Canada. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
20. "British album certifications – Garth Brooks – Sevens". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
21. "American album certifications – Garth Brooks – Sevens". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 9, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.