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Sevens is the seventh 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. To date, it is Brooks' last studio album to be certified diamond by the RIAA. 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
ReleasedNovember 25, 1997
StudioJack's Tracks Recording Studio, Nashville
Genre
  • Country pop[1]
  • country
Length46:01
LabelCapitol Nashville
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Fresh Horses
(1995)		 Sevens
(1997)		 The Limited Series
(1998)
Singles from Sevens
  1. "Longneck Bottle"
    Released: November 22, 1997
  2. "She's Gonna Make It"
    Released: January 15, 1998
  3. "Two Piña Coladas"
    Released: March 16, 1998
  4. "You Move Me"
    Released: August 24, 1998
  5. "Do What You Gotta Do"
    Released: January 3, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer GuideB[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Longneck Bottle"Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner2:17
2."How You Ever Gonna Know"Kent Blazy, Garth Brooks3:36
3."She's Gonna Make It"Blazy, Brooks, Kim Williams2:46
4."I Don't Have to Wonder"Shawn Camp, Taylor Dunn3:05
5."Two Piña Coladas"Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy Mason3:35
6."Cowboy Cadillac"Brooks, Brian Kennedy2:48
7."Fit for a King"Carl Jackson, Jim Rushing3:59
8."Do What You Gotta Do"Pat Flynn2:58
9."You Move Me"Gordon Kennedy, Pierce Pettis4:33
10."In Another's Eyes" (featuring Trisha Yearwood)Brooks, John Peppard, Bobby Wood3:34
11."When There's No One Around"Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott3:29
12."A Friend to Me"Brooks, Victoria Shaw3:06
13."Take the Keys to My Heart"Hill, Tommy Smith, Pam Wolfe2:32
14."Belleau Wood"Brooks, Joe Henry3:28
Total length:45:46

Personnel


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

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.


Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[22] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[23] 5× Platinum 500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[25] Diamond 10,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. "Sevens - Garth Brooks". Allmusic. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. "Robert Christgau Consumer Guide". Robertchristgau.com. November 10, 1992. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  4. Alanna Nash (November 28, 1997). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  5. Garth Brooks (January 22, 1998). "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  6. "PlanetGarth.com: Song Database: Albums: Sevens". www.planetgarth.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2002.
  7. Sevens (CD). Garth Brooks. Capitol Records. 1997. 329519.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. "Australiancharts.com – Garth Brooks – Sevens". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Garth Brooks – Sevens" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  10. "Hits of the World - Eurochart". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 20, 1997. p. 43.
  11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Garth Brooks – Sevens" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  12. "Norwegiancharts.com – Garth Brooks – Sevens". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  13. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Garth Brooks – Sevens". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  16. "Garth Brooks Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  17. "Garth Brooks Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  18. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  19. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  20. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  21. 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.
  22. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  23. "Canadian album certifications – Garth Brooks – Sevens". Music Canada. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  24. "British album certifications – Garth Brooks – Sevens". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  25. "American album certifications – Garth Brooks – Sevens". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 9, 2020.

На других языках

- [en] Sevens (album)

[ru] Sevens

Sevens — седьмой студийный альбом американского кантри-певца Гарта Брукса, выпущенный 25 ноября 1997 г и достигший 1-го места в американском хит-параде Billboard 200, став в нём 5-м (четвёртым студийным) для Брукса чарттоппером (где лидировал 5 недель)[4]. Он также возглавил кантри-чарты Великобритании, Канады и США (Top Country Albums). Дуэт Гарта Брукса вместе с Триша Йервуд за песню «In Another’s Eyes» получил престижную награду Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals за лучшее совместное кантри-исполнение с вокалом на 40-й церемонии «Грэмми». Альбом Sevens был номинирован в категории Best Country Album на церемонии Grammy в следующем году. В списке лучших альбомов десятилетия 90-х гг диск занял 42-е место[5]. После несколько неудачного предыдущего альбома (Fresh Horses), новый альбом вернул Гарту Бруксу статус суперзвезды[1].


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