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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Fresh Horses
| name = Fresh Horses
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Garth Brooks]]
| artist = [[Garth Brooks]]
| cover =
| Cover = Freshhorses.jpg
| Released = November 21, 1995
| released = November 21, 1995
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Length = 38:13
| venue =
| Recorded = Jack's Track's Recording Studio
| studio = Jack's Track's Recording Studio
| Label = [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Producer = [[Allen Reynolds]]
| length = 38:13
| label = [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]]
| Last album = ''[[The Hits (Garth Brooks album)|The Hits]]'' <br /> (1994)
| producer = [[Allen Reynolds]]
| This album = '''''Fresh Horses'''''<br /> (1995)
| prev_title = [[In Pieces]]
⚫
| Next album = ''[[Sevens (album)|Sevens]]'' <br /> (1997)
| prev_year = 1993
⚫
| next_title = [[Sevens (album)|Sevens]]
| next_year = 1997
| misc =
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic|Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r710383|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r710383|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev2score = B−<ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299866,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]</ref>
|rev2score = B−<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/12/08/fresh-horses/|title=Fresh Horses|website=EW.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev3score = B+<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=garth+brooks Robert Christgau Consumer Guide]</ref>
|rev3score = B+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=garth+brooks|title=Robert Christgau: CG: garth brooks|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan | authorlink = |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = 105 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=rolling+stone+garth+brooks+album+guide&source=bl&ots=BiNluo7UW2&sig=G9lTHQCUf4Ts3v05OBDmA_Xoyvs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ltNpUbmKH6KW0QHCooC4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=rolling%20stone%20garth%20brooks%20album%20guide&f=false}}</ref>
|rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan | authorlink = |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = 105 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&dq=rolling+stone+garth+brooks+album+guide&pg=PA105}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev5 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev5score = (8/10)<ref>[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1518298&style=music Album reviews at CD Universe]</ref>
|rev5score = (8/10)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1518298&style=music|title=Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses CD Album MP3|website=www.cduniverse.com}}</ref>
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'''''Fresh Horses''''' is the sixth studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Garth Brooks]]. It was released on November 21, 1995. ''Fresh Horses'' peaked at #2 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, and #1 on the [[Top Country Albums]] chart.
'''''Fresh Horses''''' is the sixth studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Garth Brooks]]. It was released on November 21, 1995. ''Fresh Horses'' peaked at #2 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, and #1 on the [[Top Country Albums]] chart.


The album had a worldwide radio ban until it was available to buy. Only the two singles issued ("She's Every Woman" and "The Fever") were allowed to be played before this date, the latter of which was a new country-rock version of an old [[Aerosmith]] song). Through 2006, approximately 7 million copies have been sold in the U.S.
The album had a worldwide radio ban until it was available to buy. Only the two singles issued ("She's Every Woman" and "The Fever") were allowed to be played before this date, the latter of which was a new country-rock version of an old [[Aerosmith]] song. Through 2006, approximately 7 million copies have been sold in the U.S.


==Background==
==Background==
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Brooks commented on the album saying:
Brooks commented on the album saying:


"''Everyone was expecting this album to be pop. Everyone said we were leaving (country). For the first time ever, I was involved (in writing) in eight of the 10 cuts, so it's a huge reflection of myself. It's the things I enjoy singing about. I got to sing about the band on the road, I got to sing about cowboys, and more importantly, the women who put up with those cowboys.'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetgarth.com/gbnews/articles/garth00023.shtml |title=Garth Brooks News Archive: Ready to ride Garth Brooks has 'Fresh Horses' for his biggest, longest tour ever |publisher=Planetgarth.com |date=1995-11-21 |accessdate=2012-02-16}}</ref>
"''Everyone was expecting this album to be pop. Everyone said we were leaving (country). For the first time ever, I was involved (in writing) in eight of the 10 cuts, so it's a huge reflection of myself. It's the things I enjoy singing about. I got to sing about the band on the road, I got to sing about cowboys, and more importantly, the women who put up with those cowboys.'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planetgarth.com/gbnews/articles/garth00023.shtml |title=Garth Brooks News Archive: Ready to ride Garth Brooks has 'Fresh Horses' for his biggest, longest tour ever |publisher=Planetgarth.com |date=1995-11-21 |accessdate=2012-02-16 |archive-date=2012-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229164552/http://www.planetgarth.com/gbnews/articles/garth00023.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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!Peak<br />position
!Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|align="left"|Australian Albums Chart<ref name="swisscharts.com">http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Garth+Brooks&titel=Fresh+Horses&cat=a</ref>
|align="left"|Australian Albums Chart<ref name="swisscharts.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/album/Garth-Brooks/Fresh-Horses-2223|title=Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses - hitparade.ch|website=www.swisscharts.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|-
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| style="text-align:center;"|53
| style="text-align:center;"|53
|-
|-
|align="left"|[[European Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=JA0EAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1|title=Hits of the World - Eurochart|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]]|date=9 December 1995|page=43}}</ref>
|align="left"|[[European Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JA0EAAAAMBAJ|title=Hits of the World - Eurochart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]]|date=9 December 1995|page=43}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|-
|-
|align="left"|German Albums Chart<ref>http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Garth+Brooks/3491/longplay</ref>
|align="left"|German Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Garth+Brooks/3491/longplay |title=Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de |access-date=2013-12-10 |archive-date=2013-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213020058/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Garth+Brooks/3491/longplay |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|55
| style="text-align:center;"|55
|-
|-
|align="left"|Irish Albums Chart<ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite web|url=http://books.google.ca/books?lr=&rview=1&id=JA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=garth+brooks#v=snippet&q=garth%20brooks&f=false|title=Hits of the World - Ireland|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]]|date=16 December 1995|accessdate=21 July 2012|page=85}}</ref>
|align="left"|Irish Albums Chart<ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=garth+brooks|title=Hits of the World - Ireland|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]]|date=16 December 1995|accessdate=21 July 2012|page=85}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
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| style="text-align:center;"|35
| style="text-align:center;"|35
|-
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/garth%20brooks/</ref>
|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/artists/garth-brooks/|title=Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|-
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard1">{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=garth brooks|chart=all}}</ref>
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard1">[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=garth brooks|chart=all}} Billboard Magazine: Discography]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|-
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|Australia
|Australia
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]
|Gold <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations.htm}}</ref>
|Gold <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations.htm|title=Accreditations|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|accessdate=16 April 2015}}</ref>
|35,000
|35,000
|-
|-
|Canada
|Canada
| style="text-align:center;"|[[CRIA]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[CRIA]]
|5x platinum <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=4&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25Garth+brooks%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=75&csearch=20&nextprev=1|title=Canadian Recording Industry Association: Certification Results- February 15, 2010 |publisher=CRIA |accessdate=2010-02-15}}</ref>
|5x platinum <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=4&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25Garth+brooks%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=75&csearch=20&nextprev=1|title=Canadian Recording Industry Association: Certification Results- February 15, 2010|publisher=CRIA|accessdate=2010-02-15|archive-date=2012-09-23|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6AsiN9wPQ?url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GoldPlatinum.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|500,000
|500,000
|-
|-
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
| style="text-align:center;"|[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]
|Gold <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|publisher=BPI |accessdate=2013-02-15}}</ref>
|Gold <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|publisher=BPI|title=Certified Awards|accessdate=16 April 2015|archive-date=6 February 2013|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6EEYfYVwc?url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|100,000
|100,000
|-
|-
|United States
|United States
| style="text-align:center;"|[[RIAA]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[RIAA]]
|7x Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010 |publisher=RIAA |accessdate=2010-02-12}}</ref>
|7x Platinum<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010 |publisher=RIAA |accessdate=2010-02-12 |archive-date=2007-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|7,000,000
|7,000,000
|-
|-
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Latest revision as of 03:05, 6 February 2024

Fresh Horses
Studio album by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedNovember 21, 1995
StudioJack's Track's Recording Studio
GenreCountry
Length38:13
LabelCapitol Nashville
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
In Pieces
(1993) 		Fresh Horses
(1995) 		Sevens
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2.5/5 stars[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[2]
Robert ChristgauB+[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 stars[4]
Spin(8/10)[5]

Fresh Horses is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 21, 1995. Fresh Horses peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart, and #1 on the Top Country Albums chart.

The album had a worldwide radio ban until it was available to buy. Only the two singles issued ("She's Every Woman" and "The Fever") were allowed to be played before this date, the latter of which was a new country-rock version of an old Aerosmith song. Through 2006, approximately 7 million copies have been sold in the U.S.

Background

[change | change source]

Brooks commented on the album saying:

"Everyone was expecting this album to be pop. Everyone said we were leaving (country). For the first time ever, I was involved (in writing) in eight of the 10 cuts, so it's a huge reflection of myself. It's the things I enjoy singing about. I got to sing about the band on the road, I got to sing about cowboys, and more importantly, the women who put up with those cowboys.'[6]

Track listing

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  1. "The Old Stuff" (Bryan Kennedy, Dan Roberts, Garth Brooks) – 4:12
  2. "Cowboys and Angels" (Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Brooks) – 3:16
  3. "The Fever" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, Kennedy) – 2:40
  4. "That Ol' Wind" (Leigh Reynolds, Brooks) – 5:22
  5. "Rollin'" (Harley Allen, Reynolds, Brooks) – 4:07
  6. "The Change" (Tony Arata, Wayne Tester) – 4:06
  7. "The Beaches of Cheyenne" (Roberts, Kennedy, Brooks) – 4:13
  8. "It's Midnight Cinderella" (Williams, Blazy, Brooks) – 2:23
  9. "She's Every Woman" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 2:53
  10. ”Ireland" (Stephanie Davis, Jenny Yates, Brooks) – 5:01

“The Limited Series” (1998) of the album inserted a cover of Bob Dylan’s “To Make You Feel My Love” between tracks 7 and 8.

Chart performance

[change | change source]

Fresh Horses peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and peaked #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his sixth #1 Country album. In November 2006, Fresh Horses was certified 7 x Platinum by the RIAA.

Singles

[change | change source]
Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1995 "She's Every Woman" 1 1
"The Fever" 23 2
"The Beaches of Cheyenne" 1 1
1996 "The Change" 19 8
"It's Midnight Cinderella" 5 2
"That Ol' Wind" 4 3

Other charted songs

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Year Single Peak positions
US Country
1995 "The Old Stuff" 64
"Rollin'" 71

Chart Successions

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Preceded by
"(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" by Oasis 		Irish Albums Chart
23 November 1995 – 7 December 1995 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Robson & Jerome" by Robson & Jerome
Preceded by
The Greatest Hits Collection by Alan Jackson 		Top Country Albums number-one album
December 9, 1995 - January 26, 1996 		Succeeded by
The Woman in Me by Shania Twain
Preceded by
The Greatest Hits Collection by Alan Jackson
The Woman in Me by Shania Twain 		RPM Country Albums number-one album
November 27 - December 24, 1995
April 1–14, 1996 		Succeeded by
The Woman in Me by Shania Twain
The Woman in Me by Shania Twain

Personnel

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  • Garth Brooks - lead vocals

Additional musicians

[change | change source]
  • Susan Ashton - backing vocals
  • Sam Bacco - percussion
  • Bruce Bouton - steel guitar
  • Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
  • Mike Chapman - bass guitar
  • Ed Foote - hurdy-gurdy
  • Rob Hajacos - fiddle
  • Gordon Kennedy - electric guitar
  • Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
  • Jimmy Mattingly - fiddle
  • Bobby Wood - piano, organ, keyboards
  • Leigh Reynolds - acoustic guitar
  • Milton Sledge - drums, percussion
  • Trisha Yearwood - backing vocals

References

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  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Fresh Horses". EW.com.
  3. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: garth brooks". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 105. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ↑ "Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses CD Album MP3". www.cduniverse.com.
  6. ↑ "Garth Brooks News Archive: Ready to ride Garth Brooks has 'Fresh Horses' for his biggest, longest tour ever". Planetgarth.com. 1995-11-21. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com.
  8. ↑ "Hits of the World - Eurochart". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 9 December 1995. p. 43.
  9. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  10. ↑ "Hits of the World - Ireland". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 16 December 1995. p. 85. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Billboard Magazine: Discography
  13. ↑ "Accreditations". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Canadian Recording Industry Association: Certification Results- February 15, 2010". CRIA. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  15. ↑ "Certified Awards". BPI. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. Archived from the original on 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
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