''Beyond the Season'' is the first Christmas album by American

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artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 25, 1992, however it was the first album on Liberty Records, and peaked at number 2 on both of '' Billboard'' magazine's ''Billboard'' 200 and

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sales charts that year. ''Beyond the Season'' was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of 1992 in the United States with sales of 1,542,000 copies for the year according to Nielsen SoundScan. As of November 2014, the album has cumulative sales of 2,650,000 copies in the U.S. and is the seventeenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the entire SoundScan era (March 1991 – present). On November 15, 1995, ''Beyond the Season'' was certified

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by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of 3 million copies in the United States.

Track listing

Chart performance

''Beyond the Season'' peaked at #2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, and on the

. In November 1995, ''Beyond the Season'' was certified 3 x Platinum by the RIAA.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

Personnel

* Garth Brooks – lead vocals, harmony vocals (3, 8, 9), acoustic guitar * Bobby Wood – acoustic piano, keyboards *

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– accordion (4) * Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar * Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar (1-9), electric guitars (1-9) * Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (3, 5, 8) * Mike Chapman – bass (1-9) * Milton Sledge – drums (1-9), percussion (1-9) * Rob Hajacos – fiddle (3, 8) * Charles Cochran – string arrangements (10, 11) * Cynthia Reynolds Wyatt – harp (10, 11) * Bob Mason – cello (10) * Gary Vanosdale – viola (10) * Carl Gorodetzky – violin (10) * Pamela Sixfin – violin (10) *

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– strings (11) * Christ Church Choir – choir (5) * Landy Gardner – choir director (5) *

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– harmony vocals (5, 9) *

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– harmony vocals (9) * Jim Rooney – harmony vocals (9) Backing Vocals (Tracks 1 & 11) * Bob Bailey, Johnny Cobb, Gary Chapman, Vicki Hampton, Emily Harris, Yvonne Hodges, Jana King, Donna McElroy, Donna Morris, Howard Smith and Dennis Wilson

Production

* Allen Reynolds – producer * Mark Miller – recording, mixing * Matt Allen – recording assistant * Carlos Grier – digital editing * Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee). * Virginia Team – art direction * Jerry Joyner – design * Beverly Parker – photography

References and external links

''Beyond the Season'' at ''planetgarth.com''
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