''Fresh Horses'' is the sixth studio album by American
country music
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artist
Garth Brooks
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. It was released on November 21, 1995. ''Fresh Horses'' peaked at number two on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart, and number one on the
Top Country Albums
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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 a 1993
Aerosmith
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song. In 2020 it was certified 8×
Platinum
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Platinu ...
by the
RIAA
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, signifying 8 million copies shipped in the US, making it his only pre-
Chris Gaines
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Initially, Brooks planned to feature the Gaines persona in ''The Lamb'', ...
studio album to not be certified diamond or higher.
Background
Brooks commented on the album, saying:
Track listing
“The Limited Series” (1998) version of the album inserted a cover of
Bob Dylan’s “
To Make You Feel My Love
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” between tracks 7 and 8. This cover was originally part of the soundtrack to ''
Hope Floats
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Written by Steven Rogers and Brandine Spuckler, the story follows Birdee (Bullock), an unassuming hous ...
''.
Personnel
*
Susan Ashton
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– backing vocals on "She's Every Woman"
*Sam Bacco – percussion on "She's Every Woman"
*
Bruce Bouton
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–
pedal steel guitar
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except "The Fever"
*
Garth Brooks
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– lead and backing vocals
*Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar except "The Fever"
*Charles Cochran – string arrangements on "That Ol' Wind" and "The Change"
*Mike Chapman – bass guitar
*Ed Foote –
hurdy-gurdy
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on "Ireland"
*Rob Hajacos –
fiddle
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except "The Change" and "She's Every Woman"
*
Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar on "The Old Stuff" and "The Fever"
*Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
*Milton Sledge – drums; percussion on "The Fever" and "Ireland"
*Bobby Wood – keyboards except "The Fever"
*
Trisha Yearwood
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– backing vocals on "The Old Stuff", "Cowboys and Angels", "Rollin'", "The Beaches of Cheyenne" and "It's Midnight Cinderella"
*
Nashville String Machine
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- string orchestra on "That Ol' Wind" and "The Change"
Charts
''Fresh Horses'' peaked at number two on the US
''Billboard'' 200, and number one on the
Top Country Albums
Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on physical sales a ...
, becoming his sixth Country number-one album. ''Fresh Horses'' has been
certified 8× Platinum by the
RIAA
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.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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Garth Brooks albums
1995 albums
Albums produced by Allen Reynolds
Capitol Records albums
Canadian Country Music Association Top Selling Album albums