Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album)

Scarecrow
Studio album by Garth Brooks
Released November 13, 2001
Genre
Length 48:21
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Sevens
(1997)		 Scarecrow
(2001)		 The Lost Sessions
(2005)
Alternative cover
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(77/100)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
BBC Music(favorable)[4]
Billboard(favorable)[5]
E! OnlineB[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[6]
Plugged In(mixed)[7]
Q[2]
Robert Christgau[8]
Rolling Stone[2][9]
The Village Voice(mixed)[10]

Scarecrow is the eighth studio album by American country pop artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 13, 2001, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the Top Country Albums chart. It has been certified 5× platinum RIAA and was named Best Selling Album at the 2002 Canadian Country Music Association Awards. It was the last album by Brooks before his thirteen-year hiatus.

Background

Brooks commented on the album saying:

"At the end of last year I made a commitment to Capitol (Records) that I would try to bring them one more album. This is the result of that effort, a real labor of love, that I'm proud to hold up next to all of our previous releases. For the first time in my life I think I made a happy album. It's heavy on steel guitars, but you're not aware of it in some places because the musicians are so good at what they do."

Content

Singles released from this album include "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (a duet with George Jones, also found on Jones's 2001 album The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001), "Wrapped Up in You", "Squeeze Me In" (a duet with Trisha Yearwood), "Thicker Than Blood", and "Why Ain't I Running". Of these, "Wrapped Up in You" was the highest peaking, reaching #5 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Prior to the album's release, "When You Come Back to Me Again" had charted on the country charts as a selection from the soundtrack to the film Frequency.

Several of the tracks on this album were originally recorded by other artists. "Pushing Up Daisies" was originally recorded by Kevin Welch on his 1995 album Life Down Here on Earth, while "Big Money" was originally recorded under the title "It Pays Big Money" by Mark Chesnutt on his 2000 album Lost in the Feeling. Additionally, "Don't Cross the River" was previously recorded by America on their 1972 album Homecoming. "Squeeze Me In" was previously recorded by Lee Roy Parnell on his 1995 album We All Get Lucky Sometimes.

Track listing

  1. "Why Ain't I Running" (Kent Blazy, Tony Arata, Garth Brooks) – 4:32
  2. "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (Kim Williams, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, George Ducas, Blazy) – 2:28
  3. "Wrapped Up in You" (Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 4:42
  4. "The Storm" (Blazy, K. Williams, Brooks) – 4:37
  5. "Thicker Than Blood" (Jenny Yates, Brooks) – 2:53
  6. "Big Money" (Shawn Camp, Randy Hardison, Wynn Varble) – 3:59
  7. "Squeeze Me In" (Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson) – 3:30
  8. "Mr. Midnight" (J.R. Cobb, Buddy Buie, Tom Douglas) – 4:03
  9. "Pushing Up Daisies" (John Hadley, Kevin Welch, Gary Scruggs) – 4:18
  10. "Rodeo or Mexico" (Bryan Kennedy, Paul Kennerley, Brooks) – 4:22
  11. "Don't Cross the River" (Dan Peek) – 4:05
  12. "When You Come Back to Me Again" (theme from the movie Frequency) (Yates, Brooks) – 4:44

Alternate track listing from 2014 re-release

  1. "Why Ain't I Running" (Kent Blazy, Tony Arata, Garth Brooks) – 4:32
  2. "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (Kim Williams, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, George Ducas, Blazy) – 2:28
  3. "More Than a Memory" (Lee Brice, Billy Montana, Kyle Jacobs) – 3:25
  4. "Thicker Than Blood" (Jenny Yates, Brooks) – 2:53
  5. "Wrapped Up in You" (Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 4:42
  6. "The Storm" (Blazy, K. Williams, Brooks) – 4:37
  7. "Big Money" (Shawn Camp, Randy Hardison, Wynn Varble) – 3:59
  8. "Squeeze Me In" (Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson) – 3:30
  9. "Mr. Midnight" (J.R. Cobb, Buddy Buie, Tom Douglas) – 4:03
  10. "Good Ride Cowboy" (Jerrod Niemann, Bryan Kennedy, Richie Brown, Bob Doyle) – 3:26
  11. "Pushing Up Daisies" (John Hadley, Kevin Welch, Gary Scruggs) – 4:18
  12. "Rodeo or Mexico" (Bryan Kennedy, Paul Kennerley, Brooks) – 4:22
  13. "Don't Cross the River" (Dan Peek) – 4:05
  14. "When You Come Back to Me Again" (theme from the movie Frequency) (Yates, Brooks) – 4:44

Charts and sales performance

In the United States, Scarecrow debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming his eighth No. 1 album on the chart, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his eleventh No. 1 Country album. In January 2006, Scarecrow was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA.

Charts

Charts (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[11] 71
Canadian Albums Chart[12] 4
German Albums Chart[13] 58
Irish Albums Chart[14] 6
Norwegian Albums Chart[15] 32
Scottish Albums Chart[16] 80
Swiss Albums Chart[15] 77
UK Albums Chart[17] 82
U.S. Billboard 200[12] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[12] 1

Sales and certifications

Region Provider Certification Sales/Shipments
Canada CRIA Platinum[18] 100,000
United States RIAA 5× Platinum[19] 5,000,000
Worldwide 11,000,000

Preceded by
Britney by Britney Spears		 Billboard 200 number-one album
December 1–7, 2001 		Succeeded by
Weathered by Creed
Preceded by
The Road Less Traveled
by George Strait		 Top Country Albums number-one album
December 1, 2001 – January 18, 2002 		Succeeded by
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
by Various Artists

Credits

Compiled from liner notes.[20]

Personnel

Technical

Musicians

References

  1. 1 2 "Scarecrow - Garth Brooks". Allmusic. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ BBC Music review
  5. ↑ Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived November 25, 2001)
  6. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review at the Wayback Machine (archived April 21, 2009)
  7. ↑ Plugged In review
  8. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  9. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 22, 2009)
  10. ↑ The Village Voice review
  11. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 26 November 2001" (PDF) (613). Pandora Archive. February 21, 2002. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 "Garth Brooks : Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  13. ↑ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Garth+Brooks/3491/longplay
  14. ↑ http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Garth+Brooks
  15. 1 2 http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Garth+Brooks&titel=Scarecrow&cat=a
  16. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20011118/40/
  17. ↑ [[[:Template:Http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27369/garth-brooks/]] "Garth Brooks : Chart History"] Check |url= value (help). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  18. ↑ "CRIA - Audio and Video Certification January 2009". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  19. ↑ "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  20. ↑ Scarecrow (CD booklet). Garth Brooks. Capitol Records. 2001. 31330.

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