Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces
Studio album by Dixie Chicks
Released January 27, 1998
Recorded March – August 1997
Genre Country
Length 43:39
Label Monument
Producer Blake Chancey
Paul Worley
Dixie Chicks chronology
Shouldn't a Told You That
(1993)		 Wide Open Spaces
(1998)		 Fly
(1999)
Singles from Wide Open Spaces
  1. "I Can Love You Better"
    Released: October 20, 1997
  2. "There's Your Trouble"
    Released: April 14, 1998
  3. "Wide Open Spaces"
    Released: July 28, 1998
  4. "You Were Mine"
    Released: December 7, 1998
  5. "Tonight the Heartache's on Me"
    Released: May 7, 1999
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Robert Christgau[1]

Wide Open Spaces is the fourth studio album and the major label debut of American country music band, the Dixie Chicks. It was their first record with new lead vocalist Natalie Maines, and became their breakthrough commercial success. It received diamond status by the RIAA on February 20, 2003 in the United States, having shipped 14 million units worldwide,[2] while spending more than six years in the Australian ARIA music charts Country Top 20. The album has sold 8,841,000 copies in the United States as of October 2013.[3]

At the 41st Grammy Awards, the album was awarded 2 Grammy Awards out of 3 nominations.[4] It was awarded Best Country Album (the first of what would be 4 trophies in this category: they would later win for Fly in 2001, Home in 2003, and Taking the Long Way in 2007.) and for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "There's Your Trouble". (an award the Chicks would win 5 times: in 2000 for "Ready to Run", in 2003 for "Long Time Gone", in 2005 for "Top of the World" and 2007 for "Not Ready to Make Nice", a feat only matched by The Judds.) In addition, the Chicks were nominated for Best New Artist.

The CD, next to their next albums Fly and Home were released in the HDCD format.

Track listing

  1. "I Can Love You Better" (Pamela Brown Hayes, Kostas) – 3:53
  2. "Wide Open Spaces" (Susan Gibson) – 3:44
  3. "Loving Arms" (Tom Jans) – 3:37
  4. "There's Your Trouble" (Mark Selby, Tia Sillers) – 3:10
  5. "You Were Mine" (Emily Robison, Martie Seidel) – 3:37
  6. "Never Say Die" (George Ducas, Radney Foster) – 3:56
  7. "Tonight the Heartache's on Me" (Mary W. Francis, Johnny MacRae, Bob Morrison) – 3:25
  8. "Let 'Er Rip" (Billy Crain, Sandy Ramos) – 2:49
  9. "Once You've Loved Somebody" (Thom McHugh, Bruce Miller) – 3:28
  10. "I'll Take Care of You" (J. D. Souther) – 3:40
  11. "Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)" (Maria McKee) – 3:25
  12. "Give It Up or Let Me Go" (Bonnie Raitt) – 4:55

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[5]

Dixie Chicks

Additional personnel

Technical

  • Chuck Ainlay - mixing on "Give It Up or Let Me Go"
  • Jim Burnett - Pro Tools editing
  • Blake Chancey - production
  • Don Cobb - digital editing
  • Carlos Grier - digital editing
  • John Guess - mixing
  • Eric Legg - recording
  • Denny Purcell - matering
  • Billy Sherrill - recording on "Give It Up or Let Me Go"
  • Paul Worley - production

Charts and certifications

As of the 24th May 2009, "Wide Open Spaces" has been within the top twenty of the Australian ARIA Country Charts for a consecutive 363 Weeks

Album

Chart (1998–1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 4
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 3
Canadian RPM Country Albums 1
Canadian RPM Top Albums 16

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country
1997 "I Can Love You Better" 7 77 3
1998 "There's Your Trouble" 1 36 3
"Wide Open Spaces" 1 41 1
1999 "You Were Mine" 1 34 1
"Tonight the Heartache's on Me" 6 46 4

Other charted songs

Year Single Peak positions
US Country
1999 "Let 'Er Rip" 64

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[6] 43

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[7] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[8] 4× Platinum 400,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[10] 12× Platinum 8,841,000[3]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1999 "There's Your Trouble" Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal
1999 Wide Open Spaces Best Country Album

See also

References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Wide Open Spaces". Robert Christgau.
  2. ↑ RIAA Diamond Awards
  3. 1 2 Paul Grein (October 30, 2013). "Katy Perry Knocks Miley Cyrus Down a Couple Pegs". Chart Watch (Yahoo).
  4. ↑ Collins, Roger. "Dixie Chicks". Iomusic News. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  5. ↑ Wide Open Spaces (CD booklet). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records. 1997. 68195.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  8. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces". Music Canada.
  9. ↑ "British album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Wide Open Spaces in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  10. ↑ "American album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Preceded by
Double Live
by Garth Brooks		 Top Country Albums number-one album
January 30 - March 19, 1999 		Succeeded by
Come On Over
by Shania Twain
Preceded by
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Come On Over by Shania Twain		 RPM Country Albums number-one album
February 15–28, 1999
September 20–26, 1999 		Succeeded by
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Fly by Dixie Chicks
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