Sevens (album)

Sevens is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 25, 1997, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums chart. The album also topped the Country album charts in Britain for several months and crossed over into the mainstream pop charts. His duet with Trisha Yearwood, "In Another's Eyes", won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals at the Grammy Awards of 1998. Sevens was nominated for the Best Country Album Grammy the following year.

Sevens
Studio album by Garth Brooks
Released	November 25, 1997
Studio	Jack's Tracks Recording Studio, Nashville
Genre	Country
Length	46:01
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Fresh Horses (1995) Sevens (1997) Scarecrow (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	C+
Robert Christgau	B
Rolling Stone

Background

Brooks commented on the album by saying:

"I'm proud, I'm excited, I'm nervous, and it feels good to be back in the game again. This is a very personal album. I only wrote six of the songs, but there are many that are so 'me' that people I work with every day thought I wrote them".

Track listing

1. "Longneck Bottle" (Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner) – 2:15
2. "How You Ever Gonna Know" (Kent Blazy, Garth Brooks) – 3:35
3. "She's Gonna Make It" (Blazy, Kim Williams, Brooks) – 2:45
4. "I Don't Have to Wonder" (Shawn Camp, Taylor Dunn) – 3:04
5. "Two Piña Coladas" (Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy Manson) – 3:34
6. "Cowboy Cadillac" (Bryan Kennedy, Brooks) – 2:50
7. "Fit for a King" (Jim Rushing, Carl Jackson) – 3:58
8. "Do What You Gotta Do" (Pat Flynn) – 2:57
9. "You Move Me" (Gordon Kennedy, Pierce Pettis) – 4:34
10. "In Another's Eyes" (Bobby Wood, John Peppard, Brooks) – 3:33
    • duet with Trisha Yearwood
11. "When There's No One Around" (Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott) – 3:33
12. "A Friend to Me" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 3:05
13. "Take The Keys to My Heart" (Hill, Pam Wolfe, Tommy Smith) – 2:31
14. "Belleau Wood" (Joe Henry, Brooks) – 3:29

Chart performance

Sevens debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his fifth, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 Country album. In November 2006, Sevens was certified 10 x Platinum by the RIAA.

Charts

Charts (1997)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	20
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Top Albums	3
Danish Albums Chart	12
Dutch Albums Chart	80
European Albums Chart	33
German Albums Chart	41
Irish Albums Chart	4
Norwegian Albums Chart	8
Spanish Albums Chart	40
Swiss Albums Chart	38
UK Albums Chart	34
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1

Certifications

Region	Provider	Certification	Sales/Shipments
Australia	ARIA	Platinum	70,000
Canada	CRIA	5 x platinum	500,000
United Kingdom	BPI	Silver	60,000
United States	RIAA	10 x Platinum	10,000,000

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200	42

Chart Successions

Preceded by ReLoad by Metallica	Billboard 200 number-one album December 13, 1997 - January 16, 1998	Succeeded by Let's Talk About Love by Celine Dion
Preceded by Come On Over by Shania Twain Come On Over by Shania Twain Come On Over by Shania Twain	Top Country Albums number-one album December 13, 1997 - February 6, 1998 February 28 - March 13, 1998 March 21 - April 10, 1998	Succeeded by You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs by LeAnn Rimes Come On Over by Shania Twain 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 December 8, 1997 - January 25, 1998 March 9–29, 1998	Succeeded by Come On Over by Shania Twain Come On Over by Shania Twain
Preceded by Blue by LeAnn Rimes	Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 1998	Succeeded by Come On Over by Shania Twain

Credits

Technical

• Recorded and Mixed by Mark Miller
• Recorded at Jack's Tracks Recording Studio
• Assisted by Duke Duczer and Joe Hayden
• Strings Recorded at Javelina Studios
• Mastered at Georgetown Masters by Denny Purcell
• Digital Editing by Carlos Grier

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Susan Ashton – background vocals ("She's Gonna Make It", "You Move Me")
• Sam Bacco – percussion ("You Move Me", "Belleau Wood"), congas ("She's Gonna Make It")
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Garth Brooks – lead vocals, background vocals
• Sam Bush – background vocals ("Do What You Gotta Do"), mandolin ("Do What You Gotta Do", "When There's No One Around")
• Shawn Camp – acoustic guitar ("Two Piña Coladas")
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Mike Chapman – bass guitar
• John Cowan – background vocals ("Do What You Gotta Do")
• Béla Fleck – banjo
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar ("Do What You Gotta Do")
• Kevin Grant – bass guitar ("Fit for a King")
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Randy Hardison – drums ("Fit for a King")
• Lona Heid – background vocals ("Fit for a King")
• Randy Howard – fiddle ("Fit for a King")
• Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar, background vocals ("Fit for a King")
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar, nylon string guitar
• Edgar Meyer – arco bass ("Belleau Wood")
• Al Perkins – Dobro ("Fit for a King")
• Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
• Catherine Styron – piano ("Fit for a King")
• Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar ("Longneck Bottle")
• Bobby Wood – piano, keyboard

Crowd vocals on "Two Piña Coladas": Dorothy "The Birthday Girl" Robinson, Charles Green, Mat Lindsey, Sandy Mason, Shawn Camp, Big Al, "Double D", Sam "The Man" Duczer, Garth Brooks

All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted and arranged by Jim Ed Norman.

Art

• Production: Carlton Davis
• Production Assistant: Denise Jarvis
• Art Direction: Virginia Team
• Design: Jerry Joyner
• Photography: Beverly Parker
• Additional Photographs: Henry Diltz, Virginia Team and Jerry Joyner
• Make-Up: Mary Beth Felts
• Digital Imager: Harris Graphics

First editions

777,777 copies of Sevens were marked as First Editions. These albums have a gold seal on the CD booklet and a similar mark on the CD itself. Canadian versions of the albums have a maple leaf shaped seal on the cover. First Editions were not released outside of North America.