The Limited Series (1998 album) 1998 box set by Garth Brooks
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The Limited Series is the first box set released by American country music artist Garth Brooks , released by Pearl Records on May 5, 1998.
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart with 372,410 copies sold.[ 2] It features re-issues of Brooks' first six albums, with a bonus track added to each. Sales in the United States were limited to two million copies.[ 1] [ 3] [ 4]
With the release of The Limited Series , Brooks is the first artist to debut at No. 1 on two charts with a boxed set and set a record for first week sales of any boxed set in the Soundscan era.[ 2]
Of the newly added tracks, "To Make You Feel My Love" (a cover of a Bob Dylan song from the "Hope Floats" soundtrack) reached No. 1 on the country charts in mid-1998. Additionally, "Something with a Ring to It" was previously recorded by Mark Collie on his 1990 debut album Hardin County Line .
Track listing
"Not Counting You " (Garth Brooks)
"I've Got a Good Thing Going" (Larry Bastian, Sandy Mahl, Garth Brooks)
"If Tomorrow Never Comes " (Kent Blazy , Garth Brooks)
"Uptown Down Home Good Ol' Boy" (DeWayne Blackwell , Earl Bud Lee)1
"Everytime That It Rains" (Charlie Stefl, Ty England , Garth Brooks)
"Alabama Clay" (Larry Cordle , Ronnie Scaife)
"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) " (Randy Taylor, Garth Brooks)
"Cowboy Bill" (Larry Bastian, Ed Berghoff)
"Nobody Gets Off in This Town" (Larry Bastian, DeWayne Blackwell )
"I Know One" (Jack Clement )
"The Dance " (Tony Arata )
"The Thunder Rolls " (Pat Alger , Garth Brooks)
"New Way to Fly" (Kim Williams , Brooks)
"Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House " (Bobby Boyd, Warren Dale Haynes, Dennis Robbins )
"Victim of the Game" (Mark D. Sanders, Brooks)
"Friends in Low Places " (DeWayne Blackwell , Earl Bud Lee)
"This Ain't Tennessee" (Larry Bastian, James Shaw)1
"Wild Horses " (Bill Shore, David Wills )
"Unanswered Prayers " (Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks)
"Same Old Story" (Tony Arata )
"Mr. Blue" (Blackwell)
"Wolves" (Stephanie Davis )
"Against The Grain" (Bruce C. Bouton, Larry Cordle , Carl Jackson )
"Rodeo " (Larry Bastian)
"What She's Doing Now " (Pat Alger , Garth Brooks)
"Burning Bridges" (Stephanie C. Brown, Brooks)
"Which One of Them" (Brooks)1
"Papa Loved Mama " (Kim Williams, Brooks)
"Shameless " (Billy Joel )
"Cold Shoulder" (Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Brooks)
"We Bury The Hatchet" (Royal Wade Kimes , Brooks)
"In Lonesome Dove" (Cynthia Limbaugh, Brooks)
"The River " (Victoria Shaw , Brooks)
"We Shall Be Free " - (Stephanie Davis , Garth Brooks)
"Somewhere Other Than the Night " (Kent Blazy , Brooks)
"Mr. Right" (Brooks)
"Every Now and Then" (Buddy Mundlock, Garth Brooks)
"Walkin' After Midnight " (Alan Block, Don Hecht)
"Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Martin Kibbee)
"Learning to Live Again " (Don Schlitz , Stephanie Davis)
"That Summer " (Pat Alger , Sandy Mahl-Brooks, Brooks)
"Something with a Ring to It" (Aaron Tippin , Mark Collie )1
"Night Rider's Lament" (Michael Burton)
"Face to Face" (Tony Arata )
"Standing Outside The Fire " (Jenny Yates, Garth Brooks)
"The Night I Called the Old Man Out" (Pat Alger , Kim Williams, Brooks)
"American Honky-Tonk Bar Association " (Bryan Kennedy, Jim Rushing)
"One Night a Day " (Gary Burr , Pete Wasner)
"Kickin' And Screamin'" (Tony Arata )
"Anonymous" (Tony Arata, Jon Schwabe)1
"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up) " (Kent Blazy , Kim Williams, Brooks)
"The Red Strokes " (James Garver , Lisa Sanderson, Jenny Yates, Brooks)
"Callin' Baton Rouge " (Dennis Linde )
"The Night Will Only Know" (Stephanie Davis , Yates, Brooks)
"The Cowboy Song" (Roy Robinson)
"The Old Stuff" (Bryan Kennedy, Dan Roberts, Garth Brooks)
"Cowboys and Angels" (Kent Blazy , Kim Williams, Brooks)
"The Fever " (Steven Tyler , Joe Perry , Bryan Kennedy, Dan Roberts)
"That Ol' Wind " (Leigh Reynolds, Brooks)
"Rollin'" (Harley Allen , Reynolds, Brooks)
"The Change " (Tony Arata , Wayne Tester)
"The Beaches of Cheyenne " (Roberts, Kennedy, Brooks)
"To Make You Feel My Love " (Bob Dylan ) 1
"It's Midnight Cinderella " (Kim Williams, Kent Blazy, Brooks)
"She's Every Woman " (Victoria Shaw , Brooks)
"Ireland" (Stephanie Davis , Jenny Yates, Brooks)
1 Bonus track not included on original release of album.
The Limited Series debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 , becoming his sixth No. 1 album, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums , becoming his eight No. 1 Country album.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
^ a b Thomas, Stephen (May 5, 1998). "Allmusic review" . Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 18, 2012 .
^ a b "Garth Brooks" . Garth Brooks. May 5, 1998. Retrieved February 28, 2012 .
^ "History of Garth Brooks: The Life and Times of Garth Brooks" . PlanetGarth.com. Retrieved August 18, 2012 .
^ "About.com - Top 25 Garth Brooks Moments" . Countrymusic.about.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012 .
^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Top Country Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998" . Billboard . Retrieved May 15, 2021 .
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998" . Billboard . Retrieved May 15, 2021 .
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999" . Billboard . Retrieved May 15, 2021 .
^ "Canadian album certifications – Garth Brooks – The Limited Series" . Music Canada .
^ "The Irish Charts - 2006 Certification Awards - Multi Platinum" . Irish Recorded Music Association . Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
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