No Fences

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No Fences is the second studio album by the American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990, and reached #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album also reached #3 on the Billboard 200. On the latter chart it stayed in the top 40 for 126 weeks. No Fences remains Brooks' best-selling studio album to date with 17 million copies shipped in the US, and is the album that made him an international star. It was his first album issued in Europe (the original European release contained the four singles from his U.S. debut as bonus tracks). This was Garth's first album to have a crossover-friendly country-pop sound, which was a departure from the neotraditional country sound of his first album.

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Singles

Some of Brooks' most famous songs appear on No Fences, including: "The Thunder Rolls" (CMA's 1991 Video of the Year), "Friends in Low Places" (Academy of Country Music's 1990 Single of the Year), "Unanswered Prayers" and "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House". A cover version of The Fleetwoods' "Mr. Blue" appears on the album. The album itself was named Album of the Year by the ACM in 1990. It reached Number 1 on the British country music charts (earning Brooks his first gold album in that country) and remained charted for over five years.

The track "Victim of the Game" was later covered by Brooks's friend and future wife Trisha Yearwood for her 1991 eponymous debut album.

Brooks later re-recorded the track "Wild Horses", and released the new recording as a single in early 2001, reaching #7 on the country chart.

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25th anniversary reissue

In September 2015, it was announced No Fences would be reissued later in the year to commemorate its 25-year release anniversary. The release would include a new version of "Friends in Low Places", featuring George Strait, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, and Keith Urban singing along with Brooks. The album release has since been delayed due to royalty disputes.

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Track listing

1. "The Thunder Rolls" (Pat Alger, Garth Brooks) - 3:42
2. "New Way to Fly" (Kim Williams, Brooks) - 3:54
3. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" (Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins) - 2:31
4. "Victim of the Game" (Mark D. Sanders, Brooks) - 3:06
5. "Friends in Low Places" (Dewayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee) - 4:18
6. "This Ain't Tennessee" (Jim Shaw, Larry Bastian) - 4:08^A
7. "Wild Horses" (Bill Shore, David Wills) - 3:08
8. "Unanswered Prayers" (Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks) - 3:23
9. "Same Old Story" (Tony Arata) - 2:52
10. "Mr. Blue" (Blackwell) - 3:16
11. "Wolves" (Stephanie Davis) - 4:08

^AThis track was not on the original release of the album. It first appeared when the album was re-released as part of Brooks' first Limited Series box set collection, and remained part of subsequent releases of the album until 2014, when it was released digitally for the first time.

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Personnel

The following credits are sourced from liner notes included with the album's release.

Musicians

Backing and harmony vocalists

Recording

• Denny Purcell - mastering engineer
• Mark Miller - recording and mixing engineer
• Dan Heins - harmony and backing vocals, audio engineer

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Charts

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Certifications

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See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

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References

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