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| Released | November 17, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–1998 | |||
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| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Double Live is the first live album by American country music singer Garth Brooks. It was released on November 17, 1998, and is a two-disc compilation of live songs, recorded during Brooks's 1996–98 world tour.
The album broke the first-week sales record at the time, previously held by Pearl Jam's Vs., when it sold 1,085,000 copies.[4] It became the first new best-selling live album in the US since Eric Clapton's Unplugged in 1992, later becoming the best-selling live album in United States music history. It has been certified 23× Platinum by the RIAA (11.5 million shipped as it is a double album), and is the seventh most shipped album in the US.[5] By 2012, it had sold 6,017,000 copies.[6]
Double Live was re-released on September 5, 2014, as Double Live: 25th Anniversary Edition, exclusive to GhostTunes.[7]
Double Live was again re-released on November 20, 2018, as part of the Garth Brooks Anthology Part III: Live book.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Double Live - Garth Brooks". Allmusic. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ^ Browne, David (November 27, 1998). "Double Live Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 105. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Grein, Paul (June 8, 2011). "Week Ending June 5, 2011. Albums: Gaga's Record Drop-Off". New.music.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ^ "RIAA List of Best Selling Albums". Riaa.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ^ Sales figures according to Nielsen Soundscan. Paul Grein (November 30, 2012). "Chart Watch Extra: Where "Thriller" Ranks". Chart Watch. Yahoo Music. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ^ Whitaker, Sterling (4 September 2014). "Garth Brooks Releases Digital Music Via Newly Founded GhostTunes". TheBoot.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.