No Fences

No Fences
Studio album by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedAugust 27, 1990
Recorded1989–1990
StudioJack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length38:29
LabelCapitol Nashville
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Garth Brooks
(1989) 		No Fences
(1990) 		Ropin' the Wind
(1991)
Singles from No Fences
  1. "Friends in Low Places"
    Released: August 6, 1990
  2. "Unanswered Prayers"
    Released: October 12, 1990
  3. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"
    Released: January 1991
  4. "The Thunder Rolls"
    Released: April 30, 1991
  5. "Wild Horses"
    Released: November 20, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

No Fences is the second studio album by the American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990, and reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album also reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. On the latter chart, it stayed in the top 40 for 126 weeks.[7] No Fences remains Brooks' best-selling studio album to date with 18 million copies shipped in the US,[8] 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 US debut as bonus tracks).

  1. ^ Molanphy, Chris (November 5, 2020). "Friends in Low Places Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Coleman, Kathy. "Garth Brooks – 'No Fences'". About.com. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "No Fences – Garth Brooks". AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Garth Brooks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  5. ^ Alanna Nash (September 21, 1990). "No Fences Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  6. ^ 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. rolling stone garth brooks album guide.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums, 3rd edition, Billboard Books, 1995, p. 46.
  8. ^ "RIAA – Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 16 August 2015.