In Pieces (Garth Brooks album)

In Pieces
Studio album by Garth Brooks
Released	August 31, 1993
Recorded	Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	37:43
Label	Liberty
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
The Chase (1992) In Pieces (1993) The Garth Brooks Collection (1994)
Singles from In Pieces
"Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" Released: July 26, 1993 "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" Released: September 7, 1993 "Standing Outside the Fire" Released: December 13, 1993 "One Night a Day" Released: May 2, 1994 "Callin' Baton Rouge" Released: August 1, 1994 "The Red Strokes" Released: November 15, 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[3]
NME	6/10[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

In Pieces is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 31, 1993, by Liberty Records. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart.

The album was likewise a hit outside the United States. In the United Kingdom, it was Brooks' highest-placed album on the charts. It reached the top ten of the UK country album charts before it was issued officially (due to imports from both the United States and Ireland). Critics felt that this would ruin the album's sales once it was issued. However, when it was eventually issued in Britain in early 1994 it went to #1 on the country charts and reached #2 in the pop charts, and also produced two top-forty hit singles on the British pop charts.

The track "Callin' Baton Rouge" was previously a #37 peaking single in 1987 for the New Grass Revival, whose members back Brooks on his rendition. It was the first time the group had recorded together since they disbanded in 1989.

In an interview with BBC Radio DJ Richard Wooton, Brooks stated that the track "The Cowboy Song" (which was written in 1987 by Roy Robinson) was found in a trash can by someone on his team who liked the song and played the track to him.