The Chase (Garth Brooks album)

The Chase
Studio album by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1992
StudioJack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length40:12
LabelLiberty
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Beyond the Season
(1992) 		The Chase
(1992) 		In Pieces
(1993)
Singles from The Chase
  1. "We Shall Be Free"
    Released: August 31, 1992
  2. "Somewhere Other Than the Night"
    Released: October 12, 1992
  3. "Learning to Live Again"
    Released: January 25, 1993
  4. "That Summer"
    Released: April 26, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideB+[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Q[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

The Chase is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 14, 1992, through Liberty Records and sold 403,000 copies in its first week,[6] The Chase debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and Top Country Albums chart and has been certified diamond by the RIAA. It was also successful internationally, reaching number one on the UK country albums chart and remained in the top ten for many months.

"Dixie Chicken" is a cover of the classic Little Feat song off of their 1973 album of the same name, while "Night Rider's Lament" is a classic cowboy song that had been previously recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker and Chris LeDoux.

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  5. ^ 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.
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