Beyond the Season explained
| Beyond the Season |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Garth Brooks |
| Cover: | Garth Brooks Beyond the Season.jpg |
| Released: | August 25, 1992 |
| Studio: | Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| Length: | 33:48 |
| Label: | Liberty |
| Producer: | Allen Reynolds |
| Prev Title: | Ropin' the Wind |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | The Chase |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Beyond the Season is the first Christmas album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 25, 1992, by Liberty Records, and peaked at number 2 on both of Billboard magazine's Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums sales charts that year. Beyond the Season was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of 1992 in the United States with sales of 1,542,000 copies for the year according to Nielsen SoundScan.[1] As of November 2014, the album has cumulative sales of 2,650,000 copies in the U.S. and is the seventeenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the entire SoundScan era (March 1991 – present).[2]
On November 15, 1995, Beyond the Season was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of 3 million copies in the United States.[3]
Chart performance
Beyond the Season peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums. In November 1995, Beyond the Season was certified 3 x Platinum by the RIAA.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions |
|---|
| US Country |
|---|
| 1998 | "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" | 41 |
| 1999 | "Go Tell it on the Mountain" | 72 |
| 2000 | "White Christmas" | 65 |
| "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | 69 |
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Personnel
- Garth Brooks – lead vocals, harmony vocals (3, 8, 9), acoustic guitar
- Bobby Wood – acoustic piano, keyboards
- Joey Miskulin – accordion (4)
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar (1-9), electric guitars (1-9)
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (3, 5, 8)
- Mike Chapman – bass (1-9)
- Milton Sledge – drums (1-9), percussion (1-9)
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle (3, 8)
- Charles Cochran – string arrangements (10, 11)
- Cynthia Reynolds Wyatt – harp (10, 11)
- Bob Mason – cello (10)
- Gary Vanosdale – viola (10)
- Carl Gorodetzky – violin (10)
- Pamela Sixfin – violin (10)
- The Nashville String Machine – strings (11)
- Christ Church Choir – choir (5)
- Landy Gardner – choir director (5)
- Trisha Yearwood – harmony vocals (5, 9)
- Allen Reynolds – harmony vocals (9)
- Jim Rooney – harmony vocals (9)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1 & 11)
- Bob Bailey, Johnny Cobb, Gary Chapman, Vicki Hampton, Emily Harris, Yvonne Hodges, Jana King, Donna McElroy, Donna Morris, Howard Smith and Dennis Wilson
Production
- Allen Reynolds – producer
- Mark Miller – recording, mixing
- Matt Allen – recording assistant
- Carlos Grier – digital editing
- Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee).
- Virginia Team – art direction
- Jerry Joyner – design
- Beverly Parker – photography
References and external links
Notes and References
- News: Chart Watch Extra: What Will Be This Year's Top Christmas Album? . Paul Grein . October 29, 2013 . Chart Watch . Yahoo .
- Web site: The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays . . . December 1, 2014 . December 1, 2014.
- Web site: RIAA Searchable Database. https://archive.today/20141203021511/http://riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Beyond_The_Season&artist=Brooks,_Garth&format=ALBUM&category=SOLO&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&awardDescription=Multi_Platinum&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=12&startYear=1990&endYear=1996&sort=Artist&perPage=25. dead. 2014-12-03. Recording Industry Association of America. 2014-12-02.
- Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1992. Billboard. September 8, 2021.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992. Billboard. September 8, 2021.
- Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. November 5, 2021.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. November 5, 2021.
