The Limited Series (2005 album) explained

The Limited Series (2005)
Type:Box Set
Artist:Garth Brooks
Cover:Garthlimited05.jpg
Released:November 25, 2005
Recorded:1995–2005
Studio:Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Label:Pearl
Producer:Allen Reynolds, Tracy Greenwood
Prev Title:Scarecrow
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:The Lost Sessions
Next Year:2005

The Limited Series is the name of Garth Brooks' second box set of albums. (It is also the name of his first box set). The set was released in 2005 to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. It comprises his studio albums Sevens (1997) and Scarecrow (2001), the live album Double Live (1998), and a bonus CD entitled The Lost Sessions which was also issued separately. The Lost Sessions also includes three singles: "Good Ride Cowboy", "Love Will Always Win" and "That Girl Is a Cowboy".

Contents

The set contains the following previously released albums:

The Double Live album contained one of three new covers, themed much like the original album. These covers were of Brooks' live performances recorded after Double Live was released: The last show of Brooks' final tour in 2000, and the special concert aboard the USS Enterprise in 2001. A third cover shows special "behind the scenes" moments during Brooks' live tours.

The set contains an All Access DVD, containing footage from Brooks' live shows, as well as a photo gallery and the music videos for "Standing Outside the Fire", "Callin' Baton Rouge", "Wrapped Up in You" and "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)". The DVD also contains approximately 40 minutes of interviews with Brooks.

The set contains a booklet with information about all the albums in the set, as well as the lyrics for the songs, in lieu of the usual CD booklets.

Chart performance

Due to Billboard chart rules that made albums exclusive to a specific retailer ineligible, The Limited Series was not able to chart on the Billboard 200 or Top Country Albums. Furthermore, "the racks that service [Wal-Mart] [...] opted to withhold reporting sales of this proprietary title to Nielsen SoundScan", leaving it also absent from Billboard charts that did allow exclusive titles, such as Top Comprehensive Albums. Billboard reported that according to "industry sources", the set sold "in the neighborhood of 300,000–400,000" copies in the three-day window of its opening week (having been released mid-week), while the official number one album that week, System of a Down's Hypnotize, sold 320,000 copies.[1] [2]

The Lost Sessions

The Lost Sessions
Type:Album
Artist:Garth Brooks
Cover:Garthlost.jpg
Released:November 25, 2005 (Box)
February 7, 2006 (Separate)
Recorded:1995-2005
Genre:Country
Length:38:43 (Box set version)
62:34 (Separate Version)
Label:Pearl
Producer:Allen Reynolds, Tracy Greenwood
Prev Title:The Limited Series
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:The Ultimate Hits
Next Year:2007

The Limited Series contains The Lost Sessions, a studio album of previously unreleased material recorded by Brooks between 1995 and 2000, along with the newly recorded Chris LeDoux tribute, "Good Ride Cowboy". Shortly after the box set was released, The Lost Sessions was re-released individually, featuring six new songs, and a re-sequenced track listing. It also included a new version of "Good Ride Cowboy", which replaced the previous version's reference of "Navy" with "Air Force".

Track listing

  1. "Fishin' in the Dark" (Wendy Waldman, Jim Photoglo) - 3:43
  2. "That Girl Is a Cowboy" (Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown, Garth Brooks) - 4:23
  3. "Good Ride Cowboy" (Niemann, Brown, Bryan Kennedy, Bob Doyle) - 3:26
  4. "For a Minute There" (Kent Blazy, Brooks) - 5:15
  5. "Please Operator (Could You Trace This Call)" (Dewayne Blackwell) - 3:42
  6. "I'd Rather Have Nothing" (Mike McClure) - 3:44
  7. "American Dream" (Jenny Yates, Brooks; prelude by Dennis Burnside) - 1:52
  8. "I'll Be the Wind" (Josh Kear, Mark Irwin) - 4:04
  9. "My Baby No Está Aquí" (David Stephenson, Shane Stockton) - 2:49
  10. "Allison Miranda" (Bobby Wood, Dan Roberts, Brooks) - 5:03
  11. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (Ed McCurdy) - 3:31

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[3]

Track listing for The Lost Sessions (separate version)

(Songs new to this release feature writing credits and song length; information for other tracks is same as above).

  1. "Good Ride Cowboy" -3:27
  2. "Allison Miranda" - 5:05
  3. "Love Will Always Win" (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick) - 4:41
  4. "She Don't Care About Me" (Bruce Robison) - 2:57
  5. "That Girl Is a Cowboy"- 4:24
  6. "Fishin' in the Dark" - 3:43
  7. "For a Minute There" - 5:16
  8. "I'd Rather Have Nothing" - 3:47
  9. "Cowgirl's Saddle" (Brooks, B. Kennedy, Gary McMahan) - 3:20
  10. "Under the Table" (Brooks, Randy Taylor) - 3:04
  11. "American Dream" - 1:54
  12. "I'll Be the Wind" - 4:06
  13. "Meet Me in Love" (Brooks, B. Kennedy, Wood) - 2:55
  14. "You Can't Help Who You Love" (Marcus Hummon, Steve Wariner) - 3:47
  15. "Please Operator (Could You Trace This Call)"- 3:45
  16. "My Baby No Está Aquí" — 2:51
  17. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" - 3:32

References

  1. Billboard. [{{Google books|ZxMEAAAAMBAJ|pg=PA51|plainurl=yes}} System Rules Again; Brooks' Numbers Are Shrouded]. Geoff. Mayfield. December 10, 2005. 117. 50. 51. 0006-2510. April 18, 2022.
  2. Billboard. [{{Google books|lRMEAAAAMBAJ|pg=PA47|plainurl=yes}} Madonna Leads Pack; 'Idol' Sets Country Record]. Geoff. Mayfield. December 3, 2005. 117. 49. 47. 0006-2510. April 18, 2022.
  3. The Lost Sessions . Garth Brooks . 2005 . CD booklet . Pearl Records . 85420-6001-084.

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