Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences | ||||
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Released | November 28, 2013 | |||
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Label | Pearl | |||
Producer | Steve Buckingham Mark Miller Allen Reynolds | |||
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Blame it All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences is the fourth compilation box set by American country music artist Garth Brooks, released by Pearl Records on November 28, 2013.
The 8-disc set, sold exclusively through Walmart and Sam's Club stores, includes 77 songs on six compact discs, plus 33 music videos, and a full-length live performance from the Garth at Wynn residency show in Las Vegas, on two DVDs. Four of the CDs are new studio albums composed entirely of cover songs. The remaining two CDs and the DVD in the set are a reissue of The Ultimate Hits . [2]
Loosely modeled from the set list of his residency show, Garth at Wynn, the albums feature songs Brooks attributes to the development of his unique country pop genre. They were produced by Mark Miller, with additional production from Steve Buckingham on "Shout." Allen Reynolds produced The Ultimate Hits . [3]
The album debut at number 3 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with 164,000 copies from fewer than four days of sales and reached number 1 in its second week with 146,000 marking his ninth top album on the chart. [4] As of September 10, 2014, has sold 893,000 copies in the United States. [5] [6] The RIAA lists individual Platinum certifications for Country Classics(listed as Country Hits in the RIAA database), Classic Rock, The Melting Pot and Blue-Eyed Soul. [7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Great Balls of Fire" | Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer | 1:59 |
2. | "After the Fire Is Gone" (duet with Trisha Yearwood) | L. E. White | 2:59 |
3. | "Act Naturally" | Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell | 2:23 |
4. | "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down" | Merle Haggard | 2:46 |
5. | "Amos Moses" | Jerry Reed | 2:55 |
6. | "Fishin' in the Dark" | Jim Photoglo, Wendy Waldman | 3:24 |
7. | "Unwound" | Frank Dycus, Dean Dillon | 2:28 |
8. | "Good Ole Boys Like Me" | Bob McDill | 4:17 |
9. | "White Lightnin'" | J.P. Richardson | 2:41 |
10. | "Don't Close Your Eyes" | McDill | 4:36 |
11. | "Jambalaya" | Hank Williams | 2:50 |
Total length: | 33:24 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Against the Wind" | Bob Seger | 4:48 |
2. | "Superstition" | Stevie Wonder | 4:14 |
3. | "Sweet Home Alabama" | Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant | 4:53 |
4. | "Life in the Fast Lane" | Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey, Don Henley | 4:37 |
5. | "Somebody to Love" | Freddie Mercury | 4:52 |
6. | "Bad Company" | Simon Kirke, Paul Rodgers | 4:15 |
7. | "Midnight Rider" | Gregg Allman, Robert K. Payne | 3:15 |
8. | "All Right Now" | Andy Fraser, Rodgers | 4:49 |
9. | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | 5:42 |
10. | "Addicted to Love" | Robert Palmer | 4:01 |
11. | "Goodnight Saigon" | Billy Joel | 6:19 |
Total length: | 51:59 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Black Water" | Patrick Simmons | 4:07 |
2. | "Mrs. Robinson" | Paul Simon | 3:54 |
3. | "Maggie May" | Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton | 4:27 |
4. | "Who'll Stop the Rain" | John Fogerty | 2:42 |
5. | "Wild World" | Cat Stevens | 2:25 |
6. | "Doctor My Eyes" | Jackson Browne | 2:50 |
7. | "The Weight" | Robbie Robertson | 5:09 |
8. | "Amie" | Craig Fuller | 4:21 |
9. | "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" | Jim Croce | 3:50 |
10. | "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" | Bob Dylan | 3:14 |
11. | "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" | James Taylor | 2:47 |
Total length: | 40:05 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong | 3:31 |
2. | "Midnight Train to Georgia" | Jim Weatherly | 4:10 |
3. | "Hold On, I'm Coming" | Isaac Hayes, David Porter | 2:49 |
4. | "Ain't No Sunshine" | Bill Withers | 2:20 |
5. | "Drift Away" | Mentor Williams | 4:02 |
6. | "Stand by Me" | Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:59 |
7. | "Shout" | Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr. | 4:01 |
8. | "I Never Loved Someone the Way I Love You" | Ronnie Shannon | 3:32 |
9. | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | Steve Cropper, Otis Redding | 2:35 |
10. | "Lean on Me" | Bill Withers | 3:24 |
11. | "What'd I Say" | Ray Charles | 4:10 |
Total length: | 37:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" | Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Garth Brooks | Allen Reynolds | 4:32 |
2. | "Friends in Low Places" | Dewayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee | Reynolds | 4:18 |
3. | "Shameless" | Billy Joel | Reynolds | 4:01 |
4. | "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" | Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins | Reynolds | 2:31 |
5. | "The Beaches of Cheyenne" | Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, Brooks | Reynolds | 4:12 |
6. | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | Blazy, Brooks | Reynolds | 3:37 |
7. | "Papa Loved Mama" | Williams, Brooks | Reynolds | 2:48 |
8. | "More Than a Memory" | Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Billy Montana | Reynolds | 3:22 |
9. | "Good Ride Cowboy" | Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown, Kennedy, Bob Doyle | Reynolds | 3:26 |
10. | "In Another's Eyes" (The duet with Trisha Yearwood) | Brooks, Bobby Wood, John Peppard | Reynolds | 3:33 |
11. | "The Fever" | Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, Kennedy | Reynolds | 2:40 |
12. | "Midnight Sun" | Brooks, Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown | Reynolds | 3:44 |
13. | "Learning to Live Again" | Don Schlitz, Stephanie Davis | Reynolds | 4:04 |
14. | "Longneck Bottle" (featuring Steve Wariner) | Steve Wariner, Rick Carnes | Reynolds | 2:15 |
15. | "To Make You Feel My Love" | Bob Dylan | Reynolds | 3:55 |
16. | "We Shall Be Free" | Davis, Brooks | Reynolds | 3:47 |
17. | "The Dance" | Tony Arata | Reynolds | 3:37 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Callin' Baton Rouge" | Dennis Linde | Reynolds | 2:35 |
2. | "Two Piña Coladas" | Shawn Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy Mason | Reynolds | 3:34 |
3. | "The Thunder Rolls" | Pat Alger, Brooks | Reynolds | 3:42 |
4. | "That Summer" | Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks | Reynolds | 4:45 |
5. | "The River" | Victoria Shaw, Brooks | Reynolds | 4:23 |
6. | "Beer Run" (The duet with George Jones) | Kim Williams, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, George Ducas, Blazy | Reynolds | 2:28 |
7. | "Unanswered Prayers" | Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks | Reynolds | 3:23 |
8. | "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" | Randy Taylor, Brooks | Reynolds | 2:53 |
9. | "Workin' for a Livin'" (The duet with Huey Lewis) | Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes | Reynolds | 2:40 |
10. | "What She's Doing Now" | Alger, Brooks | Reynolds | 3:23 |
11. | "When You Come Back to Me Again" (from Frequency ) | Jenny Yates, Brooks | Reynolds | 4:44 |
12. | "Standing Outside the Fire" | Yates, Brooks | Reynolds | 3:51 |
13. | "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" | Kennedy, Jim Rushing | Reynolds | 3:31 |
14. | "The Change" | Tony Arata, Wayne Tester | Reynolds | 4:06 |
15. | "Rodeo" | Larry Bastian | Reynolds | 3:51 |
16. | "Wrapped Up in You" | Wayne Kirkpatrick | Reynolds | 4:31 |
17. | "Leave a Light On" (Bonus Track) | Randy Goodrum, Tommy Simms | Reynolds | 3:41 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Director(s) | Length |
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1. | "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" | Randy Taylor, Garth Brooks | 2:59 | |
2. | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | Kent Blazy, Brooks | John Lloyd Miller | 3:44 |
3. | "The Dance" | Tony Arata | Miller | 4:04 |
4. | "Friends in Low Places" | Dewayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee | 8:54 | |
5. | "Unanswered Prayers" | Pat Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks | 4:27 | |
6. | "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" | Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins | 2:38 | |
7. | "The Thunder Rolls" | Alger, Brooks | Bud Schaetzle | 4:27 |
8. | "Rodeo" | Larry Bastian | 3:55 | |
9. | "Shameless" | Billy Joel | 3:38 | |
10. | "Papa Loved Mama" | Kim Williams, Brooks | 2:46 | |
11. | "What She's Doing Now" | Alger, Brooks | 3:40 | |
12. | "The River" | Victoria Shaw, Brooks | 3:40 | |
13. | "We Shall Be Free" | Stephanie Davis, Brooks | Timothy Miller | 3:40 |
14. | "Learning to Live Again" | Don Schlitz, Stephanie Davis | 4:04 | |
15. | "That Summer" | Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks | 5:01 | |
16. | "Standing Outside the Fire" | Jenny Yates, Brooks | Jon Small | 3:55 |
17. | "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" | Blazy, Williams, Brooks | 4:46 | |
18. | "Callin' Baton Rouge" | Dennis Linde | Michael Salomon | 2:47 |
19. | "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" | Kennedy, Jim Rushing | 4:19 | |
20. | "The Fever" | Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, Kennedy | 3:24 | |
21. | "To Make You Feel My Love" | Bob Dylan | 3:55 | |
22. | "The Beaches of Cheyenne" | Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, Brooks | 3:43 | |
23. | "The Change" | Tony Arata, Wayne Tester | Small | 3:40 |
24. | "Two Piña Coladas" | Don Schlitz, Davis | 3:12 | |
25. | "Longneck Bottle" (with special guest Steve Wariner) | Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks | 3:33 | |
26. | "In Another's Eyes" (The duet with Trisha Yearwood) | Brooks, Bobby Wood, John Peppard | Michael Salomon | 3:32 |
27. | "Wrapped Up In You" | Wayne Kirkpatrick | Small | 5:27 |
28. | "Beer Run" (The duet with George Jones) | Williams, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, George Ducas, Blazy | 2:40 | |
29. | "When You Come Back to Me Again" (from Frequency ) | Jenny Yates, Brooks | Gerry Wenner, Brooks | 4:38 |
30. | "Good Ride Cowboy" | Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown, Kennedy, Bob Doyle | 3:39 | |
31. | "More Than a Memory" | Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Billy Montana | 3:39 | |
32. | "Workin' for a Livin'" (The duet with Huey Lewis) | Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes | 2:45 | |
33. | "Midnight Sun" | Brooks, Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown | 4:37 |
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