Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences

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Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
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Box set by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedNovember 28, 2013 (2013-11-28)
Genre
Label Pearl
Producer Steve Buckingham
Mark Miller
Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
The Ultimate Hits
(2007)		Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
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(2014)

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.

Contents

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]

Content

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]

Commercial success

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]

Track listing

Country Classics
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Great Balls of Fire" Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer1:59
2."After the Fire Is Gone" (duet with Trisha Yearwood)L. E. White2:59
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"McDill4:36
11."Jambalaya" Hank Williams 2:50
Total length:33:24
Classic Rock
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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. Payne3:15
8."All Right Now" Andy Fraser, Rodgers4:49
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
The Melting Pot
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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
Blue-Eyed Soul
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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 Shannon3:32
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
The Ultimate Hits- CD (Disc 1)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
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" LeeReynolds4:18
3."Shameless" Billy Joel Reynolds4:01
4."Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins Reynolds2:31
5."The Beaches of Cheyenne"Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, BrooksReynolds4:12
6."If Tomorrow Never Comes"Blazy, BrooksReynolds3:37
7."Papa Loved Mama"Williams, BrooksReynolds2:48
8."More Than a Memory" Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Billy Montana Reynolds3:22
9."Good Ride Cowboy" Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown, Kennedy, Bob DoyleReynolds3:26
10."In Another's Eyes" (The duet with Trisha Yearwood)Brooks, Bobby Wood, John PeppardReynolds3:33
11."The Fever" Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, KennedyReynolds2:40
12."Midnight Sun"Brooks, Jerrod Niemann, Richie BrownReynolds3:44
13."Learning to Live Again" Don Schlitz, Stephanie Davis Reynolds4:04
14."Longneck Bottle" (featuring Steve Wariner) Steve Wariner, Rick CarnesReynolds2:15
15."To Make You Feel My Love" Bob Dylan Reynolds3:55
16."We Shall Be Free"Davis, BrooksReynolds3:47
17."The Dance" Tony Arata Reynolds3:37
The Ultimate Hits- CD (Disc 2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Callin' Baton Rouge" Dennis Linde Reynolds2:35
2."Two Piña Coladas" Shawn Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy MasonReynolds3:34
3."The Thunder Rolls" Pat Alger, BrooksReynolds3:42
4."That Summer"Alger, Sandy Mahl, BrooksReynolds4:45
5."The River" Victoria Shaw, BrooksReynolds4:23
6."Beer Run" (The duet with George Jones) Kim Williams, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, George Ducas, BlazyReynolds2:28
7."Unanswered Prayers"Alger, Larry Bastian, BrooksReynolds3:23
8."Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"Randy Taylor, BrooksReynolds2:53
9."Workin' for a Livin'" (The duet with Huey Lewis) Huey Lewis, Chris HayesReynolds2:40
10."What She's Doing Now"Alger, BrooksReynolds3:23
11."When You Come Back to Me Again" (from Frequency )Jenny Yates, BrooksReynolds4:44
12."Standing Outside the Fire"Yates, BrooksReynolds3:51
13."American Honky-Tonk Bar Association"Kennedy, Jim RushingReynolds3:31
14."The Change" Tony Arata, Wayne TesterReynolds4:06
15."Rodeo"Larry BastianReynolds3:51
16."Wrapped Up in You" Wayne Kirkpatrick Reynolds4:31
17."Leave a Light On" (Bonus Track) Randy Goodrum, Tommy SimmsReynolds3:41
The Ultimate Hits- DVD
No.TitleWriter(s)Director(s)Length
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 Miller4:04
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, BrooksBud Schaetzle4:27
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, BrooksTimothy Miller3:40
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, BrooksJon Small3:55
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 TesterSmall3:40
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 Small5:27
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, BrooksGerry Wenner, Brooks4:38
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

Personnel

Chart performance

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