Ropin' the Wind

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Ropin' the Wind
Garth Brooks-Ropin' the Wind (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedSeptember 2, 1991
Recorded1990–1991
Studio Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length39:21
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
No Fences
(1990)		Ropin' the Wind
(1991)		 Beyond the Season
(1992)
Singles from Ropin' the Wind
  1. "Rodeo"
    Released: August 12, 1991
  2. "Shameless"
    Released: October 21, 1991
  3. "What She's Doing Now"
    Released: December 6, 1991
  4. "Papa Loved Mama"
    Released: February 3, 1992
  5. "The River"
    Released: April 27, 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide A− [2]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Ropin' the Wind is the third studio album by the American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 2, 1991, and was his first studio album to debut at No. 1 the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart. It was the first album by a country singer to top both of these charts since Kenny Rogers just over a decade earlier. It had four runs at No. 1 between September 28, 1991, and April 3, 1992, spending a combined 18 weeks at the top, eventually being certified 14× Platinum by the RIAA in 1998. In the UK, it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and went to No. 1 for several months on the country charts. It is the last studio album on Capitol Records Nashville until the 1995 album Fresh Horses .

Contents

The track "Shameless" is a cover version of a Billy Joel song recorded on his 1989 album Storm Front .

According to the music website AllMusic, Ropin' the Wind was the first country album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. [6]

Background

Brooks commented on the album saying: "Ropin' the Wind was what we called the son of Fences. Ropin' the Wind was made in this kind of tour that we were on from No Fences. We were gone, pretty much 250 days out of the year. And in that remaining 100 days, I elected to cut Ropin' The Wind, and try to write for it. This album became a lot bigger than I ever thought it could possibly be. And when I listen to the singles off of it like 'Rodeo', 'What She's Doing Now', 'The River', 'Papa Loved Mama', and 'Shameless', I look at it and stand very proud. And then when I also look at the cuts, 'Against The Grain', 'Cold Shoulder', these songs I am equally proud of." [7]

Reception

Ropin' the Wind debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his first, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums number-one album selling 400,000 copies, becoming his second No. 1 country album. In September 1998, Ropin' the Wind was certified 14 x platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Against the Grain" Bruce Bouton, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson 2:23
2."Rodeo"Larry Bastian3:54
3."What She's Doing Now" Pat Alger, Garth Brooks 3:26
4."Burning Bridges"Brooks, Stephanie C. Brown3:36
5."Papa Loved Mama"Brooks, Kim Williams 2:50
6."Shameless" Billy Joel 4:16
7."Cold Shoulder" Kent Blazy, Brooks, Williams3:54
8."We Bury the Hatchet"Brooks, Royal Wade Kimes3:05
9."In Lonesome Dove"Brooks, Cynthia Limbaugh4:49
10."The River"Brooks, Victoria Shaw 4:23
Total length:36:37

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [28] Platinum70,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [29] 5× Platinum500,000^
Japan—23,000 [30]
Spain—40,000 [30]
United States (RIAA) [31] 14× Platinum14,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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