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Released | May 5, 1998 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Capitol Nashville, Pearl | |||
Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
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The Limited Series is a box set released by American country music artist Garth Brooks, released by Pearl Records on May 5, 1998.
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart with 372,410 copies sold. [2] It features re-issues of Garth's first six albums, with a bonus track added to each. Sales in the United States were limited to two million copies. [1] [3] [4]
With the release of The Limited Series, Brooks is the first artist to debut at No. 1 on two charts with a boxed set and set a record for first week sales of any boxed set in the Soundscan era. [2]
Of the newly added tracks, "To Make You Feel My Love" (a cover of a Bob Dylan song from the "Hope Floats" soundtrack) reached No. 1 on the country charts in mid-1998. Additionally, "Something with a Ring to It" was previously recorded by Mark Collie on his 1990 debut album Hardin County Line .
1Bonus track not included on original release of album.
The Limited Series debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his sixth No. 1 album, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his eight No. 1 Country album.
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