Fresh Horses (album)

***Fresh Horses*** is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 21, 1995. _Fresh Horses_ peaked at #2 on the _Billboard_ 200 chart, and #1 on the Top Country Albums chart.

The album had a worldwide radio ban until it was available to buy. Only the two singles issued ("She's Every Woman" and "The Fever") were allowed to be played before this date, the latter of which was a new country-rock version of an old Aerosmith song. Through 2006, approximately 7 million copies have been sold in the U.S.

## Background

Brooks commented on the album saying:

"_Everyone was expecting this album to be pop. Everyone said we were leaving (country). For the first time ever, I was involved (in writing) in eight of the 10 cuts, so it's a huge reflection of myself. It's the things I enjoy singing about. I got to sing about the band on the road, I got to sing about cowboys, and more importantly, the women who put up with those cowboys._'

## Track listing

1. "The Old Stuff" (Bryan Kennedy, Dan Roberts, Garth Brooks) – 4:12
1. "Cowboys and Angels" (Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Brooks) – 3:16
1. "The Fever" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, Kennedy) – 2:40
1. "That Ol' Wind" (Leigh Reynolds, Brooks) – 5:22
1. "Rollin'" (Harley Allen, Reynolds, Brooks) – 4:07
1. "The Change" (Tony Arata, Wayne Tester) – 4:06
1. "The Beaches of Cheyenne" (Roberts, Kennedy, Brooks) – 4:13
1. "It's Midnight Cinderella" (Williams, Blazy, Brooks) – 2:23
1. "She's Every Woman" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 2:53
1. ”Ireland" (Stephanie Davis, Jenny Yates, Brooks) – 5:01

“The Limited Series” (1998) of the album inserted a cover of Bob Dylan’s “To Make You Feel My Love” between tracks 7 and 8.

## Chart performance

***Fresh Horses*** peaked at #2 on the U.S. _Billboard_ 200, and peaked #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his sixth #1 Country album. In November 2006, ***Fresh Horses*** was certified 7 x Platinum by the RIAA.

### Album

|Charts (1995)|Peak position|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Australian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|5|
|align="left"|Canadian _RPM_ Top Albums|style="text-align:center;"|7|
|align="left"|Canadian _RPM_ Country Albums|style="text-align:center;"|1|
|align="left"|Dutch Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|53|
|align="left"|European Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|24|
|align="left"|German Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|55|
|align="left"|Irish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|1|
|align="left"|Norwegian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|10|
|align="left"|Swiss Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|35|
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|22|
|align="left"|U.S. _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|2|
|align="left"|U.S. _Billboard_ Top Country Albums|style="text-align:center;"|1|

### Sales and Certifications

|Region|Provider|Certification|Sales/Shipments||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Australia|style="text-align:center;"|ARIA|Gold|35,000|
|Canada|style="text-align:center;"|CRIA|5x platinum|500,000|
|United Kingdom|style="text-align:center;"|BPI|Gold|100,000|
|United States|style="text-align:center;"|RIAA|7x Platinum|7,000,000|
|**World-Wide**|||**7,635,000**||

### Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Single|colspan="2"|Peak positions|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|1995|style="text-align:left;"|"She's Every Woman"|1|1|
|style="text-align:left;"|"The Fever"|23|2|||
|style="text-align:left;"|"The Beaches of Cheyenne"|1|1|||
|rowspan="3"|1996|style="text-align:left;"|"The Change"|19|8|
|style="text-align:left;"|"It's Midnight Cinderella"|5|2|||
|style="text-align:left;"|"That Ol' Wind"|4|3|||

### Other charted songs

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Single||Peak positions|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1995|style="text-align:left;"|"The Old Stuff"|64||
|style="text-align:left;"|"Rollin'"|71||||

## Personnel

- Garth Brooks - lead vocals

### Additional musicians

- Susan Ashton - backing vocals
- Sam Bacco - percussion
- Bruce Bouton - steel guitar
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
- Mike Chapman - bass guitar
- Ed Foote - hurdy-gurdy
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Gordon Kennedy - electric guitar
- Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
- Jimmy Mattingly - fiddle
- Bobby Wood - piano, organ, keyboards
- Leigh Reynolds - acoustic guitar
- Milton Sledge - drums, percussion
- Trisha Yearwood - backing vocals

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Fresh Horses
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Garth Brooks
- **released**: November 21, 1995
- **studio**: Jack's Track's Recording Studio
- **genre**: Country music, Country
- **length**: 38:13
- **label**: Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Nashville
- **producer**: Allen Reynolds
- **prev title**: In Pieces
- **prev year**: 1993
- **next title**: Sevens (album), Sevens
- **next year**: 1997