No Fences

## Listen

**No Fences** is the second album by the solo artist Garth Brooks, based out of Nashville, Tennessee.

It was released on August 27, 1990, and reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album also reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. On the latter chart it stayed in the top 40 for 126 weeks. No Fences remains Brooks' best-selling studio album to date with 18 million copies shipped in the US, and is the album that made him an international star. It was his first album issued in Europe (the original European release contained the four singles from his U.S. debut as bonus tracks).

## Content

Some of Brooks' most famous songs appear on No Fences, including: "The Thunder Rolls" (CMA's 1991 Video of the Year), "Friends in Low Places" (Academy of Country Music's 1990 Single of the Year), "Unanswered Prayers" and "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House". A cover version of The Fleetwoods' "Mr. Blue" appears on the album. The album itself was named Album of the Year by the ACM in 1990. It reached Number 1 on the British country music charts (earning Brooks his first gold album in that country) and remained charted for over five years.

The track "Victim of the Game" was later covered by Brooks's friend and future wife Trisha Yearwood for her 1991 eponymous debut album.

Brooks later re-recorded the track "Wild Horses", and released the new recording as a single in early 2001, reaching #7 on the country chart.

## Track listing

All songs written by Garth Brooks except where noted.

1. "The Thunder Rolls" — 3:43
2. "New Way To Fly" — 3:55
3. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" — 2:33
4. "Victim of the Game" — 3:09
5. "Friends in Low Places" — 4:20
6. "Wild Horses" — 3:12
7. "Unanswered Prayers" — 3:26
8. "Same Old Story" — 2:53
9. "Mr. Blue" — 3:17
10. "Wolves" — 4:06

## Personnel

Garth Brooks
* Troyal Garth Brooks — Vocals, Guitar

Additional Musicians
* Pat Alger — Guitar, Vocals
* Bruce Bouton — Pedal Steel, Vocals
* Tim Bowers — Bass, Vocals
* Mark Casstevens — Guitar
* Mike Chapman — Bass, Vocals
* Johnny Christopher — Guitar
* Ty England — Guitar, Vocals
* Dave Gant — Piano, Keyboard, Organ, Fiddle, Vocals
* James Garver — Guitar, Vocals
* Rob Hajacos — Fiddle, Vocals
* Chris Leuzinger — Guitar
* Steve McClure — Guitar, Pedal Steel
* Edgar Meyer — Double Bass
* Mike Palmer — Drums, Percussion
* Brian Petree — Vocals
* Milton Sledge — Drums
* Bobby Wood — Piano, Keyboard, Organ, Vocals
* Nashville String Machine — String Orchestra
* Dan Heins — Vocals
* Al Barclay — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Dewayne Blackwell — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Sandy Brooks — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Stephanie C. Brown — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Bob Doyle — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Joe Harris — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Rusty Jones — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Steve King — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Earl of Bud Lee — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Pam Lewis — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Buddy Mondlock — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Steve Morley — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Dale Pierce — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Jim Rooney — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Tami Rose — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Lee Sartin — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Charlie Stefl — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Scott Stem — Vocals (Track: 1)
* Wendy Johnson — Vocals (Track: 7)
* Jennifer O'Brien — Vocals (Track: 7)
* Hurshel Wiginton — Vocals (Track: 7)
* Curtis Young — Vocals (Track: 7)
* David McVay — Vocals (Track: 10)
* Stephen Tolman — Vocals (Track: 10)
* Neil Thrasher — Vocals (Track: 10)
* Curry Worsham — Vocals (Track: 10)

Production
* Allen Reynolds — Producer
* Denny Purcell – Mastering
* Mark Miller – Recording, Mixing
* Dan Heins – Audio Engineer
* Pat Alger – Co-Writer (Tracks: 1, 7)
* Kim Williams – Co-Writer (Track: 2)
* Bobby Boyd – Co-Writer (Track: 3)
* Warren Haynes – Co-Writer (Track: 3)
* Dennis Robbins – Co-Writer (Track: 3)
* Mark D. Sanders – Co-Writer (Track: 4)
* DeWayne Blackwell – Co-Writer (Track: 5), Writer (Track: 9)
* Earl Bud Lee – Co-Writer (Track: 5)
* Bill Shore – Co-Writer (Track: 6)
* David Wills – Co-Writer (Track: 6)
* L. Bastian – Co-Writer (Track: 7)
* Tony Arata – Writer (Track: 8)
* "Wolves" – Writer (Track: 10)