No Fences was released on August 27, 1990, and is American Country Music artist Garth Brooks' second album. It reached #1 on the Billboard Country music charts and #3 on Billboard's Pop chart, and is Brooks' best-selling album to date, with global sales of over 20 million copies (approximately 16 million in the U.S. through 2006.) This is the album that made him an international star and was his first album issued in Great Britain (the origanal release in that country contained four bonus tracks, the singles from his previous U.S debut). Image File history File links Garth_Brooks-No_Fences_(album_cover). ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Puyallup, Washington) is an American country music singer-songwriter and charity director. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article describes country as a type of geographical or political entity. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Puyallup, Washington) is an American country music singer-songwriter and charity director. ... Garth Brooks was the 1989 self-titled debut album by Country singer Garth Brooks. ... Ropin the Wind is Garth Brooks third album, released in September 1991. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, also known as country and western music or country-western, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Puyallup, Washington) is an American country music singer-songwriter and charity director. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ...

Brooks commented on the album, saying:

"No Fences definately, hands down would be the people's favorite album that we have done so far. It's by far our biggest selling album. With songs like Friends In Low Places, Two Of A Kind, Unanswered Prayers, and especially The Thunder Rolls with all the attention it got with the video situation that it went through. It's probably not surprising that this is the biggest selling album of our collection. The number that we have sold surprises me to death, and this is a good time for me to say thanks to those people who have it.

To those people who might be thinking about getting Fences, if you do, I hope that you don't feel like you've been let down. It's an album that I stand by, I'm very proud of. An album that I pull out from time to time and listen and hold my head up and say, yeah I'll still stand by it."

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 Thunder Rolls is a song released by American Country music artist Garth Brooks. ... CMA may stand for: Canadian Medical Association Cash Management Account Census Metropolitan Area Certified Management Accountant Certified Medical Assistant Chinese martial arts Chinese Military Academy Chocolate Manufacturers Association Christian Motorcyclists Association Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes, a French airline Computer Misuse Act 1990 Coordinated Malware Attack Country Music Association Critical... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Friends in Low Places is a song released by American Country Music artist Garth Brooks. ... The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California. ... Unanswered Prayers is a song released by American Country Music artist Garth Brooks which hit #1 on the country billboard charts in 1990. ... The Fleetwoods were a singing trio from Olympia, Washington, USA. Gary Troxel and Gretchen Christopher were two high schoolers waiting for Gretchens mother to pick them up after school to take them home. ...

Track listing

1. "The Thunder Rolls" - [3:42] (Pat Alger, Garth Brooks)
2. "New Way to Fly" - [3:54] (Kim Williams, Garth Brooks)
3. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" - [2:31] (Bobby Boyd, Warren Dale Haynes, Dennis Robbins)
4. "Victim of the Game" - [2:17] (Mark Sanders, Garth Brooks)
5. "Friends in Low Places" - [4:18] (DeWayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee)
6. "Wild Horses" - [3:08] (Bill Shore, David Wills)
7. "Unanswered Prayers" - [3:23] (Pat Alger, Larry Bastian, Garth Brooks)
8. "Same Old Story" - [2:52] (Tony Arata)
9. "Mr. Blue" - [3:16] (DeWayne Blackwell)
10. "Wolves" - [4:08] (Stephanie Davis)

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Chart Singles

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Personnel

• Garth Brooks - guitar, vocals
• Chris Leuzinger - guitar
• Pat Alger - guitar, background vocals
• Johnny Christopher - guitar
• Mark Casstevens - guitar
• Bruce Bouton - steel guitar, background vocals
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle, background vocals
• Bobby Wood - piano, keyboard, background vocals
• Edgar Meyer - acoustic bass
• Milton Sledge - drums, acoustic bass
• Mike Chapman - acoustic bass, background vocals
• Dennis Molchan - Strings
• Pamela Sixfin - Strings
• Virginia Team - Art Direction
• Mike Palmer - Drums, Percussion
• Denny Purcell - Mastering
• Lee Larrison - Strings
• Mary Beth Felts - Make-Up
• Dave Gant - Vocals, Keyboards, Fiddle
• Steve McClure - Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel)
• John Borg - Strings
• Beverly Parker - Photography
• Carl Gorodetzky - Strings
• Mark Tanner - Strings
• Gary VanOsdale - Strings
• Jerry Joyner - Design
• Mark Miller - Mixing, Engineer
• Dan Heins - Vocals, Audio Engineer
• Ty England - Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic)
• Brian Petree - Vocals, Stage Manager
• James Garver - Guitar, Fiddle, Vocals
• Kristin Wilkinson - Strings
• George Binkley III - Strings
• Charles Cochran - Strings, String Arrangements, Arranger
• Kristin Wilkson - Strings
• Others on Background Vocals - Trisha Yearwood, Wendy Johnson, Jennifer O'Brien, Hurshel Wiginton, Curtis Young, DeWayne Blackwell, Tim Bowers, Sandy Brooks, Jimm Rooney, Stephanie C. Brown, Tami Rose, The Englands, Neil Thrasher, Pam "The Chick" Lewis, Buddy Mondlock, Earl "Bud" Lee, Rusty Jones, Joe Harris, Lee Sartin, Scott Stem, Dale Pierce, Steven King, Stephen Tolman, Al "Shaggy" Barclay, Curry Worsham, David McVay, Steve Morley
• Nashville String Machine - strings

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References and External Links

• No Fences at planetgarth.com
• No Fences at countrymusic.about.com