The Limited Series (2005 album)

The Limited Series (2005)
Box set by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedNovember 25, 2005
Recorded1995–2005
StudiosJack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
LabelPearl
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Scarecrow
(2001)		 The Limited Series (2005)
(2005)		 The Lost Sessions
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Entertainment WeeklyB
Robert Christgau(choice cut)
Stylus MagazineC

The Limited Series is the name of Garth Brooks' second box set of albums. (It is also the name of his first box set). The set was released in 2005 to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. It comprises his studio albums Sevens (1997) and Scarecrow (2001), the live album Double Live (1998), and a bonus CD entitled The Lost Sessions, which was also issued separately. The Lost Sessions also includes three singles: "Good Ride Cowboy", "Love Will Always Win" and "That Girl Is a Cowboy".

Contents

The set contains the following previously released albums:

The Double Live album contained one of three new covers, themed much like the original album. These covers were of Brooks' live performances recorded after Double Live was released: The last show of Brooks' final tour in 2000, and the special concert aboard the USS Enterprise in 2001. A third cover shows special "behind the scenes" moments during Brooks' live tours.

The set contains an All Access DVD, containing footage from Brooks' live shows, as well as a photo gallery and the music videos for "Standing Outside the Fire", "Callin' Baton Rouge", "Wrapped Up in You" and "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)". The DVD also contains approximately 40 minutes of interviews with Brooks.

Just like the 1998 Limited Series box set, the 2005 box set contains a booklet with information about all the albums in the set, as well as the lyrics for the songs, in lieu of the usual CD booklets.

Commercial performance

Due to Billboard chart rules that made albums exclusive to a specific retailer ineligible, The Limited Series was not able to chart on the Billboard 200 or Top Country Albums. Furthermore, "the racks that service [Wal-Mart] [...] opted to withhold reporting sales of this proprietary title to Nielsen SoundScan", leaving it also absent from Billboard charts that did allow exclusive titles, such as Top Comprehensive Albums. Billboard reported that according to "industry sources", the set sold "in the neighborhood of 300,000–400,000" copies in the three-day window of its opening week (having been released mid-week), while the official number one album that week, System of a Down's Hypnotize, sold 320,000 copies.

The Lost Sessions

The Lost Sessions
Studio album by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedNovember 25, 2005 (box)
February 7, 2006 (separate)
Recorded1995–2005
GenreCountry
Length38:43 (Box set version)
62:34 (Separate Version)
LabelPearl
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
The Limited Series
(2005)		 The Lost Sessions
(2005)		 The Ultimate Hits
(2007)

The Limited Series contains The Lost Sessions, a studio album of previously unreleased material recorded by Brooks between 1995 and 2000, along with the newly recorded Chris LeDoux tribute, "Good Ride Cowboy". Shortly after the box set was released, The Lost Sessions was re-released individually, featuring six new songs, and a re-sequenced track listing. It also included a new version of "Good Ride Cowboy", which replaced the previous version's reference of "Navy" with "Air Force".

Track listing

Original release

  1. "Fishin' in the Dark" (Wendy Waldman, Jim Photoglo) – 3:43
  2. "That Girl Is a Cowboy" (Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown, Garth Brooks) – 4:23
  3. "Good Ride Cowboy" (Niemann, Brown, Bryan Kennedy, Bob Doyle) – 3:26
  4. "For a Minute There" (Kent Blazy, Brooks) – 5:15
  5. "Please Operator (Could You Trace This Call)" (Dewayne Blackwell) – 3:42
  6. "I'd Rather Have Nothing" (Mike McClure) – 3:44
  7. "American Dream" (Jenny Yates, Brooks; prelude by Dennis Burnside) – 1:52
  8. "I'll Be the Wind" (Josh Kear, Mark Irwin) – 4:04
  9. "My Baby No Está Aquí" (David Stephenson, Shane Stockton) – 2:49
  10. "Allison Miranda" (Bobby Wood, Dan Roberts, Brooks) – 5:03
  11. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (Ed McCurdy) – 3:31

The Lost Sessions

(Songs new to this release feature writing credits and song length; information for other tracks is same as above).

  1. "Good Ride Cowboy" – 3:27
  2. "Allison Miranda" – 5:05
  3. "Love Will Always Win" (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 4:41
  4. "She Don't Care About Me" (Bruce Robison) – 2:57
  5. "That Girl Is a Cowboy" – 4:24
  6. "Fishin' in the Dark" – 3:43
  7. "For a Minute There" – 5:16
  8. "I'd Rather Have Nothing" – 3:47
  9. "Cowgirl's Saddle" (Brooks, B. Kennedy, Gary McMahan) – 3:20
  10. "Under the Table" (Brooks, Randy Taylor) – 3:04
  11. "American Dream" – 1:54
  12. "I'll Be the Wind" – 4:06
  13. "Meet Me in Love" (Brooks, B. Kennedy, Wood) – 2:55
  14. "You Can't Help Who You Love" (Marcus Hummon, Steve Wariner) – 3:47
  15. "Please Operator (Could You Trace This Call)" – 3:45
  16. "My Baby No Está Aquí" – 2:51
  17. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" – 3:32

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA) 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Silva, Robert. "Garth Brooks – The Limited Series (2005) Review". About.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
  2. ↑ Silva, Robert. "Garth Brooks – The Lost Sessions Review". About.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Limited Series [2005 – Garth Brooks] at AllMusic. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
  4. ↑ Willman, Chris (December 12, 2005). "The Limited Series". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 31, 2007.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide Reviews: Garth Brooks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
  6. ↑ Inskeep, Thomas (January 16, 2006). "Garth Brooks – The Limited Series – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006.
  7. ↑ Mayfield, Geoff (December 10, 2005). "System Rules Again; Brooks' Numbers Are Shrouded". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 50. p. 51. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  8. ↑ Mayfield, Geoff (December 3, 2005). "Madonna Leads Pack; 'Idol' Sets Country Record". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 49. p. 47. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  9. ↑ Garth Brooks (2005). The Lost Sessions (CD booklet). Pearl Records. 85420-6001-084.
  10. ↑ "American album certifications – Garth Brooks – The Lost Sessions". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2023.