Double Live (Garth Brooks album)
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| Live album by Garth Brooks | ||||
| Released | November 17, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Country, country rock, country pop | |||
| Length | 47:08 (disc 1) 53:03 (disc 2) |
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| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
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| Double Live: 25th Anniversary Edition | ||||
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| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Double Live is the first and only live album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 17, 1998 and is a two-disc compilation of live songs, recorded during Brooks' 1996–98 world tour.
The album broke the first-week sales record at the time, previously held by Pearl Jam's Vs., when it sold 1,085,000 copies. It became the best-selling live album in the U.S. since Eric Clapton's Unplugged in 1992, later becoming the best-selling live album in United States music history. It has been certified 21× Platinum by the RIAA (10.5 million shipped as it is a double album), and is the seventh most shipped album in the U.S. By 2012, it had sold 6,017,000 copies.
Double Live was re-released on September 5, 2014, as Double Live: 25th Anniversary Edition, exclusive to GhostTunes.
The 25th Anniversary Edition of Double Live includes the following additional tracks:
Compiled from liner notes.
Overdubs and mixing at Jack's Tracks, The Music Mill, and The Tracking Room
The album was originally released November 17, 1998 with a commemorative cover. In each of the next six weeks, another commemorative cover was released, each themed with one of Brooks' live performances.
Variations released since the original issue include a First Edition cover, Reunion Arena '91, Texas Stadium '93, World Tour I, World Tour II, Central Park '97, Dublin '98, USS Enterprise '01, The Last Show, Off-Stage and, in 2014, the 25th Anniversary Edition was released including a new cover, additional bonus tracks and a DVD to promote the digital remaster and release of Brook's digital music via GhostTunes.
Double Live debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming Brooks' seventh, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, Brooks' ninth #1 Country album. In November 2006, Double Live was certified 21 x Platinum by the RIAA.
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