Beyond the Season

Beyond the Season
Studio album by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedAugust 25, 1992
StudioJack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length33:48
LabelLiberty
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
Ropin' the Wind
(1991) 		Beyond the Season
(1992) 		The Chase
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(dud)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[4]
Q[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Beyond the Season is the first Christmas album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 25, 1992, by Liberty Records, and peaked at number 2 on both of Billboard magazine's Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums sales charts that year. Beyond the Season was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of 1992 in the United States with sales of 1,542,000 copies for the year according to Nielsen SoundScan.[7] As of November 2014, the album has cumulative sales of 2,650,000 copies in the U.S. and is the seventeenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the entire SoundScan era (March 1991 – present).[8]

On November 15, 1995, Beyond the Season was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of 3 million copies in the United States.[9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Go Tell It on the Mountain"Traditional3:30
2."God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"Traditional2:34
3."The Old Man's Back in Town"Garth Brooks, Larry Bastian, Randy Taylor2:34
4."The Gift"Stephanie Davis4:43
5."Unto You This Night"Rex Benson, Steve Gillette3:16
6."White Christmas"Irving Berlin2:55
7."The Friendly Beasts"Traditional3:32
8."Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy"Buck Owens, Don Rich2:29
9."Silent Night"Traditional3:46
10."Mary's Dream"Mark Casstevens, Bobby Wood0:50
11."What Child Is This?"Traditional3:27
Total length:33:36

Chart performance

Beyond the Season peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums. In November 1995, Beyond the Season was certified 3 x Platinum by the RIAA.

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country
1998 "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" 41
1999 "Go Tell it on the Mountain" 72
2000 "White Christmas" 65
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" 69

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[16] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United States (RIAA)[17] 3× Platinum 2,650,000[8]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

  • Garth Brooks – lead vocals, harmony vocals (3, 8, 9), acoustic guitar
  • Bobby Wood – acoustic piano, keyboards
  • Joey Miskulin – accordion (4)
  • Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
  • Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar (1–9), electric guitars (1–9)
  • Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (3, 5, 8)
  • Mike Chapman – bass (1–9)
  • Milton Sledge – drums (1–9), percussion (1–9)
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle (3, 8)
  • Charles Cochran – string arrangements (10, 11)
  • Cynthia Reynolds Wyatt – harp (10, 11)
  • Bob Mason – cello (10)
  • Gary Vanosdale – viola (10)
  • Carl Gorodetzky – violin (10)
  • Pamela Sixfin – violin (10)
  • The Nashville String Machine – strings (11)
  • Christ Church Choir – choir (5)
  • Landy Gardner – choir director (5)
  • Trisha Yearwood – harmony vocals (5, 9)
  • Allen Reynolds – harmony vocals (9)
  • Jim Rooney – harmony vocals (9)

Backing Vocals (Tracks 1 & 11)

  • Bob Bailey, Johnny Cobb, Gary Chapman, Vicki Hampton, Emily Harris, Yvonne Hodges, Jana King, Donna McElroy, Donna Morris, Howard Smith and Dennis Wilson

Production

  • Allen Reynolds – producer
  • Mark Miller – recording, mixing
  • Matt Allen – recording assistant
  • Carlos Grier – digital editing
  • Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee).
  • Virginia Team – art direction
  • Jerry Joyner – design
  • Beverly Parker – photography
  1. ^ "About.com review". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2006-11-04.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Archived from the original on 2009-12-18. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  5. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  6. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 105. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone garth brooks album guide.
  7. ^ Paul Grein (October 29, 2013). "Chart Watch Extra: What Will Be This Year's Top Christmas Album?". Chart Watch. Yahoo.
  8. ^ a b "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  9. ^ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  10. ^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  11. ^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  12. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  14. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  15. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  16. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Garth Brooks – Beyond the Season". Music Canada. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  17. ^ "American album certifications – Garth Brooks – Beyond the Season". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 9, 2020.