''Scarecrow'' is the eighth studio album by American

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artist

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. It was released on November 13, 2001, and debuted at #1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and the

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chart. It has been certified 5× platinum

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and was named Best Selling Album at the 2002 Canadian Country Music Association Awards. The album was re-released in 2016 with two extra songs: " More Than a Memory" which was a number one country hit in 2007, and "

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" (2005), a tribute to singer–rodeo star

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Background

Brooks commented on the album saying:

Content

Singles released from this album include "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (a duet with

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, also found on Jones's 2001 album '' The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001''), "Wrapped Up in You", "Squeeze Me In" (a duet with

Trisha Yearwood Patricia Lynn Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American country singer. She rose to fame with her 1991 debut single "She's in Love with the Boy", which became a number one hit on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs ...

), "Thicker Than Blood", and "Why Ain't I Running". Of these, "Wrapped Up in You" was the highest peaking, reaching #5 on the

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charts. Prior to the album's release, "When You Come Back to Me Again" had charted on the country charts as a selection from the soundtrack to the film ''Frequency''. Several of the tracks on this album were originally recorded by other artists. "Pushing Up Daisies" was originally recorded by

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on his 1995 album ''Life Down Here on Earth'', while "Big Money" was originally recorded under the title "It Pays Big Money" by

Mark Chesnutt Mark Nelson Chesnutt (born September 6, 1963) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 1999, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of ei ...

on his 2000 album '' Lost in the Feeling''. Additionally, "Don't Cross the River" was previously recorded by

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on their 1972 album ''

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''. "Squeeze Me In" was previously recorded by

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on his 1995 album '' We All Get Lucky Sometimes''.

Track listing

Original release

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

Musicians

* Sam Bacco - percussion on "Wrapped Up in You", "Thicker Than Blood", "Rodeo or Mexico", "Don't Cross the River" and "When You Come Back to Me Again"; drums on "Wrapped Up in You"; tambourine on "Squeeze Me In" * Bruce Bouton -

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...

except "Wrapped Up in You" and "Don't Cross the River";

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that ...

on "Why Ain't I Running" * Garth Brooks - lead vocals; backing vocals except "Beer Run (B-Double E-Double Are You In?)", "Big Money" and "Squeeze Me In" * Dennis Burnside - string arrangements on "The Storm", "Mr. Midnight", and "When You Come Back to Me Again" *

Sam Bush Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival. ...

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

on "Don't Cross the River" * Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar except "Wrapped Up in You" and "Don't Cross the River" * Mike Chapman - bass guitar except "Wrapped Up in You" *

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prol ...

resonator guitar A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar (often generically called a " Dobro") is an acoustic guitar that produces sound by conducting string vibrations through the bridge to one or more spun metal cones (resonators), instead of to the guitar' ...

on "Don't Cross the River" *

Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, playing music from bluegrass, jazz, classical, rock and various ...

- banjo on "Don't Cross the River" * Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar on "Don't Cross the River" * Rob Hajacos - fiddle on "Beer Run (B-Double E-Double Are You In?)", "The Storm", "Big Money" and "Pushing Up Daisies" *

- duet vocals on "Beer Run (B-Double E-Double Are You In?)" * Gordon Kennedy - acoustic guitar on "Wrapped Up in You" *

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- acoustic guitar on "Wrapped Up in You" * Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar except "Wrapped Up in You" and "Don't Cross the River" * Jimmy Mattingly - fiddle on "Wrapped Up in You" and "Don't Cross the River" *

Terry McMillan Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951) is an American novelist known for her vivid portrayals of African American women's lives, relationships, and journeys of self-discovery. Her best-selling works, including ''Waiting to Exhale'' and ''How S ...

- harmonica on "Wrapped Up in You" * Joey Miskulin - accordion on "Beer Run (B-Double E-Double Are You In?)" and "Pushing Up Daisies" * Milton Sledge - drums except "Wrapped Up in You"; percussion on "Rodeo or Mexico" *

Jimmie Lee Sloas Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass. History Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the popular ...

- bass guitar on "Wrapped Up in You" * Bobby Wood - keyboards except "Wrapped Up in You" and "Don't Cross the River" * Trisha Yearwood - backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12); duet vocals on "Squeeze Me In"

String section The string section of an orchestra is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family. It normally consists of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. It is the most numerous group in the standard orchestra. In ...

on "The Storm" and "Mr. Midnight": Carl Gorodetzky, Catherine Umstead, Pamela Sixfin, Gary Vanosdale, Lee Larrison, James Grosjean, Conni Ellisor, Kristin Wilkinson, Alan Umstaed, Elizabeth Stewart, David Davidson, Robert Mason, Mary Vanosdale, Carole Rabinowitz, David Angell, Jack Jezioro String section on "When You Come Back to Me Again": Carl Gorodetzky, Cate Myer, Pamela Sixfin, Catherine UMstead, Lee Larrison, David Angell, Conni Ellisor, Kristin Wilkinson, Alan Umstead, Gary Vanosdale, David Davidson, Robert Mason, Karen Winkelmann, John Catchings

Recording personnel

*Eric Conn - digital editing *Duke Duczer - recording assistant *Carlos Grier - digital editing *John Kelton - engineering *Mark Miller - recording and mixing engineer *Denny Purcell - mastering engineer *Allen Reynolds - producer *

Keith Stegall Robert Keith Stegall (born November 1, 1955) is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two major-label studio albums: 1985's ''Keith Stegall'' and 1996's ''Passages'', although he ...

- recording engineer

Charts

In the United States, ''Scarecrow'' debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200, becoming his eighth No. 1 album on the chart, and No. 1 on the

, becoming his eleventh No. 1 Country album. In January 2006, ''Scarecrow'' was certified 5× Platinum by the

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarecrow (Garth Brooks Album) 2001 albums Garth Brooks albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Allen Reynolds Canadian Country Music Association Top Selling Album albums