Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
Box set by
Garth Brooks
ReleasedNovember 28, 2013 (2013-11-28)
Genre
LabelPearl
ProducerSteve Buckingham
Mark Miller
Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
The Ultimate Hits
(2007) 		Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
(2013) 		Man Against Machine
(2014)

Blame it All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences is the fourth compilation box set by American country music artist Garth Brooks, released by Pearl Records on November 28, 2013.

The 8-disc set, sold exclusively through Walmart and Sam's Club stores, includes 77 songs on six compact discs, plus 33 music videos, and a full-length live performance from the Garth at Wynn residency show in Las Vegas, on two DVDs. Four of the CDs are new studio albums composed entirely of cover songs. The remaining two CDs and the DVD in the set are a reissue of The Ultimate Hits.[2]

Content

Loosely modeled from the set list of his residency show, Garth at Wynn, the albums feature songs Brooks attributes to the development of his unique country pop genre. They were produced by Mark Miller, with additional production from Steve Buckingham on "Shout." Allen Reynolds produced The Ultimate Hits.[3]

Commercial success

The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with 164,000 copies from fewer than four days of sales and reached number 1 in its second week with 146,000 marking his ninth top album on the chart.[4] As of September 10, 2014, has sold 893,000 copies in the United States.[5][6] The RIAA lists individual Platinum certifications for Country Classics(listed as Country Hits in the RIAA database), Classic Rock, The Melting Pot and Blue-Eyed Soul.[7]

Track listing

Country Classics
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Great Balls of Fire"Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer1:59
2."After the Fire Is Gone" (duet with Trisha Yearwood)L. E. White2:59
3."Act Naturally"Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell2:23
4."Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down"Merle Haggard2:46
5."Amos Moses"Jerry Reed2:55
6."Fishin' in the Dark"Jim Photoglo, Wendy Waldman3:24
7."Unwound"Frank Dycus, Dean Dillon2:28
8."Good Ole Boys Like Me"Bob McDill4:17
9."White Lightnin'"J.P. Richardson2:41
10."Don't Close Your Eyes"McDill4:36
11."Jambalaya"Hank Williams2:50
Total length:33:24
Classic Rock
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Against the Wind"Bob Seger4:48
2."Superstition"Stevie Wonder4:14
3."Sweet Home Alabama"Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant4:53
4."Life in the Fast Lane"Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey, Don Henley4:37
5."Somebody to Love"Freddie Mercury4:52
6."Bad Company"Simon Kirke, Paul Rodgers4:15
7."Midnight Rider"Gregg Allman, Robert K. Payne3:15
8."All Right Now"Andy Fraser, Rodgers4:49
9."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"Elton John, Bernie Taupin5:42
10."Addicted to Love"Robert Palmer4:01
11."Goodnight Saigon"Billy Joel6:19
Total length:51:59
The Melting Pot
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Black Water"Patrick Simmons4:07
2."Mrs. Robinson"Paul Simon3:54
3."Maggie May"Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton4:27
4."Who'll Stop the Rain"John Fogerty2:42
5."Wild World"Cat Stevens2:25
6."Doctor My Eyes"Jackson Browne2:50
7."The Weight"Robbie Robertson5:09
8."Amie"Craig Fuller4:21
9."Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)"Jim Croce3:50
10."You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"Bob Dylan3:14
11."Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"James Taylor2:47
Total length:40:05
Blue-Eyed Soul
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Heard It Through the Grapevine"Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong3:31
2."Midnight Train to Georgia"Jim Weatherly4:10
3."Hold On, I'm Coming"Isaac Hayes, David Porter2:49
4."Ain't No Sunshine"Bill Withers2:20
5."Drift Away"Mentor Williams4:02
6."Stand by Me"Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller2:59
7."Shout"Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr.4:01
8."I Never Loved Someone the Way I Love You"Ronnie Shannon3:32
9."(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"Steve Cropper, Otis Redding2:35
10."Lean on Me"Bill Withers3:24
11."What'd I Say"Ray Charles4:10
Total length:37:51
The Ultimate Hits - CD (Disc 1)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Garth BrooksAllen Reynolds4:32
2."Friends in Low Places"Dewayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" LeeReynolds4:18
3."Shameless"Billy JoelReynolds4:01
4."Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis RobbinsReynolds2:31
5."The Beaches of Cheyenne"Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, BrooksReynolds4:12
6."If Tomorrow Never Comes"Blazy, BrooksReynolds3:37
7."Papa Loved Mama"Williams, BrooksReynolds2:48
8."More Than a Memory"Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Billy MontanaReynolds3:22
9."Good Ride Cowboy"Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown, Kennedy, Bob DoyleReynolds3:26
10."In Another's Eyes" (The duet with Trisha Yearwood)Brooks, Bobby Wood, John PeppardReynolds3:33
11."The Fever"Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, KennedyReynolds2:40
12."Midnight Sun"Brooks, Jerrod Niemann, Richie BrownReynolds3:44
13."Learning to Live Again"Don Schlitz, Stephanie DavisReynolds4:04
14."Longneck Bottle" (featuring Steve Wariner)Steve Wariner, Rick CarnesReynolds2:15
15."To Make You Feel My Love"Bob DylanReynolds3:55
16."We Shall Be Free"Davis, BrooksReynolds3:47
17."The Dance"Tony ArataReynolds3:37
The Ultimate Hits - CD (Disc 2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Callin' Baton Rouge"Dennis LindeReynolds2:35
2."Two Piña Coladas"Shawn Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy MasonReynolds3:34
3."The Thunder Rolls"Pat Alger, BrooksReynolds3:42
4."That Summer"Alger, Sandy Mahl, BrooksReynolds4:45
5."The River"Victoria Shaw, BrooksReynolds4:23
6."Beer Run" (The duet with George Jones)Kim Williams, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, George Ducas, BlazyReynolds2:28
7."Unanswered Prayers"Alger, Larry Bastian, BrooksReynolds3:23
8."Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"Randy Taylor, BrooksReynolds2:53
9."Workin' for a Livin'" (The duet with Huey Lewis)Huey Lewis, Chris HayesReynolds2:40
10."What She's Doing Now"Alger, BrooksReynolds3:23
11."When You Come Back to Me Again" (from Frequency)Jenny Yates, BrooksReynolds4:44
12."Standing Outside the Fire"Yates, BrooksReynolds3:51
13."American Honky-Tonk Bar Association"Kennedy, Jim RushingReynolds3:31
14."The Change"Tony Arata, Wayne TesterReynolds4:06
15."Rodeo"Larry BastianReynolds3:51
16."Wrapped Up in You"Wayne KirkpatrickReynolds4:31
17."Leave a Light On" (Bonus Track)Randy Goodrum, Tommy SimmsReynolds3:41
The Ultimate Hits - DVD
No.TitleWriter(s)Director(s)Length
1."Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"Randy Taylor, Garth Brooks 2:59
2."If Tomorrow Never Comes"Kent Blazy, BrooksJohn Lloyd Miller3:44
3."The Dance"Tony ArataMiller4:04
4."Friends in Low Places"Dewayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee 8:54
5."Unanswered Prayers"Pat Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks 4:27
6."Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins 2:38
7."The Thunder Rolls"Alger, BrooksBud Schaetzle4:27
8."Rodeo"Larry Bastian 3:55
9."Shameless"Billy Joel 3:38
10."Papa Loved Mama"Kim Williams, Brooks 2:46
11."What She's Doing Now"Alger, Brooks 3:40
12."The River"Victoria Shaw, Brooks 3:40
13."We Shall Be Free"Stephanie Davis, BrooksTimothy Miller3:40
14."Learning to Live Again"Don Schlitz, Stephanie Davis 4:04
15."That Summer"Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks 5:01
16."Standing Outside the Fire"Jenny Yates, BrooksJon Small3:55
17."Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"Blazy, Williams, Brooks 4:46
18."Callin' Baton Rouge"Dennis LindeMichael Salomon2:47
19."American Honky-Tonk Bar Association"Kennedy, Jim Rushing 4:19
20."The Fever"Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, Kennedy 3:24
21."To Make You Feel My Love"Bob Dylan 3:55
22."The Beaches of Cheyenne"Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, Brooks 3:43
23."The Change"Tony Arata, Wayne TesterSmall3:40
24."Two Piña Coladas"Don Schlitz, Davis 3:12
25."Longneck Bottle" (with special guest Steve Wariner)Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks 3:33
26."In Another's Eyes" (The duet with Trisha Yearwood)Brooks, Bobby Wood, John PeppardMichael Salomon3:32
27."Wrapped Up In You"Wayne KirkpatrickSmall5:27
28."Beer Run" (The duet with George Jones)Williams, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, George Ducas, Blazy 2:40
29."When You Come Back to Me Again" (from Frequency)Jenny Yates, BrooksGerry Wenner, Brooks4:38
30."Good Ride Cowboy"Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown, Kennedy, Bob Doyle 3:39
31."More Than a Memory"Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Billy Montana 3:39
32."Workin' for a Livin'" (The duet with Huey Lewis)Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes 2:45
33."Midnight Sun"Brooks, Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown 4:37

Personnel

Chart performance

References

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