Released: August 23, 1993

Rating:

Genre: country

Quotable: --

Album Tracks:

1. Standing Outside the Fire
2. The Night I Called the Old Man Out
3. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
4. One Night a Day
5. Kickin’ and Screamin’
6. Anonymous *
7. Ain’t Going Down ‘Til the Sun Comes Up
8. The Red Strokes
9. Callin’ Baton Rouge
10. The Night Will Only Know
11. The Cowboy Song

Sales (in millions):

8.0
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12.1

Peak:

1 ⁵
2

Singles/Hit Songs:

• Ain’t Going Down ‘Til the Sun Comes Up (8/7/93) #1 CW
• American Honky-Tonk Bar Association (9/11/93) #1 CW
• Standing Outside the Fire (9/18/93) #3 CW, #28 UK
• Callin’ Baton Rouge (9/18/93) #70 CW
• One Night a Day (9/18/93) #74 CW
• The Red Strokes (1/22/94) #49 CW, #13 UK

Notes: In 1998, Garth Brooks, No Fences, Ropin’ the Wind, The Chase, In Pieces, and Fresh Horses were packaged as a box set called The Limited Series. A bonus track was added to each album. This album’s track was ‘Anonymous.’

Awards:

“That doesn’t mean Brooks abandoned his desire to bend the rules – he’s just masked his more ambitious material with crowd-pleasing up-tempo numbers like American Honky-Tonk Bar Association and Ain’t Going Down (Til the Sun Comes Up). In Pieces is an album that was made for the fans, and it shows – it is one of Brooks’ most energetic and exciting collections.” ^STE