Scarecrow is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 13, 2001, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the Top Country Albums chart. It has been certified 5× platinum RIAA 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 "Good Ride Cowboy" (2005), a tribute to singer–rodeo star Chris LeDoux.

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 George Jones, 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), "Thicker Than Blood", and "Why Ain't I Running". Of these, "Wrapped Up in You" was the highest peaking, reaching #5 on the Hot Country Songs 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 Kevin Welch 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 on his 2000 album Lost in the Feeling. Additionally, "Don't Cross the River" was previously recorded by America on their 1972 album Homecoming. "Squeeze Me In" was previously recorded by Lee Roy Parnell on his 1995 album We All Get Lucky Sometimes.

Track listing

Personnel Compiled from liner notes.

Musicians

Sam Bacco – percussion (1, 3, 7, 10), drums (1), tambourine (9) Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar (except 1, 10), slide guitar (8) Garth Brooks – lead vocals, backing vocals (except 2, 5, 9) Dennis Burnside – string arrangements (3, 6, 12) Sam Bush – mandolin (10) Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar (except 1, 10) Mike Chapman – bass guitar (except 1) Jerry Douglas – resonator guitar (10) Béla Fleck – banjo (10) Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar (10) Rob Hajacos – fiddle (2, 3, 5, 11) George Jones – duet vocals (2) Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar (1) Wayne Kirkpatrick – acoustic guitar (1) Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar (except 1, 10) Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle (1, 10) Terry McMillan – harmonica (1) Joey Miskulin – accordion (2, 11) Milton Sledge – drums (except 1), percussion (7) Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (1) Bobby Wood – keyboards (except 1, 10) Trisha Yearwood – backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12), duet vocals (9)

Strings (track 12)

David Angell – violin John Catchings – cello David Davidson – violin Conni Ellisor – violin Carl Gorodetzky – violin James Grosjean – viola Jack Jezioro – cello Lee Larrison – violin Robert Mason – cello Cate Myer – violin Carole Rabinowitz – cello Pamela Sixfin – violin Elizabeth Stewart – violin Alan Umstead – violin Catherine Umstead – violin Mary Vanosdale – violin Gary Vanosdale – viola Kristin Wilkinson – violin Karen Winkelmann – violin

Production Eric Conn – digital editing Duke Duczer – recording assistant Carlos Grier – digital editing John Kelton – engineer Mark Miller – recording engineer, mixing engineer Denny Purcell – mastering engineer Allen Reynolds – producer Keith Stegall – 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 Top Country Albums, becoming his eleventh No. 1 Country album. In January 2006, Scarecrow was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA.

Weekly charts Chart (2001)PeakpositionAustralian Albums Chart71Canadian Albums Chart4German Albums Chart58Irish Albums Chart6Norwegian Albums Chart32Scottish Albums Chart80Swiss Albums Chart77UK Albums Chart82U.S. Billboard 2001U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums1

Year-end charts +2001 year-end chart performance for Scarecrow by Garth BrooksChart (2001)PositionCanadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)56 Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)3 Worldwide Albums (IFPI)19 +2002 year-end chart performance for Scarecrow by Garth BrooksChart (2002)PositionCanadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)19

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