Beyond the Season
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|Billboard 200] and Top Country Albums sales charts that year. Beyond the Season was also the Best-selling Christmas/holiday albums in [the United States|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. 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.
Background
Brooks commented on the album, saying:Commercial performance
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.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.Year-end charts
| Chart | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 72 |
| US Top Country Albums | 15 |
Personnel
- Garth Brooks – lead vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
- Bobby Wood – acoustic piano, keyboards
- Joey Miskulin – accordion
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
- Mike Chapman – bass
- Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Charles Cochran – string arrangements
- Cynthia Reynolds Wyatt – harp
- Bob Mason – cello
- Gary Vanosdale – viola
- Carl Gorodetzky – violin
- Pamela Sixfin – violin
- The Nashville String Machine – strings
- Christ Church Choir – choir
- Landy Gardner – choir director
- Trisha Yearwood – harmony vocals
- Allen Reynolds – harmony vocals
- Jim Rooney – harmony vocals
- 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.
- Virginia Team – art direction
- Jerry Joyner – design
- Beverly Parker – photography