Brooks commented on the album by saying:
"I'm proud, I'm excited, I'm nervous, and it feels good to be back in the game again. This is a very personal album. I only wrote six of the songs, but there are many that are so 'me' that people I work with every day thought I wrote them."[ 6]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Longneck Bottle " Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner 2:17 2. "How You Ever Gonna Know" Kent Blazy , Garth Brooks 3:36 3. "She's Gonna Make It " Blazy, Brooks, Kim Williams 2:46 4. "I Don't Have to Wonder" Shawn Camp , Taylor Dunn3:05 5. "Two Piña Coladas " Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy Mason 3:35 6. "Cowboy Cadillac" Brooks, Brian Kennedy 2:48 7. "Fit for a King" Carl Jackson , Jim Rushing3:59 8. "Do What You Gotta Do " Pat Flynn 2:58 9. "You Move Me " Gordon Kennedy, Pierce Pettis 4:33 10. "In Another's Eyes " (featuring Trisha Yearwood ) Brooks, John Peppard, Bobby Wood 3:34 11. "When There's No One Around" Tim O'Brien , Darrell Scott 3:33 12. "A Friend to Me" Brooks, Victoria Shaw 3:06 13. "Take the Keys to My Heart" Hill, Tommy Smith, Pam Wolfe 2:32 14. "Belleau Wood" Brooks, Joe Henry 3:28 Total length: 45:46
A music video was made for "I Don't Have to Wonder", even though it was not released as a single. It was directed by Jon Small and Garth Brooks.
The following credits are sourced from liner notes.[ 7]
Susan Ashton – backing vocals on "She's Gonna Make It" and "You Move Me"Sam Bacco – percussion on "You Move Me" and "Belleau Wood"; congas on "She's Gonna Make It"
Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar Garth Brooks – lead and backing vocalsSam Bush – backing vocals on "Do What You Gotta Do"; mandolin on "Do What You Gotta Do" and "When There's No One Around"Shawn Camp – acoustic guitar on "Two Piña Coladas"Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar except "Fit For a King"
Mike Chapman – bass guitar
John Cowan – backing vocals on "Do What You Gotta Do"Béla Fleck – banjo on "Do What You Gotta Do"Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar on "Do What You Gotta Do"Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar on "Fit for a King"
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Randy Hardison – drums on "Fit for a King"
Lona Heid – backing vocals on "Fit for a King"
Randy Howard – fiddle on "Fit for a King"
Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar and backing vocals on "Fit for a King"Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
Edgar Meyer – double bass on "Belleau Wood"Jim Ed Norman – string arrangements and conductor on "In Another's Eyes" and "A Friend to Me"Al Perkins – resonator guitar on "Fit for a King"Allen Reynolds – backing vocals on "How You Ever Gonna Know"; producer
Milton Sledge – drums except "Fit For a King"; percussion on "How You Ever Gonna Know", "When There's No One Around" and "Belleau Wood"
Catherine Styron – piano on "Fit for a King"
Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar on "Longneck Bottle"Bobby Wood – keyboards; piano on "Longneck Bottle"; electric piano on "Cowboy Cadillac"; backing vocals on "How You Ever Gonna Know"
Trisha Yearwood – duet vocals on "In Another's Eyes"Nashville String Machine – string section on "In Another's Eyes" and "A Friend to Me"
Crowd vocals on "Two Piña Coladas": Dorothy "The Birthday Girl" Robinson, Charles Green, Mat Lindsey, Sandy Mason , Shawn Camp, Big Al, "Double D", Sam "The Man" Duczer, Garth Brooks
Sevens debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200Top Country Albums , becoming his seventh Country number-one album. In November 2006, Sevens was certified 10× Platinum by the RIAA .
Chart (1998)
Position
US Billboard 200[ 18]
3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard )[ 19]
1
Chart (1999)
Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard )[ 20]
31
Chart (1990–1999)
Position
US Billboard 200[ 21]
42
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