Double Live (Garth Brooks album)

Double Live is the first live album by American country music singer Garth Brooks. It was released on November 17, 1998, and is a two-disc compilation of live songs, recorded during Brooks's 1996–98 world tour.

The album broke the first-week sales record at the time, previously held by Pearl Jam's Vs., when it sold 1,085,000 copies. It became the first new best-selling live album in the US since Eric Clapton's Unplugged in 1992, later becoming the best-selling live album in United States music history. It has been certified 23× Platinum by the RIAA (11.5 million shipped as it is a double album), and is the seventh most shipped album in the US. By 2012, it had sold 6,017,000 copies.

Double Live was re-released on September 5, 2014, as Double Live: 25th Anniversary Edition, exclusive to GhostTunes.

Double Live was again re-released on November 20, 2018, as part of the Garth Brooks Anthology Part III: Live book.

Content
The song "Tearin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down)" was originally slated for Brooks's 1997 album Sevens, and "Wild as the Wind" was intended for a duets album with Trisha Yearwood.

Disc one

 * 1) "Callin' Baton Rouge" (Dennis Linde)  – 2:58
 * 2) "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" (Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins, Bobby Boyd)  – 2:44
 * 3) "Shameless" (Billy Joel)  – 3:55
 * 4) "Papa Loved Mama" (Kim Williams, Garth Brooks)  – 2:51
 * 5) "The Thunder Rolls (The Long Version)" (Pat Alger, Brooks)  – 4:48
 * 6) "We Shall Be Free" (Stephanie Davis, Brooks)  – 4:43
 * 7) "Unanswered Prayers" (Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks)  – 3:41
 * 8) "Standing Outside the Fire" (Jenny Yates, Brooks)  – 3:43
 * 9) "Longneck Bottle" (Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner)  – 2:42
 * 10) *feat. Steve Wariner
 * 11) "It's Your Song" (Pam Wolfe, Benita Hill)  – 4:18
 * 12) "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" (Randy Taylor, Brooks)  – 3:12
 * 13) "The River" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks)  – 3:48
 * 14) (Untitled Track) – 0:061
 * 15) "Tearin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down)" (Kent Blazy, Williams, Brooks)  – 3:56
 * 16) *1Track 13 is six seconds of crowd noise, added to make the final track on this disc #14.

Disc two

 * 1) "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" (Williams, Blazy, Brooks) – 4:45
 * 2) "Rodeo" (Bastian) – 3:44
 * 3) "The Beaches of Cheyenne" (Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, Brooks) – 3:51
 * 4) "Two Piña Coladas" (Shawn Camp, Hill, Sandy Mason) – 4:38
 * 5) "Wild as the Wind" (Pete Wasner, Charles John Quarto) – 4:13
 * 6) *featuring Trisha Yearwood
 * 7) "To Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan) – 3:17
 * 8) "That Summer" (Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks) – 4:42
 * 9) "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" (Kennedy, Jim Rushing) – 4:05
 * 10) "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Blazy, Brooks) – 3:44
 * 11) "The Fever" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Kennedy, Roberts) – 3:40
 * 12) "Friends in Low Places (The Long Version)" (Earl "Bud" Lee, DeWayne Blackwell) – 8:56
 * 13) "The Dance" (Tony Arata) – 3:56

Disc one

 * 1) "Callin' Baton Rouge" (Dennis Linde)  – 2:58
 * 2) "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" (Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins, Bobby Boyd)  – 2:44
 * 3) "Shameless" (Billy Joel)  – 3:55
 * 4) "Papa Loved Mama" (Kim Williams, Garth Brooks)  – 2:51
 * 5) "More Than a Memory" (Lee Brice, Billy Montana, Kyle Jacobs) – 3:29
 * 6) "The Thunder Rolls (The Long Version)" (Pat Alger, Brooks)  – 4:48
 * 7) "We Shall Be Free" (Stephanie Davis, Brooks)  – 4:43
 * 8) "Unanswered Prayers" (Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks)  – 3:41
 * 9) "Standing Outside the Fire" (Jenny Yates, Brooks)  – 3:43
 * 10) "Longneck Bottle" (Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner)  – 2:42
 * 11) *feat. Steve Wariner
 * 12) "It's Your Song" (Pam Wolfe, Benita Hill)  – 4:18
 * 13) "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" (Randy Taylor, Brooks)  – 3:12
 * 14) "Workin' for a Livin'" (Duet with Huey Lewis) (Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes) – 3:22
 * 15) "The River" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks)  – 3:48
 * 16) "Tearin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down)" (Kent Blazy, Williams, Brooks)  – 3:56

Disc two

 * 1) "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" (Williams, Blazy, Brooks) – 4:45
 * 2) "Heart in New York" (Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle) – 1:21
 * 3) "Rodeo" (Bastian) – 3:44
 * 4) "The Beaches of Cheyenne" (Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, Brooks) – 3:51
 * 5) "Two Piña Coladas" (Shawn Camp, Hill, Sandy Mason) – 4:38
 * 6) "Wild as the Wind" (Pete Wasner, Charles John Quarto) – 4:13
 * 7) *featuring Trisha Yearwood
 * 8) "Good Ride Cowboy" (Jerrod Niemann, Bryan Kennedy, Richie Brown and Bob Doyle) – 3:40
 * 9) "To Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan) – 3:17
 * 10) "That Summer" (Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks) – 4:42
 * 11) "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" (Kennedy, Jim Rushing) – 4:05
 * 12) "Wrapped Up In You" (Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 4:26
 * 13) "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Blazy, Brooks) – 3:44
 * 14) "The Fever" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Kennedy, Roberts) – 3:40
 * 15) "Friends in Low Places (The Long Version)" (Earl "Bud" Lee, DeWayne Blackwell) – 8:56
 * 16) "The Dance" (Tony Arata) – 3:56

Disc one

 * 1) "Callin' Baton Rouge" (Dennis Linde)  – 2:58
 * 2) "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" (Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins, Bobby Boyd)  – 2:44
 * 3) "Shameless" (Billy Joel)  – 3:55
 * 4) "Papa Loved Mama" (Kim Williams, Garth Brooks)  – 2:51
 * 5) "More Than a Memory" (Lee Brice, Billy Montana, Kyle Jacobs) – 3:29
 * 6) "The Thunder Rolls (The Long Version)" (Pat Alger, Brooks)  – 4:48
 * 7) "We Shall Be Free" (Stephanie Davis, Brooks)  – 4:43
 * 8) "Unanswered Prayers" (Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks)  – 3:41
 * 9) "Standing Outside the Fire" (Jenny Yates, Brooks)  – 3:43
 * 10) "Longneck Bottle" (Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner)  – 2:42
 * 11) *feat. Steve Wariner
 * 12) "It's Your Song" (Pam Wolfe, Benita Hill)  – 4:18
 * 13) "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" (Randy Taylor, Brooks)  – 3:12
 * 14) "The River" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks)  – 3:48
 * 15) "Tearin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down)" (Kent Blazy, Williams, Brooks)  – 3:56

Disc two

 * 1) "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" (Williams, Blazy, Brooks) – 4:45
 * 2) "Rodeo" (Bastian) – 3:44
 * 3) "The Beaches of Cheyenne" (Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, Brooks) – 3:51
 * 4) "Two Piña Coladas" (Shawn Camp, Hill, Sandy Mason) – 4:38
 * 5) "Wild as the Wind" (Pete Wasner, Charles John Quarto) – 4:13
 * 6) *featuring Trisha Yearwood
 * 7) "To Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan) – 3:17
 * 8) "That Summer" (Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks) – 4:42
 * 9) "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" (Kennedy, Jim Rushing) – 4:05
 * 10) "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Blazy, Brooks) – 3:44
 * 11) "The Fever" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Kennedy, Roberts) – 3:40
 * 12) "Friends in Low Places (The Long Version)" (Earl "Bud" Lee, DeWayne Blackwell) – 8:56
 * 13) "The Dance" (Tony Arata) – 3:56

Personnel
Per liner notes included with the album's release.

Musicians

 * Susan Ashton — backing vocals
 * Bob Bailey — backing vocals, choir
 * Bruce Bouton — pedal steel guitar
 * Garth Brooks — vocals, acoustic guitar
 * Mark Casstevens — acoustic guitar
 * Lisa Cochran — choir
 * Stephanie Davis — acoustic guitar, backing vocals
 * Mike Elred — choir
 * Ty England — acoustic guitar
 * Béla Fleck — banjo
 * David Gant — keyboards
 * James Garver — electric guitar, backing vocals
 * Mark Greenwood — bass guitar, backing vocals
 * Vicki Hampton — backing vocals, choir
 * Mark Ivey — choir
 * Marabeth Jordan — choir
 * Gordon Kennedy — electric guitar
 * John Kinsch — electric guitar
 * Chris Leuzinger — electric guitar
 * Jimmy Mattingly — fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar
 * Steve McClure — electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
 * Donna McElroy — backing vocals
 * Terry McMillan — harmonica
 * Debbie Nims — acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
 * Mike Palmer — drums
 * Victoria Shaw — backing vocals
 * Lisa Silver — choir
 * Betsy Smittle — bass guitar
 * Keith Urban — electric guitar
 * Cindy Walker — choir
 * Steve Wariner — acoustic guitar, backing vocals on "Longneck Bottle"
 * Bergen White — choir
 * Dennis Wilson — choir
 * Bobby Wood — keyboards
 * Trisha Yearwood — vocals on "Wild As The Wind", choir
 * Nashville String Machine — string orchestra

Production

 * Guy Charbonneau – engineer
 * Carlos Grier – digital editing
 * John Harris – engineer
 * Joe Loesch - sound design
 * Mark Miller – engineer, mixing engineer
 * Denny Purcell – mastering engineer
 * John Saylor – engineer
 * Steve Smith – engineer

Album cover themes
The album was originally released November 17, 1998, with a commemorative cover. In each of the next six weeks, another commemorative cover was released, each themed with one of Brooks' live performances.

Variations released since the original issue include a First Edition cover, Reunion Arena '91, Texas Stadium '93, World Tour I, World Tour II, Central Park '97, Dublin '98, USS Enterprise '01, The Last Show, Off-Stage and, in 2014, the 25th Anniversary Edition was released including a new cover, additional bonus tracks and a DVD to promote the digital remaster and release of Brook's digital music via GhostTunes.

Chart performance
Double Live debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200, becoming Brooks' seventh, and number 1 on the Top Country Albums, Brooks' ninth number one Country album. In November 2023, Double Live was certified 23× Platinum by the RIAA.

Singles
"It's Your Song" was re-recorded in the studio and released as a single, peaking at #9 in late 1998. Two of the album's other tracks charted on the Billboard charts in 1998 from unsolicited airplay.