Ropin' the Wind is the third studio album by Americancountry music artistGarth Brooks. It was released on September 2, 1991, and became his first studio album to debut at No. 1 on both theBillboard 200 chart and theTop Country Albums chart. This marked the first time a country singer topped both charts sinceKenny Rogers accomplished this just over a decade earlier. The album had four runs at No. 1 between September 28, 1991, and April 3, 1992, spending a total of 18 weeks at the top and ultimately being certified 14× Platinum by the RIAA in 1998. In the UK, it reached theTop 50 pop albums list and maintained the No. 1 position for several months on the country charts. It is the last studio album released underCapitol Records Nashville until the 1995 albumFresh Horses.
The track "Shameless" is a cover version of a song byBilly Joel, recorded on his 1989 albumStorm Front.
According to the music websiteAllMusic,Ropin' the Wind was the first country album to debut at No. 1 on theBillboard 200.[6]
"Ropin' the Wind was what we called the son ofFences.Ropin' the Wind was made during this kind of tour that we were on fromNo Fences. We were gone for pretty much 250 days out of the year. In the remaining 100 days, I elected to cutRopin' the Wind and try to write for it. This album became a lot bigger than I ever thought it could possibly be. When I listen to the singles off of it like 'Rodeo,' 'What She's Doing Now,' 'The River,' 'Papa Loved Mama,' and 'Shameless,' I look at it and stand very proud. And when I also look at the cuts, 'Against the Grain' and 'Cold Shoulder,' these songs I am equally proud of."
Ropin' the Wind debuted at No. 1 on the U.S.Billboard 200, becoming his first album to achieve this milestone, and reached No. 1 on theTop Country Albums chart, selling 400,000 copies. This made it his second No. 1 country album. In September 1998,Ropin' the Wind was certified 14× Platinum by theRIAA.
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