Top of the World Tour: Live

Top of the World Tour: Live
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 25, 2003
RecordedJune–August 2003
GenreCountry
Length96:23
LabelColumbia
ProducerThe Chicks,
Lloyd Maines
Dixie Chicks chronology
Home
(2002)
Top of the World Tour: Live
(2003)
Taking the Long Way
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com link
AllMusic link
BBC Music(favorable) link
Q link
Rolling Stone link

Top of the World Tour: Live is the first live album by American country music band Dixie Chicks, released in November 2003.

It records their successful Top of the World Tour. A DVD Top of the World Tour: Live was also released with the material of the tour. Both are composites of multiple shows. As of March 2020, Top of the World Tour: Live has sold 1 million copies in the United States and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Track listing

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CD 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Goodbye Earl"Richard Leigh4:37
2."Some Days You Gotta Dance"Troy Johnson, Marshall Morgan2:39
3."There's Your Trouble"Mark Selby, Tia Sillers3:21
4."Long Time Gone"Darrell Scott4:10
5."Tortured, Tangled Hearts"Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Marty Stuart3:44
6."Travelin' Soldier"Bruce Robison5:56
7."Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)"Maria McKee3:31
8."Hello Mr. Heartache"Mike Henderson, John Hadley3:59
9."Cold Day in July"Richard Leigh4:51
10."White Trash Wedding"Maguire, Maines, Emily Robison2:33
11."Lil' Jack Slade"Terri Hendrix, Maguire, Lloyd Maines, E. Robison2:40
CD 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Home"Maia Sharp, Randy Sharp5:48
2."Truth No. 2"Patty Griffin5:13
3."If I Fall You're Going Down with Me"Matraca Berg, Annie Roboff3:05
4."Mississippi"Bob Dylan5:14
5."Cowboy Take Me Away"Martie Seidel, Marcus Hummon4:58
6."Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)"Radney Foster4:41
7."Landslide"Stevie Nicks4:01
8."Ready to Run"Hummon, Seidel4:30
9."Wide Open Spaces"Susan Gibson5:42
10."Top of the World"Griffin6:25
11."Sin Wagon"Maines, Erwin, Stephony Smith4:34

Personnel

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Dixie Chicks
Additional Musicians
  • Roscoe Beck – bass guitar, upright bass, fretless bass guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
  • Matthew Brubeck – cello
  • Roger Cabot – Hammond organ
  • John Deaderick – accordion, keyboards, Hammond organ, background vocals
  • Jason Deleu – Hammond organ
  • Drew Findley – programming
  • John Gardner – djembe, drums, snare drums, percussion, tambourine
  • Todd Green – Hammond organ
  • David Grissom – 12-string electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric baritone guitar, background vocals
  • Emmylou Harris – background vocals
  • Bob House – Hammond organ
  • Linda Ghidossi de Luca – viola
  • Ryan Merfy – Hammond organ
  • Henry Metcalfe – Hammond organ
  • John Mock – cello arrangements, concertina, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, irish whistle, percussion, string arrangements, tambourine, tin whistle
  • Lorenza Ponce – violin, string arrangements
  • Richard Randall – Hammond organ
  • Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
  • Keith Sewell – fiddle, acoustic guitar, soloist, background vocals
  • Hiroki Tagachi – violin
  • Brent Truitt – mandolin, background vocals
  • Robby Turner – dobro, steel guitar, background vocals

Chart performance

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6] Platinum 70,000
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Dixie Chicks, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dixie Chicks, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2020 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  7. ^ "American album certifications – The Chicks – Top Of The World: Live". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 28, 2021.