Fly | ||||
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Studio album by Dixie Chicks | ||||
Released | August 31, 1999 | |||
Recorded | March–June 1999 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 48:02 | |||
Label | Monument | |||
Producer | ||||
Dixie Chicks chronology | ||||
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Singles from Fly | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | link |
Entertainment Weekly | A− link |
Melodic.net | link |
Plugged In | (unfavorable) link |
PopMatters | link |
Q | link |
Robert Christgau | |
Rolling Stone | link |
Fly is the fifth studio album by American country band Dixie Chicks, released in 1999. The album was very successful for the group, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It has received diamond status by the RIAA on June 25, 2002 in the United States, for shipments of 10 million units.
The tracks "Ready to Run", "Cowboy Take Me Away", "Without You", "Goodbye Earl", "Cold Day in July", "Heartbreak Town", "Some Days You Gotta Dance" and "If I Fall You're Going Down with Me" were all released as singles; "Sin Wagon" also charted without officially being released. "Some Days You Gotta Dance" was previously recorded by The Ranch, a short-lived country trio founded by Keith Urban in the late 1990s. Urban plays guitar on the Dixie Chicks' rendition.
The album earned 4 Grammy nominations in 2000, and the group won 2: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for Ready to Run and Best Country Album. It was also nominated for Album of the Year and the writers of Ready to Run, Marcus Hummon and Martie Seidel were nominated for Best Country Song.
Note
Compiled from liner notes.
Dixie Chicks
String section on "Without You"
Additional musicians
Production
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone