Landslide by Rhonda_Kaye

Rhonda_Kaye - Landslide

Rhonda_Kaye

May 12, 2025 11:04am

I am rusty, more use to Fleetwood Mac version and tyfl! From Wikipedia, Home is the sixth studio album by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">country music</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dixie Chicks</a>, released on August 27, 2002, through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Monument</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Columbia Records</a>. It is notable for its acoustic bluegrass sound, which stands in contrast with their previous two country pop albums. While touring for the album, the Dixie Chicks <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_comments_on_George_W._Bush" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">publicly criticized</a> the US president, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">George W. Bush</a>, triggering a backlash. The third single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelin%27_Soldier" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Travelin' Soldier</a>", was #1 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Billboard Country Chart</a> the week that Maines' comments hit the press.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_(Dixie_Chicks_album)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> The following week, as many stations started a still-standing boycott of the Chicks' music, the song collapsed. None of their following singles gained traction with country radio. Despite these events, the album was certified 6× Multi-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">platinum</a> status by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">RIAA</a> and has sold 5,979,000 copies in the United States up to November 2008.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_(Dixie_Chicks_album)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> The album also featured a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fleetwood Mac</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide_(Fleetwood_Mac_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Landslide</a>", which was their biggest pop <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">crossover</a> hit until 2007, when "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Ready_to_Make_Nice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Not Ready to Make Nice</a>" peaked at #4 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Billboard Hot 100</a>. The album was also successful in Australia, in its 175th week in the country charts it was certified Triple Platinum for shipments of 210,000 copies.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_(Dixie_Chicks_album)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> The album was nominated at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">45th Grammy Awards</a> for six awards, including their second attempt for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Album of the Year</a>. The group went home with four in 2003, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Country_Album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Best Country Album</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Recording_Package" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Best Recording Package</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Instrumental_Performance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Best Country Instrumental Performance</a> for "Lil' Jack Slade", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Country_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(48, 86, 169);">Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal</a> for "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Time_Gone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Long Time Gone</a>". Additionally, they were nominated for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Engineered_Album,_Non-Classical" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Scott" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Darrell Scott</a> was nominated for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Country_Song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Best Country Song</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Time_Gone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Long Time Gone</a>. Two years later, they were nominated and won <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Country_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal</a>, this time for "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_World_(Dixie_Chicks_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Top of the World</a>". It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and stayed there for four non-consecutive weeks. It also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums, and stayed there for 12 non-consecutive weeks. "Landslide" was originally recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fleetwood Mac</a> in 1975. "Travelin' Soldier" was originally recorded by its writer, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Robison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bruce Robison</a>, in 1996, and then in rewritten form, in 1999; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_England" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ty England</a> also recorded the song in 1999. "Godspeed" was originally recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radney_Foster" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Radney Foster</a> in 1999; his wife suggested sending it to the Dixie Chicks because Natalie Maines had just had a baby. "Long Time Gone" and "More Love" were originally recorded by Darrell Scott in 2000. "Truth No. 2" and "Top of the World" were originally recorded by Patty Griffin for a 2000 album that went unreleased. "I Believe in Love" made its debut on the 2001 telethon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America:_A_Tribute_to_Heroes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">America: A Tribute to Heroes</a>.