Top of the World Tour: Live

{{Short description|Live album by Dixie Chicks}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Top of the World Tour: Live

| type = Live album

| artist = Dixie Chicks

| cover = Topoftheworldlivecd.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 25, 2003

| recorded = June–August 2003

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 96:23

| label = Columbia

| producer = The Chicks,
Lloyd Maines

| prev_title = Home

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Taking the Long Way

| next_year = 2006

}}

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| rev3 = BBC Music

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| rev4 = Q

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| rev5 = Rolling Stone

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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

{{tracklist

| headline = CD 1

| title1 = Goodbye Earl

| writer1 = Richard Leigh

| length1 = 4:37

| title2 = Some Days You Gotta Dance

| writer2 = Troy Johnson, Marshall Morgan

| length2 = 2:39

| title3 = There's Your Trouble

| writer3 = Mark Selby, Tia Sillers

| length3 = 3:21

| title4 = Long Time Gone

| writer4 = Darrell Scott

| length4 = 4:10

| title5 = Tortured, Tangled Hearts

| writer5 = Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Marty Stuart

| length5 = 3:44

| title6 = Travelin' Soldier

| writer6 = Bruce Robison

| length6 = 5:56

| title7 = Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)

| writer7 = Maria McKee

| length7 = 3:31

| title8 = Hello Mr. Heartache

| writer8 = Mike Henderson, John Hadley

| length8 = 3:59

| title9 = Cold Day in July

| writer9 = Richard Leigh

| length9 = 4:51

| title10 = White Trash Wedding

| writer10 = Maguire, Maines, Emily Robison

| length10 = 2:33

| title11 = Lil' Jack Slade

| writer11 = Terri Hendrix, Maguire, Lloyd Maines, E. Robison

| length11 = 2:40

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = CD 2

| title1 = A Home

| writer1 = Maia Sharp, Randy Sharp

| length1 = 5:48

| title2 = Truth No. 2

| writer2 = Patty Griffin

| length2 = 5:13

| title3 = If I Fall You're Going Down with Me

| writer3 = Matraca Berg, Annie Roboff

| length3 = 3:05

| title4 = Mississippi

| writer4 = Bob Dylan

| length4 = 5:14

| title5 = Cowboy Take Me Away

| writer5 = Martie Seidel, Marcus Hummon

| length5 = 4:58

| title6 = Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)

| writer6 = Radney Foster

| length6 = 4:41

| title7 = Landslide

| writer7 = Stevie Nicks

| length7 = 4:01

| title8 = Ready to Run

| writer8 = Hummon, Seidel

| length8 = 4:30

| title9 = Wide Open Spaces

| writer9 = Susan Gibson

| length9 = 5:42

| title10 = Top of the World

| writer10 = Griffin

| length10 = 6:25

| title11 = Sin Wagon

| writer11 = Maines, Erwin, Stephony Smith

| length11 = 4:34

}}

Personnel

;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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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Dixie+Chicks&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP|title=Dixie Chicks, TLP|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 8, 2020|url-access=subscription}}

| 21

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Dixie+Chicks&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=CLP|title=Dixie Chicks, CLP|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 8, 2020|url-access=subscription}}

| 3

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2004)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 8, 2020}}

| 105

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 8, 2020}}

| 15

scope="col"| Chart (2005)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 8, 2020}}

| 67

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Dixie Chicks|title=Top Of The World Live Tour |type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2003|certyear=2020|access-date=April 28, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=The Chicks|title=Top Of The World: Live|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2003|certyear=2020|access-date=April 28, 2021}}

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References