Top of the World Tour: Live

Top of the World Tour: Live
Live album by Dixie Chicks
Released	November 25, 2003
Recorded	June–August 2003
Genre	Country
Length	96:23
Label	Columbia
Producer	The Chicks, Lloyd Maines
Dixie Chicks chronology
Home (2002) Top of the World Tour: Live (2003) Taking the Long Way (2006)

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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

CD 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Goodbye Earl"	Richard Leigh	4:37
2.	"Some Days You Gotta Dance"	Troy Johnson, Marshall Morgan	2:39
3.	"There's Your Trouble"	Mark Selby, Tia Sillers	3:21
4.	"Long Time Gone"	Darrell Scott	4:10
5.	"Tortured, Tangled Hearts"	Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Marty Stuart	3:44
6.	"Travelin' Soldier"	Bruce Robison	5:56
7.	"Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)"	Maria McKee	3:31
8.	"Hello Mr. Heartache"	Mike Henderson, John Hadley	3:59
9.	"Cold Day in July"	Richard Leigh	4:51
10.	"White Trash Wedding"	Maguire, Maines, Emily Robison	2:33
11.	"Lil' Jack Slade"	Terri Hendrix, Maguire, Lloyd Maines, E. Robison	2:40

CD 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Home"	Maia Sharp, Randy Sharp	5:48
2.	"Truth No. 2"	Patty Griffin	5:13
3.	"If I Fall You're Going Down with Me"	Matraca Berg, Annie Roboff	3:05
4.	"Mississippi"	Bob Dylan	5:14
5.	"Cowboy Take Me Away"	Martie Seidel, Marcus Hummon	4:58
6.	"Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)"	Radney Foster	4:41
7.	"Landslide"	Stevie Nicks	4:01
8.	"Ready to Run"	Hummon, Seidel	4:30
9.	"Wide Open Spaces"	Susan Gibson	5:42
10.	"Top of the World"	Griffin	6:25
11.	"Sin Wagon"	Maines, Erwin, Stephony Smith	4:34

Personnel

Dixie Chicks

• Martie McGuire – fiddle, mandolin, viola, soloist, background vocals
• Natalie Maines – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals
• Emily Robison – banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals

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

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position US Billboard 200[1] 21 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position US Billboard 200[3] 105 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 15 Chart (2005) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 67

Certifications

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

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.