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Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks Audio CD

A fair review of the Garth Brooks "Garth Brooks" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Garth Brooks reviews here, or go back to the Garth Brooks tabs.

Garth Brooks Band: Garth Brooks
Title: Garth Brooks
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Release Date: 2000-11-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Not Counting You 2: I've Got a Good Thing Going 3: If Tomorrow Never Comes 4: Uptown Down Home Good Ol' Boy [*] 5: Everytime That It Rains 6: Alabama Clay 7: Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) 8: Cowboy Bill 9: Nobody Gets Off in This Town 10: I Know One 11: The Dance

Only Good Garth Album
Here is an artist that blew his wad on the first take. . . after this album, it was all downhill for country music. Of course, the pop music crowd ate him up, and the guy made millions. . . but left most of the real country music fans scratching their heads, and wondering what the hell happened! But, back to the album. This CD showcases Garth's talents with such numbers as: "I Know One", "Much Too Young", and "If Tomorrow Never Comes". It also includes the more "pop" oriented preview of the "Garth" to come, such as "The Dance" and "Everytime that it Rains". Despite my distaste for the direction he led country music (and he's a natural leader!), this is a solid album. I just wish his follow-up CD's would have followed the same vein.


O.K. CD SOME SONGS ARE GOOD, MOST ARE AVERAGE!
The best songs on here are "The Dance" and "If Tomorrow Never Comes". Like most of Garth Brook's CDs, this one is average. Recording techniques using ultra modern equipment make anyone sound good but if you have ever seen this man perform live. . and I have. . . . he tends to go flat very often and cannot maintain his pitch. They can make anyone sound good on the records but the real proof of a good singer is in hearing them live. In Garth's case he does a lot of screaming and banging and breaking guitars but the man really cannot carry a tune to save his life. .


The start of a great career
He ended up outselling most pop stars while other country singers were able to sell albums in much larger quantities than their predecessors had done. Whatever you think of Garth's music, there is no doubt that Garth took country music to a wider audience (at least in America) than anybody else had ever done before him. So this first album by Garth marks the start of a musical revolution. This album yielded three major country hits (Much too young, The dance, If tomorrow never comes) but also contains many other excellent songs.

The first hit (Much too young) made the country top ten while giving a massive boost the career of a hitherto obscure singer called Chris LeDoux, who get a mention in the lyrics. However, the other two hits are the ones that live longest in the memory. The remain among Garth's most popular hits. Although neither charted in the UK at the time, The dance eventually became a minor UK hit for Garth while If tomorrow never comes topped the UK charts in 2002 when covered by Ronan Keating.

Among the outstanding album tracks are Alabama clay (about somebody attracted to the city lights only to realize that life on the farm is more to his liking), Every time that it rains (about a good memory of love on a rainy day), Nobody gets off in this town (about a town that has nothing to offer) and Cowboy Bill (a story song of the type that Kenny Rogers used to be so good at).

This is a classic album. I rate it third among Garth's albums (behind No fences and In pieces) but I'm sure that there are plenty of people who regard this as their favorite Garth album. If you enjoy Garth's music, you'll love this album.


Good debut album
However, it is a very good debut album overall. I am not a big fan of traditional country music, so this isnt among my favorite Garth CD's. Includes the only song Garth ever wrote alone "Not Counting You" Also includes the classics "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "The Dance", and "Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old" Very good!!.


The Best Album Garth Put Out
I remember first hearing him on the radio and was very delighted to hear something different and at the same time it was country. When Garth first hit the country music scene, it was back in '89 or '90.
This debut album of Garth's convey's a whole other side of Garth.
His version of, "I Know One" is beautifully done. Just wish he would have still done his music the way he started out; country.


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