Garth Brooks [Original recording reissued]

Garth Brooks | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000051769
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,667 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Dance

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars welcome to Garth's world, October 6, 2003

By 

Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garth Brooks (Audio CD)

This was Garth's first CD, and an outstanding debut for a man who would become one of music's most popular singer/songwriters.
He was 27 at the time, but looks like a kid on the cover photo, and he has described this CD as "innocent", which in some ways it is; there is a freshness to the music, and a sweetness in the lyrics.

The songs:
"Much Too Young" (Taylor/Brooks) was Garth's first hit single, and is about a rodeo cowboy, "the white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold", and is one of the terrific "story" songs on this CD.
"Not Counting You", is one of the few up-tempo songs, and is the only one penned by Garth alone. The words are a clever example of writing in negatives: "There's no exception to the rule / I've never been nobody's fool / I've never lost at love not counting you". It was the second of the singles from this CD, and one of my favorite tracks.
Two others that were singles have become signature songs for Garth: "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Blazy/Brooks), a beautiful, meaningful ballad, and "The Dance" (Tony Arata), another lovely ballad with Bobby Wood on piano shining in a truly wonderful musical arrangement.
"Everytime That it Rains" (Stefl/England/Brooks) "And through the dance we both stumbled and with the buttons we fumbled", and "Cowboy Bill" (Bastian/Berghoff) are two more "story" songs that draw one in with their well-told tales, and Garth's great interpretations.

This is intelligent, finely crafted, high-quality country music, and Garth's smooth and rich vocals, and the superb musicianship of his band makes this one of the most auspicious "firsts" I've ever heard, and an essential CD in my collection. Total time 33'30.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A strong debut, January 22, 2000

By 

Ken Schoonover, Jr. (Springdale, AR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garth Brooks (Audio CD)

Garth Brooks' self-titled debut album is a strong one. Garth's debut single, the rodeo song "Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old", was my favorite song by Garth until "The Dance" superseded it. "The Dance", which on the surface sounds like a relationship song but is actually a celebration of life, was written by Garth's friend Tony Arata, who would go on to write some other great songs which Garth recorded. The love ballad "If Tomorrow Never Comes" and the honky-tonk song "Not Counting You" were the other hit songs from "Garth Brooks". Other highlights are "Everytime That It Rains", "Nobody Gets Off In This Town", and Garth's remake of the classic Charley Pride song "I Know One". Garth went on to make quite a few great albums, but his debut album, in my opinion, is a classic.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular country debut, November 8, 2000

By 

Shaun Henderson (Kalispell, MT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garth Brooks (Audio CD)

Garth Brooks' self-titled 1989 debut is one of, if not the best release from the multi-million selling country superstar. None of the ten tracks can be mistaken for anything but country. If his pop-crossover experiment "Chris Gaines" made you sick and longing for the country Garth, just listen to this album and remember why country fans fell in love with him and his music. You probably already know the hit singles "If Tomorrow Never Comes," "The Dance" and "Much too young (to fell this damn old)," and the album's other seven songs live up to the same standards these do, especially "Not Counting You," "Alabama Clay," and "Every time that it Rains," songs that, if released as singles, would undoubetly gone straight to no. 1. If you had to choose one of Garth's releases to own, this would be the one.