Garth Brooks
Track Listings
| 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 |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
If one were forced to choose a single Garth Brooks album to own, it should be his first. Believe it or not, Brooks once studied at the feet of singer/songwriter Bob Childers, an obscure Oklahoman who has written songs more akin to Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt than to the pop country Brooks would later make his cash cow. This debut has a vision of careful songwriting and honky-tonk traditions Brooks never fully recaptured. "If Tomorrow Never Comes" is the best thing he's ever recorded, a gorgeous country tune recalling Lefty Frizzell and Charlie Rich. Had he continued to make such strong singles, Brooks's artistic stature might have equaled his stock portfolio. It never happened, but that shouldn't stop us from recognizing country music this solid. --Roy Kasten
Amazon.com
Unlikely as it might seem some 70 million in total album sales later, Garth Brooks's self-titled debut was widely ignored at the time of its 1989 release. Most of the program doesn't wander far from the new-traditionalist country pattern established in the '80s by George Strait. Songs such as "If Tomorrow Never Comes," "Every Time That It Rains," and "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" have an understated charm that stands in appealing contrast to the... read more
Garth Brooks
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