Garth Brooks - Ropin the Wind
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Artist: Garth BrooksEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2000-11-21
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Against the Grain
- Rodeo
- What She's Doing Now
- Burning Bridges
- Which One of Them
- Papa Loved Mama
- Shameless
- Cold Shoulder
- We Bury the Hatchet
- In Lonesome Dove
- The River
Free Music Notes for Ropin the Wind
Free Music Review: Another classic from Garth
Hit: 5 Stars
The person who compiled Garth's hits compilation (sadly now long out of print) clearly loved this album. Six of the tracks from this album were included, making it the best-represented album on that compilation. I can well understand the compiler's enthusiasm although there are some of Garth's other albums that I rate even higher.
The six tracks that featured on the hits collection have some interesting stories. One of them (Burning bridges) became a Spanish hit. Another (Shameless) is a cover of a Billy Joel song that Garth recorded only after he learned that Billy wasn't going to release his own version as a single One of Garth's favorite songs here (Rodeo) began life in the early eighties as a slightly different song titled Miss Rodeo, intended for a female singe. None recorded it so Garth eventually recorded it with modified title and lyrics. Garth co-wrote a song (What he's doing now) for Crystal Gayle - it appeared on one of her albums (Ain't gonna worry) - before recording his own version with a gender-adapted title (What she's doing now) and lyrics. Perhaps the best song here (The river) is a song that Garth co-wrote with the brilliant but very under-appreciated Victoria Shaw, whose own albums never sold well enough to establish her own career as a singer. The other song to make the hits collection (Papa loves Mama) is just a fun song but it is superbly performed.
Of the tracks that didn't make the hits compilation, the opening track (Against the grain) is a brilliant up-tempo song that was surely considered for single release. There is an amusing song (We bury the hatchet) about problems with the neighbors. There's a very cleverly worded song (Cold shoulder) about the loneliness of a long-distance trucker - if you're not paying attention, you might think it's Garth's partner that has given him the cold shoulder - then again, perhaps she has. Garth also sings a wild west story (In lonesome dove).
This is an outstanding album from Garth. If you lovre Garth's music, you are likely to enjoy this album.
Ropin the Wind Poster
Brooks's third album, 1991's Ropin' the Wind, found him distancing himself further from the new-traditionalist hat-pack. The album's centerpiece was an all-stops-out Southern-rock cover of Billy Joel's "Shameless." Another hit single, "Rodeo," boasted a slinky Creedence-style groove. Brooks's propensity for sentimental folk-pop clichés surfaced on the ballads "What She's Doing Now" and "The River." But "We Bury the Hatchet" and "Papa Loved Mama" were tongue-in-cheek attempts at honky-tonk and truck-drivin' boogie. While Brooks subsequently has been criticized for putting a cowboy hat atop rock & roll and calling it country, these tracks sound more like vintage Ernest Tubb next to some of today's Nashville Pop-tarts. --Rick MitchellCountry Music CDs
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