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| No Fences | 
 enlarge | Artist: Garth Brooks
Label: Pearl Records
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 14526
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 854206001114
EAN: 0854206001114
ASIN: B000LVPCP6
Publication Date: 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Thunder Rolls | | • | New Way to Fly | | • | Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House | | • | Victim of the Game | | • | Friends in Low Places | | • | This Ain't Tennessee | | • | Wild Horses | | • | Unanswered Prayers | | • | Same Old Story | | • | Mr. Blue | | • | Wolves |
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Product Description
No Fences captures Garth Brooks just after his initial success yet before superstardom. Though it includes "The Thunder Rolls," another of the pop-country power ballads he'd introduced with "The Dance," No Fences bounces mainly between impersonations--often catchy and engaging ones, but impersonations nonetheless. "Wild Horses" is straight-up George Strait, while "Two of a Kind" and "Friends in Low Places" are John Anderson and Hank Jr. respectively. The best moment, the Dan Fogleberg-like "Unanswered Prayers," relays a message either highly spiritual or hugely rationalized. Regardless, it succeeds because its delivery is earnest, sweet, and humble--something Garth wouldn't be for long. --David Cantwell Track Listings 1. The Thunder Rolls 2. New Way to Fly 3. Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House 4. Victim of the Game 5. Friends in Low Places 6. This Ain't Tennessee7. Wild Horses 8. Unanswered Prayers 9. Same Old Story10. Mr. Blue11. Wolves
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No Fences captures Garth Brooks just after his initial success yet before superstardom. Though it includes "The Thunder Rolls," another of the pop-country power ballads he'd introduced with "The Dance," No Fences bounces mainly between impersonations--often catchy and engaging ones, but impersonations nonetheless. "Wild Horses" is straight-up George Strait, while "Two of a Kind" and "Friends in Low Places" are John Anderson and Hank Jr. respectively. The best moment, the Dan Fogleberg-like "Unanswered Prayers," relays a message either highly spiritual or hugely rationalized. Regardless, it succeeds because its delivery is earnest, sweet, and humble--something Garth wouldn't be for long. --David Cantwell
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 Garth Fan February 28, 2000
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is Garth's best album. There is not a bad song on this album, and there are many underrated songs that never got radio play. "New Way To Fly," "Wild Horses," "Wolves," and "Victim Of The Game" are some of the best songs in Garth's collection. Throw in "Friends In Low Places," "Same Old Story," "The Thunder Rolls," "Two Of A Kind Workin' On A Full House," and "Unanswered Prayers" and you have one of the classic country albums of all time. I even liked the cheesy "Mr. Blue." This is a must have for any country fan.
Garth's best album June 2, 2002
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've listened to practically every one of Garth Brooks' albums, and I think No Fences is his best album. "Friends In Low Places", the first of four #1 hits off this album, is Garth's classic up-tempo barroom anthem, with Garth being joined by a lot of his "friends" on the last chorus to the song. Another fun, upbeat song which became a big hit for Garth is the honky-tonker "Two Of A Kind, Workin' On A Full House". Garth remade the Fifties pop hit "Mr. Blue" for this record, and Garth's version is quite a bit more upbeat than the original. The ballads, though, are the highlights here. The autobiographical song "Unanswered Prayers", the reflective song "Wolves", the bluesy, melodic tune "Same Old Story", the rodeo song "Wild Horses", and the intense ballads "New Way To Fly" and "Victim Of The Game" are all strong songs. The song that really gets the record going, though, is the grim tale "The Thunder Rolls", with the distorted lead guitar and the thunderclaps in the background. "The Thunder Rolls" is one of Garth's best songs, even though it was highly controversial when it first came out because of its portrayal of adultery and domestic violence. In fact, two well-known cable channels, The Nashville Network and Country Music Television, refused to air the video to "The Thunder Rolls" because of its violent content. However, "The Thunder Rolls" is the high point on an impressive album. In my opinion, Garth has yet to release a record that tops No Fences, even though he has continued to make good music.
Garth's Mega-seller October 11, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Garth Brooks became a music superstar with the release of his second CD, "No Fences," in 1990. He released four singles from the CD in 1990-1991, and all of them hit #1. The first single was "Friends in Low Places," which was #1 for 4 weeks on the country chart, making it Garth's biggest song ever. Country Music Television (CMT) recently named it one of the Top 10 country songs of all time. It's a rollicking good time and undeniably great music; the kind of song you'll hear in bars and honky-tonks now and for decades to come.
"Unanswered Prayers" was the second single - a sweet ballad about life working out as it should, even when you don't get what you wanted at the time. It was #1 for 2 weeks, and was named by CMT as one of the Top 10 love songs of all time. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" is somewhat retro-sounding with extremely clever lyrics (#1 for 1 week). The CD actually starts with the fourth single, the rock-tinged "The Thunder Rolls." Although the song's video tells the story of an abusive husband, the song lyrics actually are about a woman waiting for her potentially unfaithful husband to arrive home late at night. The song was a bit risky at the time, as it represented a more rock-influenced direction for Garth. Indeed, the CD overall is less traditionally country-sounding than his debut.
More than a decade later, a fifth song hit the Top 10 when "Wild Horses" peaked at #7 in early 2001. The song is about a rodeo rider who has to travel and be away from his family, and it's one of the highlights of the CD. The remaining songs are all fairly solid, including another Garth interpretation of a Tony Arata-penned song - "Same Old Story" (Tony wrote "The Dance" from Garth's first CD).
The CD was an immediate hit - selling old over 5 million copies within a year of its initial release; it's gone on to become the best-selling country record by a male artist ever, with 16 million copies sold (only Shania Twain's second CD has sold more copies). Although the CD is arguably not Garth's best (I'd nominate his debut), it does contain some of his best singles, and it's certainly understandable why it was such a huge hit. Clearly, Garth was perfecting his style of pop-country; a style that would enable him to go on to sell over 100 million records and become the fourth biggest-selling artist ever.
Five Stars PLUS - A Gem of an Album November 28, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I started listening to country music ten years ago, once the lyrics that made pop accessible melted away into thumping beats and indecipherable mumbles. Garth Brooks' "No Fences", as inspired by Billy Joel and James Taylor, literally SPOKE to me as I turned 30 in 1991. Back then, and still as I near 40, he wrote songs that were passionate, understated, and sincere, like the Piano Man and Sweet Baby James in their heydays. On "No Fences" he pours his heart and soul into every note of every song, from the unforgettable "Unanswered Prayers" to his own now-signature tale, "Friends In Low Places." He is all of these characters and none of them still, just a storyteller by the fire, but possessed by his protagonists. Few artists have succeeded in blending seamlessly the melody of pop and the resonance and grit of country - but Brooks pulls it off. "No Fences" is the first of a succession of brilliant American fare that made Brooks the unparalleled success of the 90s. It's easy to see why "No Fences" launched Garth's career into the stratosphere, up there with the Beatles and Elton John. He crafts universal themes with every one of his instruments as a songwriter, vocalist and musician. At once epic ("The Thunder Rolls") and soft ("New Way to Fly") "No Fences" will stand the test of time and emerge as the 1990's version of "Tapestry" or "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." Fun, clever, and emotionally charged all at the same time, Brooks delivers a heartfelt, magical set.
 SHUTUP!!!!!!! September 27, 2003
6 out of 31 found this review helpful
i mean one star is too much. garth brooks reiks. why wasnt he a victim of the texas chainsaw massacre, lol?!?!? try out some Zombie, some real good music
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