Garth Brooks (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Garth Brooks
Type = Album
Artist = Garth Brooks


Released = April 12, 1989
Recorded = Jack's Tracks Recording Studios, 1989
Genre = Country pop
Length = 29:46
Label = Capitol Nashville
Producer = Allen Reynolds
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:o3rn28gq051a link]
Last album =

This album = "Garth Brooks"
(1989)
Next album = "No Fences"
(1990)

"Garth Brooks" was the self-titled, debut album of American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on Wednesday, April 12, 1989. It was both a critical and chart success. It peaked at #2 in the U.S. Country chart and made #13 on the Billboard 200. It went on to sell close to ten million copies worldwide. Brooks commented on the album, saying:

"This album was released in April of 1989, in the states. Definitely scared to death. I thought the album was very very innocent. And I gotta be truthful with you, every time I hear those songs off the radio or off the album itself, or even when we play them live. I really get that same kind of scared feeling, that I had, way back in 1988, and 1989."

"Whether you get the album or not, or whether you have the album or not. Thanks, for just, the interest. That first album is always a big one for any artist and I, without trying to sound egotistical, I'm very proud of my first one."

This album contains Brooks earliest hits, for instance his first ever single, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)", which peaked at #3 on the Country Billboard Charts in 1989. It put an independent cowboy singer, Chris LeDoux, into the mainstream due to the lyric "a worn out tape of Chris LeDoux". Two other strong starts include his first #1, "If Tomorrow Never Comes" and the Academy of Country Music's 1990 Song of the Year and Video of the Year, "The Dance" (another #1).

Track listing

(Note: The following is the original track listing. An additional song was added to the special edition recordings of the CD.)

#"Not Counting You" (Garth Brooks) – 2:30
#"I've Got a Good Thing Going" (Larry Bastian, Sandy Mahl, Brooks) – 2:50
#"If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Kent Blazy, Brooks) – 3:37
#"Everytime That It Rains" (Charlie Stefl, Ty England, Brooks) – 4:07
#"Alabama Clay" (Larry Cordle, R. Scaife) – 3:35
#"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" (Randy Taylor, Brooks) – 2:53
#"Cowboy Bill" (Bastian, Ed Berghoff) – 4:28
#"Nobody Gets Off in This Town" (Bastian, DeWayne Blackwell) – 2:17
#"I Know One" (Jack Clement) – 2:49
#"The Dance" (Tony Arata) – 3:37

Chart Singles

Personnel

*Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar)
*Chris Leuzinger (electric guitar)
*Bruce Bouton (steel guitar)
*Rob Hajacos (fiddle)
*Bobby Wood (keyboards)
*Mike Chapman (bass)
*Milton Sledge (drums)
*Wayland Patton, Kathy Chiavola, Hurshel Wiginton, Jennifer O'Brien, Wendy Johnson, Curtis Young, Trisha Yearwood (background vocals)
*The Nashville String Machine

Notable covers

Punk rock cover artists Me First and the Gimme Gimmes released a version of 'Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)' as the first track on their October 2006 album Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Love Their Country.

ee also

*List of best-selling albums in the United States

References and External links

* [http://www.planetgarth.com/albums/garth_brooks.php "Garth Brooks" at "planetgarth.com"]