Fresh Horses (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Fresh Horses
Type = studio
Artist = Garth Brooks


Released = November 21, 1995
Genre = Country pop
Recorded = Jack's Track's Recording Studio
Label = Liberty
Producer = Allen Reynolds
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:wwaxqjkeojka link]
*Entertainment Weekly (B-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299866,00.html link]
Last album = "The Hits"
(1994)
This album = "Fresh Horses"
(1995)
Next album = "Sevens"
(1997)

"Fresh Horses" is American country music artist Garth Brooks' sixth studio album (eighth overall). It was released on Tuesday, November 21, 1995. The album had a worldwide radio ban until it was available to buy. Only the two singles issued ("She's Every Woman" and "The Fever") were allowed to be played before this date, the latter of which was a new country-rock version of an old Aerosmith song). Once issued "Fresh Horses" hit #1 on the Billboard Country music charts and #2 on the Billboard's Pop chart. Through 2006, approximately six million copies have been sold in the U.S. In the United Kingdom the album was another success, reaching the top 30 pop albums and topping the country charts.

Brooks was a bit concerned how the album would fare, given his two-year absence.He commented:"Everyone was expecting this album to be pop. Everyone said we were leaving (country). For the first time ever, I was involved (in writing) in eight of the 10 cuts, so it's a huge reflection of myself. It's the things I enjoy singing about. I got to sing about the band on the road, I got to sing about cowboys, and more importantly, the women who put up with those cowboys."

Track listing

#"The Old Stuff" (Bryan Kennedy, Dan Roberts, Garth Brooks) – 4:12
#"Cowboys and Angels" (Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Brooks) – 3:16
#"The Fever" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Kennedy, Roberts) – 2:40
#"That Ol' Wind" (Leigh Reynolds, Brooks) – 5:22
#"Rollin'" (Harley Allen, Reynolds, Brooks) – 4:07
#"The Change" (Tony Arata, Wayne Tester) – 4:06
#"The Beaches of Cheyenne" (Roberts, Kennedy, Brooks) – 4:13
#"It's Midnight Cinderella" (Williams, Blazy, Brooks) – 2:23
#"She's Every Woman" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 2:53
#"Ireland" (Stephanie Davis, Jenny Yates, Brooks) – 5:30

Chart Singles

Personnel

*Mark Casstevens, Leigh Reynolds (acoustic guitar)
*Chris Leuzinger, Gordon Kennedy (electric guitar)
*Bruce Bouton (steel guitar)
*Rob Hajacos, Jimmy Mattingly (fiddle)
*Ed Foote (hurdy gurdy)
*Bobby Wood (piano, organ, keyboards)
*Mike Chapman (bass)
*Milton Sledge (drums, percussion)
*Sam Bacco (percussion)
*Trisha Yearwood, Susan Ashton (background vocals)

References and External Links

* [http://www.planetgarth.com/albums/fresh_horses.php "Fresh Horses" at "planetgarth.com"]