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Garth Brooks
Released 1989

Cowboy Bill
04:34
9,377 plays

Everytime That It Rains
04:12
9,229 plays

Nobody Gets off in This Town
02:19
7,575 plays

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- 1
- Not Counting You
- 02:34
- 14,038 plays

- 2
- I've Got a Good Thing Going
- 02:54
- 11,018 plays

- 3
- If Tomorrow Never Comes
- 03:42
- 156,520 plays

- 4
- Everytime That It Rains
- 04:12
- 9,229 plays

- 5
- Alabama Clay
- 03:40
- 13,312 plays

- 6
- Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
- 02:58
- 26,866 plays

- 7
- Cowboy Bill
- 04:34
- 9,377 plays

- 8
- Nobody Gets off in This Town
- 02:19
- 7,575 plays

- 9
- I Know One
- 02:54
- 10,561 plays

- 10
- The Dance
- 03:39
- 60,731 plays

album review

On Garth Brooks' self-titled debut, his fusion of rock & roll and traditional country genres like honky tonk and Western swing is already fully formed as is his gift for extended metaphors. One listen to his signature song and breakthrough hit, "The Dance," proves that, which is why he broke away from the hat acts that he was initially grouped with. Nevertheless, Garth Brooks is the most straightforward of all of his albums; Brooks sticks with neo-traditional country on about half of the tracks. He sings traditional country quite well -- "Not Counting You" is a particularly effective honky tonk number, demonstrating a debt to both George Jones and George Strait -- but what makes the album an exciting debut are songs like the genre-bending ballads "The Dance" and "If Tomorrow Never Comes"; and that is the style that would bring him mass success with his next album, No Fences. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide