Fences

Product Description:
Lonesome Brothers (Jim Armenti, pop-rock legend Ray Mason, and ex-Scud Mountain Boy Tom Shea) conjure up the spirit of Hank Williams, Gram Parsons, and The Band in this alt-country, roots music celebration. Fifteen songs with guts, conviction, and rustic passion.

Fences,Lonesome Brothers,Spirithouse Records,Alternative Country,Americana,Country,Neo-Traditionalist Country,Pop,The Lonesome Brothers conjur up the spirit of Hank Williams , Graham Parsons, and The Band in this Alt-country, roots music celebration. With raw honesty the Brothers hash out 15 songs with guts, conviction and rustic passion.

Average customer rating: Garth Brooks Fan Half Review: Garth Brooks, No Fences Garth wins friends in many places Garth's Best

No Fences Garth Brooks Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ropin' the Wind Garth Brooks In Pieces The Chase Fresh Horses ASIN: B00005176A Release Date: 2000-11-21

Tracks:

1. 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. Wild Horses
7. Unanswered Prayers
8. Same Old Story
9. Mr. Blue
10. 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

Customer Reviews:

Garth Brooks Fan.......2007-04-11

I got this CD out and played it and really like it again I like the song Unanswered prayers

Half .......2006-02-15

I wanted to rate this latest release half, (three stars), because Pinoccio only has one woman to complete him right now. This is really starting to show through in his latest cd. The old stuff was FAR better. I love Garth's old stuff.
When Garth meets the other women he desperately needs in his life, and becomes "a real boy" - I will give Pinoccio five stars. I'm sure his music will improve then.
Isn't that what life's all about? Do a little memory dance through life, pat your wife on the head for being a good sport, and keep truckin until the next stop? What an ego! I am asking, because I am not as old as him yet, and I am still trying to learn.
His ex-wife may not be a glamorous singer, but she must be an amazing woman to devote her life towards his happiness.
I guess Hollywood will make a movie soon, and try to make her look evil or something.

Review: Garth Brooks, No Fences.......2005-09-13

No Fences is one of the best albums that Garth Brooks has ever created. He managed to record an album that appealed not only to his normal country listeners, but the pop crowd as well. This is shown through the album's sales and numerous number one hit singles. The title of this album shows off Garth's ability to not be pinned down to any one type of music style. This is shown by contrasting "Friends in Low Places" with "Thunder Rolls". While "Friends in Low Places" is a fun and energetic song to be played in a local country bar, "Thunder Rolls" has a much more serious and somber tone because it is about a cheating husband.

While there is no question that Garth is a country artist (in fact many consider him to be THE country artist), he also tries to tie in other sounds from other genres into his music. This is evident in his number #1 single of all time, "Friends in Low Places". He combines his tried and true county sound with a lead guitar, piano, and a violin to create a catchy tune that almost anyone can enjoy.

The main reason Garth is as big an artist as he is because of his voice. He can make you cry and be overjoyed all with his voice in a matter of minutes. The song "Unanswered Prayers" is about how lucky he was to have his initial prayers of love unanswered, because it lead to him finding true love and his wife. While listening to the song, you cannot help but feel the passion that he does while he sings.

Garth wins friends in many places.......2005-07-08

Country music changed forever in 1989, led by Clint Black with his hugely successful debut album that spawned several number one country hits. Garth started at the same time as Clint but his debut album, while also very successful, didn't do as well as Clint's album at the time. With his second album (this one), Garth took country music to a level of popularity never previously known and became its leading star for much of the nineties. Indeed, Garth outsold all pop singers in America for a few years. I don't know how many copies this particular album has sold but I know it passed the ten million mark long ago. I was one of the early purchasers but, brilliant as it is, I never expected it to become that popular.

The four big American hits are The thunder rolls, Two of a kind working on a full house, Friends in low places and Unanswered prayers. None of these songs made the UK charts. Garth was unable to reproduce his American success in Britain although he eventually made the UK top twenty with a song from a later album. Friends in low places is a classic lightweight drinking song that Mark Chesnutt recorded at around the same time. More dramatic and equally brilliant is The thunder rolls, about a woman waiting for a man to come home safely during a stormy night - he does but she realizes that he's been cheating. Another classic is Unanswered prayers, in which Garth shows his gratitude for not having his old prayers answered, preferring his wife to an old flame. Sadly, Garth and his wife eventually went their separate ways some years later. Two of a kind working on a full house uses a poker game analogy to describe a couple in love although it makes no mention of a family, which you might expect from the title

Quite apart from the hits, there are other great songs here including New way to fly (about people looking for love that lasts), Victim of the game (about cheating), Wild horses (about a man's love of rodeo), Same old story (about a one-sided love), Mr Blue (a cover of a fifties pop song) and Wolves (about rural hardship - this song is by the brilliant but obscure singer-songwriter Stephanie Davis).

If you enjoy Garth's music, you should definitely buy this album, which is a classic.

Garth's Best .......2005-07-02

Garth Brooks is to Country what the Disco era Bee Gees are to Rock 'n' Roll: the music made pure pop drivel and/or a reflection of the lowest common denominator tastes of the market at the time. Garth is Country Lite and cutesified; which means that continuing the beer analogy, Garth is not merely Lite; he is also Lite without any trace of alcohol and way too much sugar and gawdily colored packaging. If, as Bono says, all other singers are sissies compared to Johnny Cash, then Garth, based on his choice of material more than his voice, is the biggest sissy who ever released a #1 Country album.

That said, No Fences is the best Garth album (of the first 5 he released; after that, I refused to bother giving a listen). That is so, I think, because, as David Cantwell says, the album is slightly more mature than the debut album but before the massive superstardom that allowed Garth to indulge all his apparently bad taste.

Even when he records something that in the hands of a real Country singer who exudes character, such as 'Friends in Low Places,' could be quite interesting, an astute listener will see in his mind's eye a picture of a freshly scrubbbed Mama's Boy donned with cowboy hat (like PB&J eating Leon on Andy Griffith) doing his best to sound tough and independant like his older brother, convincing only those who either wish to be duped or don't know any better.

Avoid this pop-Country tripe and purchase something worth hearing.

Average customer rating: Swingin' for the Fences Gordon Goodwin Rocks! Sooooooooooo GoooooooooooDWIN ner Jazz Student's Textbook Was my favorite CD....

Swingin' for the Fences Goodwin's Big Phat Band Manufacturer: Immergent ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Plays Well With Others The Bill Holman Band Live On the Wild Side Be Bop Big Band Big Band Favorites of Sammy Nestico ASIN: B000056T7N Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

1. Sing Sang Sung
2. Count Bubba
3. Samba Del Gringo
4. Bach 2 Part Invention In D Minor
5. I Remember
6. Swingin' For The Fences
7. Mueva Los Huesos (Shake Your Bones)
8. Second Chances
9. There's The Rub
10. A Few Good Men

Album Description

New Modern Classic Swing for very cool people!

Featuring guest artists Eddie Daniels, Brandon Fields, Grant Geissman, Eric Marienthal, Arturo Sandoval and Carl Verheyen.

The Grammy nominated Big Phat Band (nominated in the categories of Best Instrumental Composition for "Sing, Sang, Sung" and Best Instrumental Arrangement for "Bach 2 Part Invention In D Minor") is Big Band music that steps into the future.

Gordon Goodwin calls upon an all-star lineup of L.A. session players to exercise their musical muscles on a wide variety of styles and genres while remaining true to the legacy of the great big bands. Make no mistake about it, this is big band music by musicians that love big bands!

Customer Reviews:

Swingin' for the Fences.......2007-01-10

Big Phat Big Band sound that energizes. New ideas, high energy, great sound.

Gordon Goodwin Rocks!.......2007-01-04

Goodwin's Big Phat Band scores a big win with this album. It's the best jazz available. What a tight group!

Sooooooooooo GoooooooooooDWIN ner.......2006-08-10

I wouldn't know how to be technical about it - it just swings and then some. The tightness of the sections is as good as the knockout soloists.

Jazz Student's Textbook.......2005-08-02

If you're a trumpet player looking for some absolutely phenomenal lead playing, look no further. Wayne Bergeron can really knock the walls down. The band is tight, and the mix is powerful. Yes, it's a thrown-together studio band, but it features the highest tier of musicians out there. In one word, this band is SOLID.

Was my favorite CD...........2005-03-27

Note: Was. Now my tastes in jazz have been changed, and I see this album in a new light. This is a great CD for people who are just getting into jazz music. It's pleasing to the ear, easy to understand, and really great music all around. But I have to say just how sick I am of this group. When I hear it now I can only think of how tacky it is and how geared towards sales it must be. Honestly, listen to the Dave Holland Big Band compared to Gordon Goodwin, and the difference is undeniable. I do understand much of this is a matter of preference and tastes, but I wish to point people in the direction of (in my opinion at least) better and more sophisticated jazz. Another note: please, all high school jazz bands, stop playing Gordon's stuff. You're butchering it and over playing this good music into the ground.
So, if you're new to the genre and are looking for a good CD to listen to, Gordon Goodwin is an excellent choice. If you want something that offers a little more, look elsewhere, there are better groups out there.

Average customer rating: Just wonderful music! Fantastic Incredible Where Have You Been?

Swingin' for the Fences Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Manufacturer: Silverline ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: On the Wild Side The Bill Holman Band Live Plays Well With Others Fantazm Big Band Favorites of Sammy Nestico ASIN: B0006SSP7G Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

1. Sing Sang Sung
2. Count Bubba
3. Samba Del Gringo
4. Bach 2 Part Invention in D Minor
5. I Remember
6. Swingin' For The Fences
7. Mueva Los Huesos (Shake Your Bones)
8. Second Chances
9. There's The Rub
10. A Few Good Men

Album Description

Arranger/Composer and Two-time Emmy winner Gordon Goodwin calls upon an all-star lineup of L.A. session players and jazz greats to exercise their musical muscles on a wide variety of styles and genres while remaining true to the legacy of the great big bands. Swingin' For The Fences features incredible performances by Arturo Sandoval, Eddie Daniels, Brandon Fields, Eric Marienthal, Grant Geissman, Carl Verhayen, and more.

Customer Reviews:

Just wonderful music!.......2007-07-16

I haven't heard anything this good or tight since Buddy Rich's bands of the 70's and 80's! Each track delivers something special and just when you think you've heard it all, along comes the next thing. The really amazing thing of all is that these guys are doing this for FUN!!! I was privileged to see their show in St. Louis in April - brought tears and chills.

If you haven't caught GG's soprano solo in "Second Chances", do so right away. It starts out somewhat simply but builds to such a climax that it makes the hair on your arms stand on end.

This band and its work is just awesome. Can't wait for the next CD.

Fantastic.......2007-07-03

If you love jazz, this CD is a must, and if you hate jazz this CD is a must. No wonder Gordon Goodwin is highly respected in the music world. This guy really knows how to put it all together. What a CD. love it!

Incredible.......2005-07-22

Very, Very, Very good CD. Im poor college music education major. I bought this Cd brand new. Well worth your money, Goodwins charts are not easy to play. Incredible big band stuff. I would recomens this Cd Highly

Where Have You Been?.......2005-04-23

First person to review this album? This is nuts! It is such an utterly great thing, and no-one's talking? Which amazon is this? Andromeda's?

Anyway, I simply rest my case on the utterly superb and lyrical Second Chances, towards the end, tucked away amongst all the other unbelievably GREAT PLAYING WRITING AND ORCHESTRATION on this SUPERB cd.

With a galaxy of superb contemporary music talent and completely original compositional and arrangement skill, this album can only ever grow in greatness.

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No Fences Garth Brooks Manufacturer: Pearl Records, Inc. (Nashville, TN) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ropin' the Wind Garth Brooks The Chase In Pieces Garth Brooks ASIN: B000LVPCP6

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 Tennessee 7. Wild Horses 8. Unanswered Prayers 9. Same Old Story 10. Mr. Blue 11. Wolves

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No Fences~The Limited Edition Manufacturer: Capital Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ropin' the Wind The Chase In Pieces Fresh Horses Garth Brooks Collection ASIN: B000BP8EWA

Product Description

Previously released as a part of a box set, this exceptional quality CD is an 11 track wonder. The tracks are: The 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 Ol' Story, Mr. Blue & Wolves.

Average customer rating: Ray, & Jim strike again

Fences Lonesome Brothers Manufacturer: Spirithouse Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002C4IH2 Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

1. Move Along
2. Frozen George
3. If I Had No Shoes
4. Help Me Please
5. Church Of The Nicotine
6. Reconstruct The Boat
7. Try Me Out For Awhile
8. Galaxy
9. Lucky Size Seven
10. Little City
11. Come To The Window
12. I Aim Low
13. Pretty Penny
14. Big Boots
15. Fences

Album Description

Lonesome Brothers (Jim Armenti, pop-rock legend Ray Mason, and ex-Scud Mountain Boy Tom Shea) conjure up the spirit of Hank Williams, Gram Parsons, and The Band in this alt-country, roots music celebration. Fifteen songs with guts, conviction, and rustic passion.

Customer Reviews:

Ray, & Jim strike again.......2005-09-11

Ray Mason, and Jim Armenti return to share vocal duties on this, maybe the Lonesome Brothers best album yet. God, these guys should be better known! As with all of their releases, they blend country, roots rock, and one hell of a sense of humour that is topped off by excellent songwriting. This group deserves better exposure. Fans of The Morrels, The Knitters, or any roots rock will do well to buy this.

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No Fences Garth Brooks Manufacturer: Capitol Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ropin' the Wind In Pieces The Chase Fresh Horses Sevens ASIN: B000NAHNWK

Product Description

10 songs: 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.wild horses 7.unanswered prayers 8.same old story 9.mr. blue 10. wolves

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Swing for the Fences Swamphouse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTW09U Release Date: 2005-12-06

Tracks:

1. Baby Imma Rida
2. He at Again
3. Free
4. Drop Down
5. I Don't Want You Back
6. Downtown
7. Drinkin All Day
8. Bring It Back
9. Go Hard at It
10. That Ain't Me
11. I'm a Drunk
12. Split Personality

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When A Wrong Turns Right Rev. Neil Down Manufacturer: Burn Barrel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007MW6EE Release Date: 2003-09-09

Tracks:

1. Xalapa Linda
2. From Folkstone for Calais
3. Big Brother
4. Saint Jack's Cadillac
5. Something About Forever
6. She Lets Me Do
7. Long Before Tonight
8. Whippin' Boy
9. Part of Your Heart
10. Sometimes Paradise (Seems So Far Away)
11. Blaze
12. She's Talking to You

Product Description

''WHEN A WRONG TURNS RIGHT " The young lad, Rev Neil Down who was once spirited into gigs by the late-eternally-great Blues Man Albert Collins a.k.a. "The Iceman" in the mid 1970's has traveled quite a considerable distance since those early days. Having just returned from a very successful tour of Switzerland and Ireland with his musical partner and aide-de-campe, the Canadian born phenomenon, singer/songwriter/guitarist Lahna Deering. a.k.a. Cave Baby (who, the Rev fondly refers to as "Real Maple Sugar") What Better Place Than Ireland, the land of poets and scholars! Where, after years of what could have been merely wishful speculation, Rev Neil Down has at last been reunited, and collaborated with his long time comrade, Ulster guitar hero, Henry McCullough. It was Henry McCullough, a lifetime achievement award recipient, and the only Irishman to play Woodstock! (with Joe Cocker and The Grease Band). Paul McCartney And Wings, Ronnie Lane, Marianne Faithful, Donovan, Eric Burden etc. etc.) who generously took time out from his touring schedule to not only choreograph, but expedite The Rev.'s new album, "When A Wrong Turns Right". These twelve sparkling tracks are yet more fresh evidence on the power of celestial navigation! Rev Neil Down along with Henry McCullough, James Delaney Laurence Doherty, Percy Robinson, Lahna Deering and Billy Robinson make-up "When A Wrong Turns Right ! "

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Shaun Naidoo: Electric Fences Manufacturer: Capstone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000C6NO1O Release Date: 2005-12-27

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