| 1. Old Stuff |
| 2. Cowboys and Angels |
| 3. Fever |
| 4. That Ol' Wind |
| 5. Rollin' |
| 6. Change |
| 7. Beaches of Cheyenne |
| 8. It's Midnight Cinderella |
| 9. She's Every Woman |
| 10. Ireland |
Editorial Reviews
Fresh Horses was intended to creatively rejuvenate Brooks's career; it wound up as his biggest commercial disappointment, with sales of "only" four million. Brooks blamed his record label, but too many of the songs simply weren't as good as those on No Fences and Ropin' the Wind. The traditional country element is almost completely replaced here by uptempo rockers and folk-pop ballads. With its martial drums and droning bagpipes, "Ireland" sounds a lot closer to U2 than George Strait, and not as good as either. "The Fever" grafts rodeo lyrics onto Aerosmith's hard-rock original, while "The Beaches of Cheyenne" is a rewrite of Bob Seger's "Against the Wind" as a cowboy soap opera. "Midnight Cinderella" comes off as playfully lascivious, but "She's Every Woman" features a lyric so cloying that it'd make Dan Fogelberg blush. --Rick Mitchell
Fresh Horses,Garth Brooks,Capitol,Contemporary Country,Country,Country & Western,Country-Pop,New Traditionalist,Pop
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Fresh Horses
Garth Brooks Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005176E Release Date: 2000-11-21 |
Tracks:
- Old Stuff, The
- Cowboys And Angels
- Fever, The
- That Ol' Wind
- Rollin'
- Change, The
- Beaches Of Cheyenne, The
- To Make You Feel My Love (from "Hope Floats")
- It's Midnight Cinderella
- She's Every Woman
- Ireland
Amazon.com Music Reviews
Fresh Horses was intended to creatively rejuvenate Brooks's career; it wound up as his biggest commercial disappointment, with sales of "only" four million. Brooks blamed his record label, but too many of the songs simply weren't as good as those on No Fences and Ropin' the Wind. The traditional country element is almost completely replaced here by uptempo rockers and folk-pop ballads. With its martial drums and droning bagpipes, "Ireland" sounds a lot closer to U2 than George Strait, and not as good as either. "The Fever" grafts rodeo lyrics onto Aerosmith's hard-rock original, while "The Beaches of Cheyenne" is a rewrite of Bob Seger's "Against the Wind" as a cowboy soap opera. "Midnight Cinderella" comes off as playfully lascivious, but "She's Every Woman" features a lyric so cloying that it'd make Dan Fogelberg blush. --Rick MitchellCustomer Reviews:
the song i want isn't on here!!!.......2007-01-17
Wrong songs listed.......2006-06-13
Great cd.......2005-11-27
overlooked and underappreciated.......2005-09-23
This horse has thrown a shoe..........2005-05-03
HIGHLIGHTS:
"Beaches of Cheyenne" is probably the best track here, crafting a ghost story around a bull-riding tragedy. "That Ol' Wind" tells the tale of a musician's reunion with a one-night stand that's touching. "The Change" is a cry against evil. Though it's a bit overblown by itself, it's masterful when seen in the video that combines Brooks with footage of the aftermath of the 1995 bombing of Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
LOWS:
"It's Midnight, Cinderella" was already on the brink of cheesiness with its fairy-tale metaphor casting Brooks as "Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater" come to get the vulnerable Cinderella once her "Prince charming sure seemed different right after the ball" but the line "I'll show you what it means to bip,bip,bip,bip,bobbidy boo" is really beyond the pale. Kim Williams, Kent Blazy, and his Garthness should all take a set of spurs to the rear for writing that stinker. "Ireland" was most likely only placed on the CD in preparation for his then-groundbreaking Irish tour stops and would have been better released only in the Emerald Isle. The song sounds completely out of place..almost like a Big Country outtake. "Cowboys and Angels" is so lackluster you wonder why Garth let it on the album. Because he co-wrote it? "Fever" is loosely based on an Aerosmith tune with the lyrics (formerly about partyin' hard) re-written to be about a rodeo broncbuster. Country radio balked at playing it and it helped stall the album commercially. (To be fair, tacking fiddles onto screaming electric guitar doesn't really make the song country. Country radio was right to dismiss the track.) It probably makes a great concert number, but it's not that good on disc.
BOTTOM LINE:
For true Garth diehards only, and even then you should get it used.
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The Bottle & Fresh Horses
Refreshments Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001EWQ Release Date: 1997-09-16 |
Tracks:
- Tributary Otis
- Preacher's Daughter
- Wanted
- Sin Nombre
- Heaven Or The Highway Out Of Town
- Buy American
- Dotty
- Good Year
- Fonder And Blonder
- Birds Sing
- Horses
- Broken Record
- Una Soda
Customer Reviews:
Another Great Release from a Band that should have never Broken Up.......2007-05-26
Its every bit as good as their first album.......2007-02-07
Great Tunes.......2006-02-09
Oh, What Could Have Been... .......2005-12-21
Well, I can now say that such a criticism was clearly over the top, though I could understand his frustration to an extent. My biggest bitch about this whole effort is that, much unlike FFBB (or any Peacemakers effort), it didn't seem like they had fun making this one, and if they did, they certainly failed to sell me on that. I can just about hear a record company suit breathing down their necks throughout the whole thing. On "Tributary Otis," which for better or worse opens this CD, I imagine someone in the control room asking "Uh, could you make it sound more 'Gin Blossoms-y?'" Listen to that track, and follow it up with "Follow You Down" from GB's "Congratulations I'm Sorry," and there you have it.
Lyrically (a very strong point of FFBB), the highs are high, and the lows low. I find it pretty much laughable to hear a band quote lyrics from their first CD on their second, but they did it on "Fonder & Blonder" - see "Down Together" from FFBB. It makes me think they'd run out of ideas rather quickly.
I find the strong tracks as good as anything RC has put out there (IMHO: "Wanted," "Heaven or the Highway," "Preacher's Daughter," "Broken Record"), and the weaker ones not so much "bad" as, well, completely non-offensive yet equally forgettable music.
Taken out of its context, I believe TB&FH to be a good (though well short of great) collection of fun, rollicking tunes. However, as a follow-up to FFBB, which has held "Desert Island Disc" status to me since its first spin, it's a textbook sophomore letdown.
Thankfully, Roger rocks on with the Peacemakers. I commend their entire catalog to your listening.
Even better than the first.......2005-10-22
Its sound is noticeably more refined and smoother than the band's first album, but all the good qualities of that album--the fun, the mariachi instrumentation, the high quality lyrics--are all still here, though this album is certainly sadder and more thoughtful.
Like "Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy," this is a great CD for any road trip through western desert, and it contains great pop/rock songs that certain of us 1990s music-o-philes will have stuck in our heads until we're dead.
I consider both of this band's albums essential for any good modern rock collection, and wish they were still around to make some more. They were getting better with every album, and it's a bummer they're off all doing their own things now--though I hear Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (the lead vocalist's current band) are pretty good too.
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Fresh Wine for the Horses
Rob Dickinson Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000ANVPC4 Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
Tracks:
- My Name Is Love
- Oceans
- The Night
- Mutineer
- Intelligent People
- Handsome
- Bathe Away
- The Storm
- Bad Beauty
- Dont Change
- Towering And Flowering
Amazon.com
Five years after his former band came to sputtering halt, ex-Catherine Wheel frontman (and cousin to Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson!) Rob Dickinson packs away the bruising guitar riffs and returns with a positively grown-up solo debut. Optimism and innocence streak through stately piano ballads, woozy strings and jingle-jangle acoustic guitars take the place of white-noise, and Dickinson's voice settles into an affecting falsetto. He's finally written a worthwhile follow-up to "Black Metallic" in the excellent "My Name Is Love," although always a weak lyricist, his songwriting skills could still use a little refinement ("You've just got to smile and hang out with intelligent people," goes the particularly uninspired chorus of "Intelligent People"--proving his old band's extreme penchant for feedback wasn't entirely pointless). Nevertheless, his renewed passion can't be doubted, especially in sweet melodies like "Oceans" and "The Night." --Aidin VaziriAlbum Description
The debut solo album from the lead singer of The Catherine Wheel is finally here. Five years after his groundbreaking band stopped making records, Rob Dickinson has delivered the sweeping, heartbreaking opus we knew he had in his back pocket. Always known for crafting superb albums for his criminally overlooked band, Dickinson takes us through his lush musical landscapes with beauty, power, romance and lots of guitar. From the fi rst note of "My Name Is Love", Dickinson takes you on an unforgettable journey where you believe every heartfelt note.Customer Reviews:
My favourite CD of the year!.......2007-04-18
Soothing, Incredible Voice, Relaxing Vibe.......2007-04-10
Rob Dickinson is not only a great songwriter, but has an amazing voice and compelling musical sensibility to go with it....this has become one of my favorite weekend morning CD's to listen to while putting around with a mug of coffee. Every song on this album is great, there is no filler whatsoever...the first half is relatively low-key, an almost folk-oriented, guitar-strumming vibe in which you are caressed by Dickinson's baritone quasi-Leonard Cohen stylings, but switches gears mid way through the album into a bit more up tempo alt-rock vein, perhaps more akin to Bush. Did I mention his voice is amazing? Excellent singer/songwriter album in the vein of Travis or perhaps Pete Yorn. Highly recommended; almost anyone would enjoy this.
New Power Behind the Voice.......2006-09-17
How I miss those CW days..........2006-05-08
I had really given up on any hope of hearing anything from anyone in the band ever again. I accepted it and moved on... Then one day, for ol times sake I did a search on CW online and found out that Rob's solo album (which we first heard rumblings of YEARS ago) was coming out that very next week. I thought it was a joke....
The album is bittersweet. While it is not Catherine Wheel (for the record, my two fave CW albums were Chrome and A&E), some of the songs on this are very CW-esque to me. It's funny that the two that were from the Wishville sessions w/Brian and Neil, I picked out right away before reading the liner notes... Ah, what a treat! I wasn't even a huge fan of Wishville, but don't care anymore as I'll take ANYthing from these guys wince we've been so deprived since 2000.
I'm not sure what my favorite on this is... I have really come to love My Name Is Love, The Storm and Oceans... Bad Beauty is great too.
I saw Rob twice since Sept and was in awe of how strong and emotional his voice still is. Alone on stage with his guitar, he had more talent than most bands out there right now. It is a crime, as usual, that only CW fans know of this album! It would be SO awesome if these guys could reunite... Rob, Brian, Neil and Dave.. the original 4... I doubt it'll happen. Though I doubted I'd see anything from any of them again.
Either way - Thanks Rob for reminding me how much I loved this band and feeling that rush when seeing you play live -- Now call up Brian, Neil and Dave and play a show or two for us.. You know you want to ;)
I've never met a Dickinson I didn't like..........2006-03-04
Getting to the 'product' now. Like I've experenced with every release since 'Ferment', I was initially unhappy that it didn't sound like its predecessor, but with repeated listens became totally won over by the craft of the songs (even Wishville). Similarly, 'Fresh Wine For The Horses' took about ten listens to really like as much as the rest of the CW catalogue; hearing it performed live in context with his commentary and along side his earlier work made me appreciate how his songwriting has evolved and adapted. The main comparison that comes to mind in this regard is Elvis Costello. Plus the guy is so damn nice. He let a begging audience member come on stage and sing harmony on 'Ma Solitude' as someone yelled from the crowd "you better be good or we'll KILL you". He also autographed my wife for me.
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Fresh Horses
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002TVR |
Amazon.com
Fresh Horses was intended to creatively rejuvenate Brooks's career; it wound up as his biggest commercial disappointment, with sales of "only" four million. Brooks blamed his record label, but too many of the songs simply weren't as good as those on No Fences and Ropin' the Wind. The traditional country element is almost completely replaced here by uptempo rockers and folk-pop ballads. With its martial drums and droning bagpipes, "Ireland" sounds a lot closer to U2 than George Strait, and not as good as either. "The Fever" grafts rodeo lyrics onto Aerosmith's hard-rock original, while "The Beaches of Cheyenne" is a rewrite of Bob Seger's "Against the Wind" as a cowboy soap opera. "Midnight Cinderella" comes off as playfully lascivious, but "She's Every Woman" features a lyric so cloying that it'd make Dan Fogelberg blush. --Rick MitchellCustomer Reviews:
the song i want isn't on here!!!.......2007-01-17
Wrong songs listed.......2006-06-13
Great cd.......2005-11-27
overlooked and underappreciated.......2005-09-23
This horse has thrown a shoe..........2005-05-03
HIGHLIGHTS:
"Beaches of Cheyenne" is probably the best track here, crafting a ghost story around a bull-riding tragedy. "That Ol' Wind" tells the tale of a musician's reunion with a one-night stand that's touching. "The Change" is a cry against evil. Though it's a bit overblown by itself, it's masterful when seen in the video that combines Brooks with footage of the aftermath of the 1995 bombing of Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
LOWS:
"It's Midnight, Cinderella" was already on the brink of cheesiness with its fairy-tale metaphor casting Brooks as "Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater" come to get the vulnerable Cinderella once her "Prince charming sure seemed different right after the ball" but the line "I'll show you what it means to bip,bip,bip,bip,bobbidy boo" is really beyond the pale. Kim Williams, Kent Blazy, and his Garthness should all take a set of spurs to the rear for writing that stinker. "Ireland" was most likely only placed on the CD in preparation for his then-groundbreaking Irish tour stops and would have been better released only in the Emerald Isle. The song sounds completely out of place..almost like a Big Country outtake. "Cowboys and Angels" is so lackluster you wonder why Garth let it on the album. Because he co-wrote it? "Fever" is loosely based on an Aerosmith tune with the lyrics (formerly about partyin' hard) re-written to be about a rodeo broncbuster. Country radio balked at playing it and it helped stall the album commercially. (To be fair, tacking fiddles onto screaming electric guitar doesn't really make the song country. Country radio was right to dismiss the track.) It probably makes a great concert number, but it's not that good on disc.
BOTTOM LINE:
For true Garth diehards only, and even then you should get it used.
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Fresh Horses
Garth Brooks Manufacturer: Capitol Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000MFMQWI |
Product Description
Original 1995 release of this title with 10 tracks, as follows: 1. The Old Stuff 2. Cowboys And Angels 3. The Fever 4. That Ol' Wind 5. Rollin' 6. The Change 7. The Beaches Of Cheyenne 8. It's Midnight Cinderella 9. She's Every Woman 10. Ireland
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Fresh Horses - The Limited Series Edition
Garth Brooks Manufacturer: Capitol Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000JWS2YU |
Product Description
Rare limited edition version of hugely successful album. 11 tracks.
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Fresh Horses
Jim Byrnes Manufacturer: Black Hen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001I1D34 Release Date: 2006-02-21 |
Tracks:
- B's Blues
- Fresh Horses
- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
- For the Turnstiles
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- Embers
- 12 Questions
- Just a Pilgrim
- I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You
- Postcard from Mexico (Una Carda Postal de Mexico)
- Love Is Just a Gamble
- East Virginia
Customer Reviews:
A great blues album.......2005-11-02
Fantastic album by an incredible musician.
WOW!.......2004-04-03
Each album gets better and better, as Jim goes on. A truly great melodic blues album. The cover of Bob Dylan's `Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues' is absolutely stunning. I can't reccomend this album enough!
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Fresh Horses
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009A1GP4 |
Product Description
Tracks: 1) Greasy Chicken 2) Can't Let It Go 3) Fresh Horses 4)Down By the River 5) Hurricane 6) Don't Break My Heart That Way 7) Be By You 8)Cold Cruel Wind 9) Crushed Velvet Elvis 10) Sleep Will Know
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Fresh Wine for the Horses
Rob Dickinson Manufacturer: Sanctuary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000A6SYA2 Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
Tracks:
- My Name Is Love
- Oceans
- Night
- Mutineer
- Intelligent People
- Handsome
- Bathe Away
- Storm
- Bad Beauty
- Don't Change
- Towering and Flowering
Album Description
Debut solo album from the lead singer of The Catherine Wheel is finally here. Rob Dickinson is a songwriter and lyricist of rare and sometimes audacious talent, Dickinson takes us through his lush musical landscapes with beauty, power, romance and lots of guitar. Sanctuary. 2005.Album Details
The Debut Solo Album from the Lead Singer of the Catherine Wheel is Finally Here. Five Years after his Ground-breaking Band Stopped Making Records, Rob Dickinson Has Delivered the Sweeping, Heartbreaking Opus We Knew He Had in his Back Pocket.
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Fresh Horses: The Limited Edition
Manufacturer: Capital: The Limited Edition ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00024I15A |
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