Friday, July 18, 2008

Garth Brooks-Double Live


Record Label: Capitol Nashville
Year: 1998
Disc one
"Callin' Baton Rouge" (Dennis Linde) – 2:58
"Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" (Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins, Bobby Boyd) –
2:44
"Shameless" (Billy Joel) – 3:55
"Papa Loved Mama" (Kim Williams, Garth Brooks) – 2:51
"The Thunder Rolls (The Long Version)" (Pat Alger, Brooks) – 4:48
"We Shall Be Free" (Stephanie Davis, Brooks) – 4:43
"Unanswered Prayers" (Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks) – 3:41
"Standing Outside the Fire" (Jenny Yates, Brooks) – 3:43
"Longneck Bottle" (Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner) – 2:42 feat. Steve Wariner
"It's Your Song" (Pam Wolfe, Benita Hill) – 4:18
"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" (Randy Taylor, Brooks) – 3:12
"The River" (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 3:48
"Crowd" – 0:06 Not listed on the case, it is 6 seconds of crowd cheering possibly included because Garth did not want the cd to have 13 tracks.
"Tearin' it Up (And Burnin' it Down)" (Kent Blazy, Williams, Brooks) – 3:56

Disc two
"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)" (Williams, Blazy, Brooks) – 4:45
"Rodeo" (Bastian) – 3:44
"The Beaches of Cheyenne" (Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, Brooks) – 3:51
"Two Piña Coladas" (Shawn Camp, Hill, Sandy Mason) – 4:38
"Wild as the Wind" (Pete Wasner, Charles John Quarto) – 4:13 feat. Trisha Yearwood
"To Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan) – 3:17
"That Summer" (Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks) – 4:42
"American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" (Kennedy, Jim Rushing) – 4:05
"If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Blazy, Brooks) – 3:44
"The Fever" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Kennedy, Roberts) – 3:40
"Friends in Low Places (The Long Version)" (Earl "Bud" Lee, DeWayne Blackwell) – 8:56
"The Dance" (Tony Arata) – 3:56
Garth Brooks isn't your traditional and typical country singer.
With music roots that go back to his love for
Kiss when he was younger, it's obvious through his double live album that he tries to emulate what Kiss did on their own live albums and shows. And you know what? Garth succeeds.

Nothing about this double live album is dull. Garth shows through his music what a true performer he is, and you only need to listen to this album to understand why everyone raves about his showmanship. With classics that range from
'Friends in Low Places' to newer songs such as 'The American Honky Tonk Bar Association' Garth brings a little rock to his country, and a little country to his rock, and he does it exceptionally well.
Garth brings his own style to country. In each song he performs he speaks volumes with emotion. Songs like
'We Shall Be Free' touch the soul completely.

Other songs such as 'The American Honky Tonk-Bar Association'and his exceptional cover of
Aerosmith's 'The Fever' has one tapping their foot along to the beat of the music.
Whether he is being cocky and confident, or humble and tearful, through and through he brings emotion to the music. This is heard not only through his voice, and the lyrics but through the crowd, and the atmosphere.

Songs such as
'The Thunder Rolls' and 'Friends In Low Places' are two songs, in which the extra verses can only be heard in concert and the response to those extra verses is enough to hear it. Garth's connection with his fans is obvious, and what is even more obvious is his own enjoyment at seeing how much his fans love his shows.
And it wouldn't be right without
Trisha Yearwood singing a duet with Garth, as she does on 'Wild As The Wind'.

This Cd is a must to all Garth fans. And for those who aren't Garth fans this is the album that will either make you one, or not.

The best way to listen to this is to turn down the lights, turn up the music, close your eyes and let Garth take you there.

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