Brooks

This cd has so many of the Garth Brooks hits that I love to hear, it is wonderful!

If you are a Garth Brooks fan, you will love this CD! Not only does it have all of his hits, plus a few new songs, but there is a DVD of his music videos. I love this item!

I am so pleased with these CDs. I didn't realize until I received it there is also a DVD Video Collection. Price and quality if terrific! Thank you!

I have been looking for Garth Brooks tapes and CDs. I finally found them. The CD I received was in excellent shape and sounds wonderful. Thank You, jl

I have been a fan of Garth Brooks for a long time, and I have to say that the quality of this album was fantastic and the shipping time couldn't have been better.

after listining to this allbum i found that brooks n' done are making country country agane...if it wasnot for brooks n' done the boogy woogy country that is so big now can not have never have not happened, grate classiks like the water mellon crawl can never have not been big if it was never four these guys, brooks n' done...chers maites!

I bought this as a gift for someone and they love it. I thought it was pretty good too.

This is the only CD that I truly love every song on it. I lost my old CD and ordered another one. Love, love, love this collection.

I stumbled onto Brooks & Dunn when their cover of "My Maria" blew me away, which is hard to do, since I'm usually a hardcore fan of original versions. These guys can REALLY SING! Don't miss this GH collection. "He's Got You" is a gem I keep listening to over and over. The whole thing is wonderful, even if you already know the songs. It's great to have such a talented entity in the business. Keep 'em coming, Brooks & Dunn!

CD arrived promptly and was just as described. I will do business with Amazon in the future as they have always completed my transactions as stated in their policy.

My most favorite Garth CD, have already worn one out, had to replace it
at once.

GARTH BROOKS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST COUNTRY ARTIST AROUND. MOST OF GARTHS BEST SONGS ARE TOGETHER ON ONE ALBUM.

The item arrived in good time and just as advertized. It was great doing business with you.

For those of us who listen to Country Music , with the exception of maybe one or two more songs , this Collection is FANTASTIC!

Love him or hate him, you have to admit that Garth Brooks knew how to sell himself to the masses. His career started out promising enough with his self-titled debut which included two of my personal favorites, "The Dance" and "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)." He followed that with the harbinger of things to follow, "No Fences," which included the tune that really put him on the map, the wonderful "Thunder Rolls," and the bar-friendly "Friends In Low Places." From there, Brooks' tunes took less of a personal and genuine turn and evolved into a hybrid of "what sells the most" and "what sounds most genuine to those outside of Country music."

Starting with the album, "Ropin' The Wind," Brooks began to crank out commercially successful, yet lyrically insignificant songs like "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" and "Rodeo." He managed to fire off a couple of solid, meaningful songs like "Standing Outside The Fire" and "River," but most of his songs were fluff like "Ain't Goin' Down (Till The Sun Comes Up."

All of the aforementioned songs are available on "The Hits." It, much like every album after his first two, was also created to generate high, fast, and record-setting sales marks by having it put out in limited release. However, it's a very significant album in Country music history since it catalogs the first half of a career full of great promise (songs like "The Dance") and a huge ego (the forced-upon social tune, "We Shall Be Free"). It also signalled a turning point in Brooks' career with the release of even heavier commercial works such as "Fresh Horses" and "Sevens" after "The Hits" hit the store shelves.

Brooks' ego finally caught up with him with the abysmal "Chris Gaines" era. He suffered a huge commercial blow due to this experiment and he has never regained his status as a commercial star. However, this knock to the ego did result in the decent "Scarecrow" album, yet nothing has added up to the success of his pre-"The Hits" albums.

Brooks forever changed the face of Country music. He helped expose the world outside of Country music to great neo-traditional artists such as Alan Jackson and Vince Gill. He also helped pave the way for fluff acts like Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney, who've managed to master Brooks' old formula of self-promotion.

From a blah cover like "Shameless" to a wonderful cover of "Callin' Baton Rouge," and every original hit and miss in between, "The Hits" is a crucial album to Country music history since it is a gathering of the best and worst of a true Country "performer" who single-handedly saved and destroyed real Country music.

I love this CD. It has some songs on it by Kix, whom you rarely hear. My favorite song is Cowgirls Don't Cry.

I listen to the CD almost every day at work or in the car. I love it!

This is just one of many Great Music CD's by Brooks and Dunn
I've been a fan since Boot Scootin'

I don't know how they do it, but Kix & Ronnie just keep getting better & better! They consistently put out the best music there is. They are undoubtedly not only the best duo but the best ACT in country music history. Keep up the good work, guys!

Another great Brooks and Dunn CD.
Seller was great to work with. Shipping time very fast.
I trust Amazon and it's sellers.

Thanks....A+ and more!

I bought it as a Christmas present for someone else but I liked it too.

Ok some bands I think prematurely put out their first Greatest hits album so they have to make a second one. with these guys is not the case, they just have so many good songs. I imagine they will have more GH's albums to come.

This Brooks and Dunn cd is awesome. But everything they do is awesome. The cd arrived without any damage and I listened to it right away. If you like Brooks and Dunn and don't want to buy every cd they have made then the Greatest Hits are always a good purchase.

Brooks and Dunn have been doing it for a long time and haven't dropped their standards. This collection is a great introduction to their music. Clean, smooth, well produced. Country music fans will love it.

It's amazing to think they have more than enough for another greatest hits compilation! Full of originals that will always be greatest hits.

I paid extra to get a copy of this CD that was described as "Like New." The CD plays fine, but the case was nasty and broken. It would have made a much better impression to spend the small amount it costs to replace the case before shipping.

The "Hope Floats" soundtrack is a very soothing and romantic CD. It's great listening to while relaxing. There's a variety of Artists and some really fun songs!

Good music, starting with Garth and ending with Tricia, sprinkled with Bryan Adams, Deana Carter, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, The Mavericks, Lila McCann, Jonell Mosser, The Rolling Stones, Bob Seger in a duet with Martina McBride, Gillian Welch, and Whiskeytown....Birdie's's feelings set to music.

was a great movie. I bought this CD as a gift for a friend, she enjoys it.

For some confused reviewers out there, just to set the story straight-the song "Make You Feel My Love" was written by Bob Dylan, not Garth Brooks. I've got nothing against Garth, but give credit where credit is due!

Brook Benton had a voice that was so smooth you could practically spread it on toast! It was also deep and rich and one that touched you as soon as you heard it.
Benton hailed from South Carolina and his real name was Ben(jamin)Peay.A talented youngster with a good voice he leaned towards gospel music and even wrote songs.He headed for New York and tried his luck singing with several gospel groups but with no success.He returned home and got involved with a group called the Sandmen.With his limited connections he and the group returned to New York and actually managed to get signed with Okeh records,but their records were never big sellers.Eventually the label started to promote Ben as a solo act.In the process the boss at Okeh suggested the name change of Brook Benton in order to sell him better.Benton had little success recording but better success writing songs and producing albums.In the late 1950s Benton signed with Mercury Records and his singing career finally blossomed.
And this CD showcases some of his biggest hits with Merc,like "Endlessly","It's just a Matter of Time" and "Bo-Weevil".Also included are the two tracks he did with Dinah Washington;sessions which were less than satisfying for Brook(for the full Benton/Washington sessions get the CD "The Two of Us").Dinah had an ego bigger than her voice and they often clashed.But they were both pros and any animosity between the two did not come across on the wax and these songs became the big hits they deserved to be.Missing are songs like "Think Twice","So Close" and others.For a more thorough selection of Benton's songs you will have to look elsewhere.
However this CD is a great starter for new fans and a lighter but solid touch of Benton for his established fans.

Excellent CD. Brook Benton has an excellent voice and the song selection is great.

What a great CD. To have Brook Benton and Dinah Washington together is just fabulous!! And to have these two songs included on the CD is perfect.

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I ordered this CD for my father-in-law who is a fan and said he could never find any Brook Benton music in the stores. We played it at his retirement party and it really got the party going! I was not familiar with Brook Benton's music before now and I have to say, I love all of the songs on this CD. It is really good music! I would highly recommend it.

"No Fences" (August 1990) is quite possibly the best "Garth Brooks" album ever. It features such staples as "Friends in Low Places," "The Thunder Rolls," "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House," "Unanswered Prayers," Wild Horses," and the bonus track (on the CD re-master), "This Ain't Tennessee," which is by far one of his best tunes of the early 1990's.

Following his 1989 debut album, Brooks' "No Fences" WAS and (still) IS the most consistant release he has ever put out in his 20 year career as the world's biggest country-rock pioneer of the 1990's. Garth's hey day took place between 1990 and 1995, and this album is truly a testament to his "glory days" or "early days" preceding the flourish of albums that would follow in its footsteps not too long afterwards. Garth Brooks would soon follow "No Fences" up with 1991's "Ropin' the Wind," which is probably his second best original album, excluding his two top-selling HITS collections.

"No Fences" is sure to please anyone in the mood for a little good-time country-rock, and six songs/singles listed above will bring a smile to both Garth-Fanatics and casual listeners who don't have the time to weed through his entire catalog, in which a succession of studio albums were released in record numbers between 1989 and 2001.

Overall, the album (in its re-mastered form that is) remains a classic among the country music community, as well as those music lovers who enjoy listening to a purely, consistant album or two in order to mix up the seemingly endless daily dose of manufactured pop music that invades the airways these days.

This is the only Garth Brooks still in my collection, and it's still pretty good and quite listenable. Garth is no Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, or Merle Haggard, but on this album, he manages to make a very good country album. Most modern country stars are slick and over packaged, but Garth never felt like that. One of my favorite songs on this album is New Way to Fly. It's one of Garth's most beautiful, moving songs (he also co-wrote it), and that song has the soul and depth that old country music always seems to find. As for the other songs, if you're not singing along to Friends in Low Places, you're an uptight sod. The song Unanswered Prayers is actually pretty good. Its lyric and message is quite moving. How many us have been p**sed at God for not answering our prayers, then years later thanking him for not having us go down that path? The song isn't Ecclesiastes or anything, but it's got a good message to it, which I dig. The Thunder Rolls bores me, though, despite being about an important subject. The song sounds too rock and roll to me, surprisingly.

Overall, this is probably the only Garth album that you really need if you're a casual fan.

I am not a really big Garth Brooks fan, but the one song. "unanswered Prayer" is worth the whole CD.

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

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.

I saw the making of the CD on TV. The cast does a great job. I have the CD in my car stereo and listen to it often.

This recording is great! I saw the play in november and loved the music. I bought the CD a little later and i am still listing to it. The cast are all great singers and did a great job. The songs are witty and catchy and never get old. You should listin to this.(Warning:See the movie or the play before you listin to this, you might hate it if you've have not.)

While I'll abmit that Nazi regemes and Hitler are probably some of the least funny thing in the world...i have to admit that the words to Springtime for Hitler are hilarious, just like the rest of the songs on this cast recording.

While "The Producers" Is not as musically complex or mature as other "Best Musical" scores of recent years (Spamalot, Avenue Q, Hairspray,) It is funnier than all of those put together. Nathan lane And Matthew Broderick Are perfectly cast in their roles and Caddy Hoffman is great, and when Ulla belt, she Belts!
the rest of the cast is amazing.

As for the song I can't think of one that I don't like, They are all great!

I would hope that the fact that the show makes light of Hitler doesn't turn you off, because you would be missing somthing great.

My theatre group went to New York two years ago, adn we did a marathon 4 shows in 3 days. Each show got progressively better, finally culminating in seeing Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick's final performance of "The Producers." I have been a fan of Brooks' since I saw "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" 5 years ago. Naturally, I was beyond excited to see the show he made of his most brilliant film.

I was not disappointed. It was funny, racy, and downright fabulous. I bought the soundtrack at intermission and have been listening to it ever since. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves musicals. Lane and Broderick play off each other perfectly, Cady Huffman has one of the best belting voices I've heard in ages, and the songs are actually FUNNY.

Aside from raving about one of my favorite shows, I would like to address the comments made about the show downplaying Hitler and being racist towards Germans. In no way does this show downplay Hitler's terrible deeds. Bialystock and Bloom make several comments about how disgusted they are about the play- the fact that it is so insulting to our sensibilities is the reason why it was chosen in the first place. I am Jewish and have studied the Holocaust and WWII for years. I was not offended in the least, nor did I feel the Brooks was promoting or trivializing Hitler's war crimes. Brooks himself is Jewish for god's sake.

Second, I see nothing in the show that is racist towards Germans. Yes there is a Nazi in it who is German. How is that racist? The Nazis went all over the world after WWII- it is possible that several ended up in New York City. And no one will argue that some Nazi's were German. You might as well say that the show is discriminatory towards Swedes, or gay directors, or producers, or the countless number of things made fun of in the show.

This is by far the funniest thing I have ever seen. I got the chance to see it on broadway with Lane (unfortunatly not Broderick) and most of the original cast. For some reason, certain people seem to think this play is racist. First off, the whole thing is pure 100% SATIRE. I'm 15 and I can realize that. Also, are you aware that Mel Brooks is jewish? Yeah, so lighten up. I realize what Hitler did, and it will never be forgotten. But my God, get a sense of humor. In case you never saw the play, the Bavarian guy breaks his leg (making "It's bad luck to say good luck on opening night funny) and is replaced by the gay director for the song "Springtime for Hitler". ITS HILARIOUS! BROOKS MADE HITLER A GAY GUY! And why do you think he did that? Geeze... just lighten up!

So about the CD...awesome. I love these songs, and I am very much looking forward to seeing the movie version of the musical coming out in late December! GO SEE IT!

Believe the people who say this one is not as good as the first. The whole thing just seems like rejects from the first volume. And the reasons they were rejected become clear. None of the songs on this CD, or any of the others that follow, impart the same type of info as the first CD. You can listen to this one for months and still not know the composers or the real name of the pieces. Only the first CD does that--and does it well!!

The whole family loves this CD! It's a fun way to introduce the kids to classical music.

There are just as many great sing alongs in this CD as in the first. Most of the tracks are very singable (the Brahms piece is difficult). Lots of fun and plenty of goofy lyrics.

My kids absolutely love this. They could listen to it over and over. I like it as well. A great, fun way to learn to love classical music.

As a music teacher, this album and the other two are incredibly useful and fun!!! I'm so glad this fellow has done what he's done!