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List Price: $15.98 | | Label: Pearl Records
Salesrank: 9587
Released: August 21, 2007 |
| Our Price: $5.88 |
| Used Price: $1.50 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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No Fences Track Listing:
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. This Ain't Tennessee
7. Wild Horses
8. Unanswered Prayers
9. Same Old Story
10. Mr. Blue
11. Wolves
Editorial Review:
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
Description of No Fences:
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
No Fences Reviews:
Garth's best, a very good country album.... 
2008-07-25 - 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.
Garth 
2008-06-08 - I am not a really big Garth Brooks fan, but the one song. "unanswered Prayer" is worth the whole CD.
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.
