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List Price: $15.98 | | Label: Capitol
Salesrank: 12063
Released: December 13, 1994 |
| Our Price: $32.99 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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The Hits Track Listing:
1. Ain't Goin' Down (Til the Sun Comes Up)
2. Friends in Low Places
3. Callin' Baton Rouge
4. River
5. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
6. Thunder Rolls
7. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
8. If Tomorrow Never Comes
9. Unanswered Prayers
10. Standing Outside the Fire
11. Rodeo
12. What She's Doing Now
13. We Shall Be Free
14. Papa Loved Mama
15. Shameless
16. Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House
17. That Summer
18. Dance
Editorial Review:
In 1991 Garth Brooks did what no other country artist before had: he broke the million-seller mark with No Fences and solidified a string of No. 1 hits that also conquered the pop market. Fourteen of his No. 1s are here, including the rowdy working-class anthem "Friends in Low Places" and the signature power ballad "The Dance." All of Brooks's albums have their share of filler, but not this one. Even the toughest cynic will admire Brooks's charisma and deadly mastery of pop and country hooks. --Roy Kasten
The Hits Reviews:
Garth Brooks The Hits 
2008-07-24 - My most favorite Garth CD, have already worn one out, had to replace it
at once.
AMAZING 
2008-06-13 - GARTH BROOKS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST COUNTRY ARTIST AROUND. MOST OF GARTHS BEST SONGS ARE TOGETHER ON ONE ALBUM.
Garth Brooks CD
2007-12-04 - The item arrived in good time and just as advertized. It was great doing business with you.
TOP NOTCH!
2007-06-08 -
For those of us who listen to Country Music , with the exception of maybe one or two more songs , this Collection is FANTASTIC!
The Master Of Self-Promotion
2007-01-02 - 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.
