If your a straight up country music lover this not the Cd for you. There will be a couple of songs you will like but not many. I am the someone who enjoys everthing from country, Pop, to Soft Rock. If that's you, you will probably find this CD pretty entertaining as I did. I love good vocals and rythms and there's plenty. Garth did a great job showing more of his excellent talent and versitility. He is definitely second to none.

But if given a chance, Chris Gaines - Greatest Hits will sureley grow on you. So what, if this album is based on a fictional character that never saw the light of day. So what, if this was designed to be the soundtrack for a movie that never say the light of day either. And most importantly....so what, if no one ever really "got it" in regards to the whole concept of this album. When all that is stripped away, what you have is one of the greatest, and most widely recognized recording artists executing one of the most diverse records in recent history. A lot of albums have come and gone and come again in my CD collection, not this album. It has withstood the test of time. I am a very finicky person when it comes to music and I get bored very quickly. It turn, I often sell or trade CD's and regret the decision later after having a desire to rediscover them. But for some reason I have hung on to this album through the years. I really believe it's becuase of the diversity of the album. There's several different musical moods that this album evokes and that is what makes this album so special. Most artists want to stick with one musical mood typically for two reasons. 1.) because that's what they're known for, and; 2.) because they are trying to attract a certain audience. Garth Brooks shattered the boundaries of music with this album. That's not a bad thing!! It's just not the norm. I applaud Garth Brooks for putting his career and his reputation on the line to give us a musical gem like this. If it's within you to have an open mind and experience music for the sake of music itself, then give this album a try. It may not be the grestest album of all time, but I promise you won't be disappointed.

i saw chris gaines when he was with crush back in 1986, its a shame the lead singer had to die in the plane crash only a short time later, otherwise we would probably be reviewing crush's greatest hits. unless the grunge revolution killed them. anyway we did get a chris gaines solo career out of the tragedy. i dont really understand why this is the only album not held up by the dispute between chris gaines and capitol records. i wish they would get it resolved because i have worn out all the other records of his that i bought over the years. anyway, you should buy this because it maybe the last time we get to hear from this genius for a real long time.