Ropin' the Wind
| Garth Brooks
Ropin' the Wind
Ropin' the Wind is the third studio album by American country musicartist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 2, 1991 and was his first studio album to debut at No. 1 the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart. It was the first album by a country singer to top both of these charts since Kenny Rogers did just over a decade earlier. It enjoyed four runs at No. 1 between September 28, 1991 April 3, 1992, spending a combined 18 weeks at the top, eventually being certified 14x Platinum by the RIAA in 1998. In the UK it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and went to No. 1 for several months on the country charts. It has gone to sell 17 million copies worldwide. --Wikipedia
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Entertainment Weekly
His best performances here — ”What She’s Doing Now,” ”The River,” and Billy Joel’s ”Shameless” — showcase Brooks’ greatest strength: his ability to imbue baleful country ballads with complex, soulful emotions. But Ropin’ the Wind, no consumer bargain with just a little more than half an hour of music on it, is a portrait of one morose, self-conscious cowpoke. Loosen up, Garth.
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All Music
Some might say that those rock influences are what make Brooks a crossover success, but he wouldn't be nearly as successful if he didn't have a tangible country foundation to his music -- even when he comes close to standard arena rock bombast, there are gritty steel guitars or vocal inflections that prove he is trying to expand country's vocabulary, not trying to exploit it.
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My Kind of Country
Is it his best work? Not quite, but it’s not at all bad.
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Daily Vault
Even the lesser songs here -- no Brooks album is without filler -- are a step above their peers on his other discs. Ropin' The Wind may just be the most consistent -- and consistently appealing -- album the man ever issued
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Los Angeles Times
The album, thanks to such other selections as the delicate "What She's Doing Now" and the vigorous "We Bury the Hatchet," gives Brooks enough serviceable material to freshen the live show, but his failure to live up to his potential with a more consistent and revealing album is a disappointment--and after three tries, even the most loyal fans may start feeling a bit impatient.
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Best Country Singers
Yes, Garth is all country on ROPIN' THE WIND--even though he fervently covers "Shameless," a song written by his idol Billy Joel. But really, with that twang, the catch in his voice, the steel guitars and the blue-collar themes, how can anyone doubt Garth's devotion to traditional country?
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