Track Listing

1. Standing Outside The Fire
2. The Night I Called the Old Man Out
3. American Honkey-Tonk Bar Association
4. One Night A Day
5. Ain't Going down (Til The Sun Comes Up)
6. Anonymous
7. Kickin' And Screamin'
8. The Red Strokes
9. Callin' Baton Rouge
10. The Night Will Only Know
11. The Cowboy Song

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50879 in Music
• Released on: 2000-11-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued

Amazon.com
In Pieces finds Garth at the height of his popularity--the album scored 5 hit singles--but in the basement of his admittedly considerable talent. This rise and fall coincided with Brooks's boldest movement yet away from traditional country. "Standing Outside the Fire," another Garth anthem to emotional risk, ends with bongo and rock guitar while "Ain't Going Down till the Sun Comes Up" is rock down to its "Subterranean Homesick Blues" melody. All of which would be fine if the songs were catchier, or if the lyrics--one song disses welfare recipients, another valorizes a father who beats up his boys--weren't such an annoying muddle. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews

One of my favorites
This album as well as this artist seems to get some unfair negativity but I'm not buying into that for a minute. As time goes on Garth Brooks and his songs and singing style continue to capture the hearts of many including myself. People accuse him of dragging it out into the pop arena or some such but if you really look at the songs and the man who sings them they embrace old country styles extremely well. Another masterpiece from Garth Brooks and I continue to never tire from the songs that are found here.

Garth Brooks- Country Idol
Yes, I'm just a kid, But I know about as much when it comes to Garth as anyone. Garth is the best, Not a very detailed fragment. But he can reach out to anyone, Me, You, Grandparents, Mom's and Dads, Small Children, Toddlers, Teens, Pre-Teens. Anyone, He's so entergetic. You'll see! If you think you've heard Country Music, You think you've seen and hearf it all? Not intill you listen to Garth Brooks.

In Pieces
I am a huge garth Fan, I have all the albums and six of his live concerts. I like In Pieces because of the song "The Red Strokes" I don't really like the music video for it because I think that Garth could have done better on what to use in the video instead of just red paint and a white room,because just thoes two things are just scary when put together. But, I like the song because it talks about mainly love and what color the heart is, and he potrays it with alot about two people painting a picture of a heart and the color they use is alot of red. He even talks about how when your blue, the color of your heart is blue and when your jeleous your heart is green. But when you love, your heart is really red. In general, In Pieces is one of garths better albums.