The Ultimate Hits by Garth Brooks

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Bibliographic Information:

The Ultimate Hits by Garth Brooks

ASIN: B00MYMTA4Y

2014, Pearl Records

Plot Summary:

This is a 3 disc set of Garth Brooks's top songs. It includes the recognizable hits "The Thunder Rolls," "Friends in Low Places," and "Shameless," along with so many more of Garth Brooks's popular and critical hit songs.

Critical Evaluation:

Although this collection claims to be Garth's ultimate hits, it is missing hit songs he performed with other artists, like Chris LeDeoux, and is heavily weighed with hits from his career in the early 1990s. Garth's voice rings through on every song with his distinctive tenor and twang.

Reader’s Annotation:

All Garth's top hits in one place.

Author Information:

Garth Brooks has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as the top-selling solo artist in U.S. history with 136 million albums. He is also the fastest-selling album artist in RIAA history and the only solo artist to have six albums top the 10 million mark.

Garth spent more weeks at #1 on the album sales charts than any other artist since the inception of SoundScan. He has taken 25 singles to the #1 position on the country charts. When his recent boxed set, “Blame It All On My Roots” debuted at #1, it marked the 13th time Garth had accomplished this feat – making him the highest country debut leader of all time.

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Genre(s):

Music, Country

Curriculum Ties: N/A

Interest age: All Ages

Challenge Issues: No known challenge issues.

Why I chose this book: This album is a classic example of country music and adds diversity to our music collection.