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Garth Brooks

With Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks begins to make his '70s rock influences more explicit. Naturally, that is most notable in his reworking of Billy Joel's "Shameless," which he transforms from a rock power ballad into contemporary country. But that influence is also evident on ambitious epics like "The River" and even the honky tonk ravers of "Papa Loved Mama" and "Rodeo." 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. [Brooks re-released the album in 2000, adding the track "Which One of Them."] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Performer	Garth Brooks
Music genre	Country
Media format	CD
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	0
Record label	Pearl
Target audience	Everyone
Character	Garth Brooks
Occasion	Everyday
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N