Top 5/Bottom 5: Garth Brooks

[Ten Pound Hammer]

TOP
1. That Ol' Wind
2. Shameless
3. Unanswered Prayers
4. Two Piña Coladas
5. Callin' Baton Rouge
6. Friends in Low Places
7. Longneck Bottle
8. The Beaches of Cheyenne
9. More Than a Memory
10. Papa Loved Mama
11. The Thunder Rolls
12. Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)
13. What She's Doing Now
14. Somewhere Other Than the Night
15. Why Ain't I Running
16. Learning to Live Again
17. Good Ride Cowboy
18. Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)
19. Katie Wants a Fast One
20. Squeeze Me In

BOTTOM
1. The Change
2. She's Every Woman
3. Workin' for a Livin'
4. Love Will Always Win
5. That Girl Is a Cowboy
6. Midnight Sun
7. It Don't Matter to the Sun (this counts, right?)
8. In Another's Eyes
9. When You Come Back to Me Again
10. The Fever (interesting idea, and really not THAT bad, just kinda toothless production for what it's trying to be)

[someguy]

One of my all-time favourite male country artists. I didn't appreciate him as much as as I should've when he was current, but looking back he has probably one of the greatest catalogs in modern country history.

Top Singles:

1. Unanswered Prayers
2. Callin' Baton Rouge
3. That Summer
4. In Another's Eyes
5. The Dance
6. Learning To Live Again
7. Two Piña Coladas
8. Friends In Low Places
9. That Ol' Wind
10. Squeeze Me In
11. Somewhere Other Than The Night
12. One Night A Day
13. Shameless
14. Why Ain't I Running
15. She's Gonna Make It
16. If Tomorrow Never Comes
17. To Make You Feel My Love
18. You Move Me
19. More Than A Memory
20. The Thunder Rolls
21. Standing Outside The Fire
22. The Beaches Of Cheyenne
23. Ain't Goin' Down Til The Sun Cones Up
24. She's Every Woman
25. What She's Doing Now

Top Album Tracks:

1. The Old Stuff
2. Victim Of The Game
3. The Night I Called The Old Man Out
4. The Red Strokes
5. The Night Will Only Know
6. I Don't Have To Wonder
7. Wolves
8. When There's No One Around
9. A Friend To Me
10. Bury The Hatchet

Bottom Singles:

1. Midnight Sun
2. The Change
3. Workin' For A Livin'
4. Beer Run
5. That Girl Is A Cowboy

[sabre14]

Top:
1. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
2. Unanswered Prayers
3. Ain't Going Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)
4. The River
5. More Than A Memory (there will always be many who don't enjoy it because of the ridiculous debut, but once again personal experience makes this hit home)
6. Two Of A Kind Workin' On A Full House
7. Callin' Baton Rouge
8. Papa Loved Mama
9. Good Ride Cowboy
10. If Tomorrow Never Comes
11. Somewhere Other Than The Night
12. That 'Ol Wind
13. The Beaches Of Cheyenne 
14. Two Pina Coladas
15. Friends In Low Places
16. The Thunder Rolls
17. What She's Doing Now
18. Standing Outside The Fire
19. Squeeze Me In
20. Wrapped Up In You

Bottom:
1. Shameless (unfortunately I don't have a good reason why I dislike this song so much, I just do)
2. Love Will Always Win (boring)
3. She's Every Woman
4. Workin' For A Livin'
5. That Girl Is A Cowboy (going through the motions)
6. The Red Strokes
7. The Change
8. We Shall Be Free
9. Midnight Sun
10. The Fever

Top Christmas songs:
1. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (I love his version of this song)
2. Belleau Wood
3. Sleigh Ride

[Andy]

This was ridiculously difficult to decide for me. I made a list of songs that I was considering for my Top list, and wound up with close to 40 songs, with almost no way to narrow it down. After extensive and exhaustive deliberation, I wound up with a top 15. I felt like I had to leave off some great songs and will probably look at this list tomorrow and think "How did I not include X song?", but here's my best attempt as of now...

TOP (no order, way too tough for me to rank them)
Alabama Clay
Allison Miranda
Burning Bridges
Callin' Baton Rouge
In Lonesome Dove
Ireland
Learning to Live Again
Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
Pushin' Up Daisies
Standing Outside the Fire
That Summer
The Beaches of Cheyenne
The River
What She's Doing Now
When There's No Around
Which One of Them

Bottom
1. The Fever
2. Good Ride Cowboy
3. Love Will Always Win
4. In Another's Eyes
5. Dixie Chicken

[Deleted]

1. The Dance
2. Friends In Low Places
3. Rodeo
4. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
5. The Thunder Rolls
6. The River
Bottom:
1. Shameless
2. Ain't Goin' Down..
3. More Than A Memory
4. Callin' Baton Rouge
5. Squeeze Me In
6. Two Pina Coladas

[tim]

I'm going to go with a rough top 5/bottom 5. Garth really just has too many great songs that it's hard to put them all in a top 5 list. These would reflect my own personal tops/bottoms, but if I was doing a historical list it would be different.

Top:
1. That Ol' Wind
2. To Make You Feel My Love
3. The Beaches of Cheyenne
4. Why Ain't I Running
5. You Move Me

Runner up's: When You Come Back To Me Again; What She's Doing Now; Wild Horses

Album Cuts:
1. Night Rider's Lament
2. Lonesome Dove
3. Every Now and Then
4. Ireland
4. How You Ever Gonna Know

Runner up's: Against the Grain and Dixie Chicken (I love this!)

Bottom 5:
1. Do What You Gotta Do
2. Two Pina Coladas
3. Friends In Low Places
4. Beer Run
5. Squeeze Me In

[Deleted]

I'm seeing Mr and Mrs. Brooks on Friday so I figured I'd do mine for Garth.

Top:
1. The Thunder Rolls (the live version with the added third verse :) )
2. Unanswered Prayers
3. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
4. Callin' Baton Rouge
5. The Beaches Of Cheyenne
6. That Ol' Wind
7. The Dance
8. If Tomorrow Never Comes
9. Good Ride Cowboy
10. Standing Outside The Fire
11. The River
12. That Summer
13. What She's Doing Now
14. Papa Loved Mama
15. Learning To Live Again
16. Friends In Low Places
17. Rodeo
18. Somewhere Other Than The Night
19. Ain't Goin' Down (Til' The Sun Comes Up)
20. American Honky Tonk Bar Association

Top Album Tracks
1. Wolves
2. Victim Of The Game
3. Alabama Clay
4. In Lonesome Dove
5. Pushin' Up Daisies
6. Face To Face
7. The Night I Called The Old Man Out
8. Midnight Train
9. Night Rider's Lament
10. We Bury The Hatchet

Favorite album is "No Fences" with "Ropin' The Wind" a close second

Bottom:
1. People Loving People
2. Wrapped Up In You
3. Two Of A Kind Workin On A Full House
4. Mom
5. Two Pina Coladas

[zebra71]

I am only familiar with a handful of Garth's songs as I find him to be very hit and miss. I really like his first two albums, Garth Brooks and No Fences, because they were traditional country but his music became worse throughout the rest of his career. 

Top 5
1. The Dance(one of my all-time favorite country songs)/If Tomorrow Never Comes(tie for 1st place)
2. Friends in Low Places

3. Unanswered Prayers

4. Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House

5. The Thunder Rolls

6. People Loving People

7. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)

Bottom 5
1. Shameless
2. The River
3. Two Pina Coladas
4. Standing Outside The Fire
5. Callin' Baton Rouge

[Zeebz]

Garth was one of my favorites growing up. I don't listen to his music much anymore, but there's certainly a good deal of classics in his discography. That being said, I'm not as familiar with his discography as I could be and I should possibly remedy that soon. Most of my top choices are the ones with the most nostalgia value for me.

Top:

01. "The Dance"
02. "Friends In Low Places"
03. "The Thunder Rolls"
04. "The River"
05. "Unanswered Prayers"
06. "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"
07. "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
08. "Two Piña Coladas"
09. "More Than A Memory"
10. "That Ol' Wind"

Bottom:

01. "People Loving People"
02. "Midnight Sun"
03. "Mom"
04. "The Change"
05. "Shameless"

[dub]

Top is roughly in order:
1. The Dance - this is my all-time favorite song
2. That Summer
3. The Beaches of Cheyenne
4. Tacoma
5. Friends In Low Places

Close to the top are things like Shameless, Much Too Young, The Thunder Rolls, Callin' Baton Rogue, What She's Doing Now, etc. etc. Also want to mention I really enjoyed his covers of Don't Close Your Eyes and Dock of the Bay from that CD box set recently.

Bottom:
1. The Fever - This does nothing for me. Not sure why he keeps singing it to close the show.
2. The Change
3. Love Will Always Win - Tim & Faith did this better in my opinion.
4. Good Ride Cowboy
5. Those two songs from the Ultimate Hits - Midnight Sun and Working for a Living?

[kw9461]

I think Garth's 90-93 peak is mostly overrated, but the rest of his career was fantastic in my view. Scarecrow still ranks as one of my all-time favorite albums.

1. That Ol' Wind
2. She's Gonna Make It
3. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) (all 3 are in my all-time top 20)
4. Why Ain't I Running
5. The Beaches Of Cheyenne
6. Callin' Baton Rouge
7. Learning To Live Again
8. Standing Outside The Fire
9. Thicker Than Blood
10. You Move Me
11. Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)
12. Good Ride Cowboy (for as calculated and narcissistic as Garth can be, he deserves credit for this excellent tribute)
13. What She' Doin' Now
14. Two Of a Kind (Workin' On A Full House)
15. Wrapped Up In You
16. Wild Horses
17. To Make You Feel My Love
18. Papa Loved Mama
19. Somewhere Other Than The Night (amazing that this was left off both Double Live and Ultimate Hits)
20. It's Midnight Cinderella
21. Not Counting You
22. That Summer
23. The River
24. Beer Run
25. Unanswered Prayers


Album Cuts (don't have many of his older albums, so this is mostly 96-present):
1. Pushing Up Daisies (Scarecrow)
2. Midnight Train (Man Against Machine)
3. Bellaeu Wood (Sevens)
4. Tacoma (Man Against Machine)
5. The Storm (Scarecrow)
6. She's Tired Of Boys (Man Against Machine)
7. Mr. Midnight (Scarecrow)
8. Uptown Down Home Good Ole Boy (Garth Brooks)
9. Wrong About You (Man Against Machine)
10. Allison Miranda (Lost Sessions)

Least Faves:
1. Rodeo
2. Shameless
3. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association (fun song, but a tad political for my tastes)
4. One Night A Day
5. Love Will Always Win

[codyj100]

Top:
1. If Tomorrow Never Comes
2. The Dance
3. Shameless
4. Two Pina Coladas 
5. Callin' Baton Rouge

Bottom:
1. Friends In Low Places (don't hate me, but I have heard this way too many times; not bad by any means, but wanted to stay with a strict 5 and this has become a least favorite).
2. Learning To Live Again
3. We Shall Be Free
4. People Loving People 
5. The Fever (bleh)

[someguy]

Updated for the new album:

Top Singles:

1. Unanswered Prayers
2. Callin' Baton Rouge
3. That Summer
4. In Another's Eyes
5. The Dance
6. Learning To Live Again
7. Two Piña Coladas
8. Friends In Low Places
9. That Ol' Wind
10. Somewhere Other Than The Night
11. One Night A Day
12. Squeeze Me In
13. Shameless
14. Why Ain't I Running
15. She's Gonna Make It
16. If Tomorrow Never Comes
17. To Make You Feel My Love
18. The Thunder Rolls
19. Standing Outside The Fire
20. More Than A Memory
21. The Beaches Of Cheyenne
22. You Move Me
23. Ain't Goin' Down Til The Sun Cones Up
24. She's Every Woman
25. Mom

Top Album Tracks:

1. The Old Stuff
2. Victim Of The Game
3. The Night I Called The Old Man Out
4. The Red Strokes
5. The Night Will Only Know
6. I Don't Have To Wonder
7. Wrong About You
8. She's Tired Of Boys
9. A Friend To Me
10. Wolves

Bottom Singles:

1. Midnight Sun
2. Workin' For A Livin'
3. Beer Run
4. The Change
5. That Girl Is A Cowboy

[thy4568]

Top

1. She's Every Women
2. That Ol' Wind
3. Learning to Live Again
4. Unanswered Prayers
5. What She's Doing Now

Bottom:
1. Ain't Going Down...
2. American Honky Tonk Bar Assoc
3. Rodeo
4. The Night I Called The Old Man Out
5. Beer Run

[countrymusicjunkie]

Top

1.That Summer
2.What She's Doing Now
3.Beaches of Cheyenne
4.Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
5.That Ol Wind
6.She's Gonna Make It
7.Learning To Live Again
8.To Make You Feel My Love
9.She's Every Woman
10.The Dance
11.Why Aint I Running
12.Wild Horses
13.The Thunder Rolls
14.When You Come Back To Me Again
15.Unanswered Prayers


Bottom


It's Midnight Cinderella
Two of a Kind, Workin on a Full House
Shameless
Two Pina Coladas
Wrapped Up In You
Squeeze Me In