Title: cynical rubbish
Product review: This album is a shockingly cynical attempt by Garth Brooks to expand his musical boundaries without having to risk losing his country music base. The whole Chris Gaines image - as epitomized by the VH1 "Behind The Music" special - trivializes the sacrifices and difficulties of real people with real lives, as typified by his "father" dying of cancer, the death of a (fictional) best friend, etcetera. This isn't Hollywood escapism of the sort you might see in a movie, but a rather disgusting ego trip for Garth Brooks. As far as the music itself, if you think Richard Marx is one of the great musicians of the last 30 years, you will love this album. I didn't and don't.
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