The Old Stuff: A strong opener, and one of my favorite songs on the album. This upbeat track tells of Garth's early days, playing on the road before he became a phenomenon.

Cowboys and Angels: Garth must have listened to hundreds of songs while looking for material to put on the album. What I wonder every time I listen to this track is: why did he choose this one? Simply put, Cowboys and Angels is a bad song, and one that can be tedious after repeated listenings.

The Fever: A strong rocker. Whether or not you like this track really depends on your taste in country music. If you like the contemporary, this is for you. If you are one who favors the traditional sounds of George Jones, you may want to skip to the next song.

That Ol' Wind: A wonderful ballad, and without a doubt one of the greatest songs on the album.

Rollin': This song has a nice, fast beat, but the lyrics leave something to be desired. Plainly put, they are just to silly. I would say that this song is one of the detriments to the album.

The Change: A nice song and minor hit that talks about the Oklahoma City bombing.

The Beaches of Cheyenne: This is the one truely amazing song on the album, the kind that after listening to, one can only say "wow". This story of a widowed woman's suicide after her husbands death at a rodeo by far outclasses anything else that can be heard on the CD.

To Make You Feel My Love: A wonderful slow song that makes the special edition CD worth purchasing. This song appeared on the movie Hope Floats, and is another high point of the album.

It's Midnight Cinderella: Another fast and fun uptempo song. It is fairly silly, though not quite as bad as Rollin'.

She's Every Woman: A good song with a fairly slow beat in which Garth sings about, as the song title implies, a woman.

Ireland: Ireland is, in a nutshell, another great song. With its bagpipes, it is about as uncountry as one could get, yet is is still a wonderful anthem.

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!1  Jul 22, 2000 By Billee
Garth Brooks is my all time favorite singer. I love ALL his work, but especially Fresh Horses. Many people (i have read) do not enjoy this cd. But i dont understand what there isn't to enjoy. I mean most of the songs on there, if not all, are REALLY good. My friends always want to borrow this cd, so i bought two, one for me and one for my friends to listen to. And if you think so what, well get this, ALL of my friends despise country music, but they LOVE this CD, and a couple others of Garth Brooks' cds. If you get the chance to buy, DONT HESITATE!! It is THE BEST!!! Hats off to you Garth!! :)

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Relaxing  Mar 03, 2005 By Ski_AEX
This is one of Garth's better albums. With all of the compilation and best of albums out there not many people want to buy a regular cd. This is one of my favorites. It doesn't have a lot of filler songs but Garth seems to take it down a notch in this cd. I really enjoyed "Beaches of Cheyenne" and "Ireland." The rest are enjoyable but not as great.

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This is my favorite Garth Brooks album!  Dec 12, 2000 By Wendresma
I'm a Garth nut and this is my favorite album! I have ALL of his albums including the boxed set, Double live, Sevens, The Hits, etc., I've seen him in concert TWICE, and this is my FAVORITE ALBUM! My fave song on this album has to be "Ireland" and I'm so sad that he didn't release that song! I can listen to this album over and over again and it gets more play than any Garth Brooks CD in my collection!

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