"After 13 years, Garth Brooks returns with one of the year's best accidental rock albums. There's no Auto-Tune to smooth his rusty voice, so it's more weathered and honest than the man who left the spotlight. The lyrics play like a sly spin on classic Garth: On "She's Tired of Boys," he's on the other side of the May-December romance from 1992's "That Summer," and the woman doesn't lose her man to the "Rodeo" she herself rides. With ripping guitar solos, Aerosmith-style strings and gospel-tinged background vocals, this is a record that could take Eric to Church." (Rolling Stone, 3 uit 5 sterren)
Een van Amerika's grootste countrysterren. Met duetten met Trisha Yearwood en George Jones. 'Varierend van feestelijke honky tonk en opwekkende bluegrass tot een Iers getinte wals en een epische ballade. Meestal ook bevlogen." (Oor)
"Garth Brooks had to move forward in a dramatic way with this 1995 album. Following the massive successive of "The Hits" -- which effectively recapped why the singer became the single most popular American performer of the '90s -- Brooks positioned himself for a new direction with Fresh Horses. The problem is, he doesn't know which way he should go. Throughout the album, he swings back and forth between country and rock without any sense of purpose. Brooks tries to rework Aerosmith's "The Fever" into a rowdy rodeo country-rocker, but the end result is forced and half-hearted. The Aerosmith cover illustrates the problems of Fresh Horses: Brooks is trying too hard to cover new territory and restore hardcore honky tonk grit to his slick country-rock. When he lets his guard down -- such on as the melancholy ballad "The Beaches of Cheyenne" and the sassy, suggestive "It's Midnight Cinderella" -- he can still come up with winners, but those moments don't come frequently on Fresh Horses." (S.T. Erlewine, Allmusic)
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