◎身拥专辑+单曲+影音总销量1亿9千万的乡村天王
◎1993年发行的第五张大碟，空降告示牌流行+乡村榜冠军，美国本土缔造800万销售量，首度抢下英国金榜亚军，获颁金唱片认证
◎AllMusic4星近满分推荐，一连送出〈Ain't Going Down(Til The Sun Comes Up)〉、〈American Honky-Tonk Bar Association〉等两首美国乡村榜冠军之作，前曲抢下英国流行榜Top13席次
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
After the relative commercial disappointment of The Chase, Garth Brooks toned down his experimental eclecticism on In Pieces. Alternating between heavily rock-influenced numbers, dramatic ballads, and revamped honky tonk, In Pieces appeals to the audience that found The Chase too pretentious and overly serious. That doesn't mean Brooks abandoned his desire to bend the rules -- he's just masked his more ambitious material with crowd-pleasing up-tempo numbers like "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" and "Ain't Going Down (Til the Sun Comes Up)." In Pieces is an album that was made for the fans, and it shows -- it is one of Brooks' most energetic and exciting collections.
