No Fences (studio album)
by Garth Brooks
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Garth Brooks bestography
No Fences is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by Garth Brooks on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Garth Brooks is Ropin' The Wind which is ranked number 10499 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 112.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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No Fences track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
No Fences rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1990 | 2/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1990 | 2/81 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s | 35/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s | 24/100 | - |
| 2025 | Rivera | C&W | 50/95 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | All Time Pt 2 | 62/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum albums | 82/100 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Rivera | 901-1000 | 69/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Best selling albums of all time and whether I own them | 72/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Artists | 25/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum artists | 14/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Tamthebam | Top 94 Music Albums of 1990 | 90/94 | 0 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of 1990 by U R C | 17/39 | - |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Repo | 1990: Even More Gems | 11/29 | - |
| 2024 | Rivera | Top 30 Music Albums of 1990 | 17/30 | 2 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Greatest alums of the 90's (101 - 200) by U R C | 81/100 | - |
| 2024 | zags7000 | Overall 601-700 | 46/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 67 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 99 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/29/2025 04:40 |  Kingturtle | 7,441 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 01:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,232 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2025 04:55 | Herdandhokies | 303 | 56/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2024 11:30 | Tamthebam | 22,857 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2024 16:30 | Lefty21 | 518 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.1/100, a mean average of 66.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.2.
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Say what you will about Garth Brooks, but his fame and success influenced so many people and changed the forces of commercial country music.
No Fences is basically the Thriller of commercial country, and it's a decent listen all the way through. Brooks makes his music accessible, with one foot in country roots and the other one squarely in pop music. There's even some nice balladry here, especially on Victim of the Game.
Both No Fences and Mary Chapin-Carpenter's Come On Come On LP took country crossover-appeal to levels that hadn't been seen since Rosanne Cash's Seven Year Ache LP. Sadly, there are hardly any attempts in Nashville to appeal to the average listener, and would rather double-down on culture-oriented "bro-country" than appeal to someone outside of those circles.
Recommended.
A Side: Friends in Low Places
B Side: New Way to Fly
I can't help but like this record. Great songwriting, good musicianship and great vocals.
junodog4 07/18/2012 04:16 | #46739
It is a little over processed, losing the raw roots of country... but damn, can Garth Brooks write catchy country. Thunder Rolls and Friends in Low Places are country music landmarks.
One of the few country albums I know of that is a good listen top to bottom. Garth was the biggest country act ever back in the day and this was his best work.
Bork 11/03/2010 14:52 | #16169
This might have been something completely new when it was released, but today it just sounds like any new-traditionalist country album, a bit too slow, a bit too smooth. The album that followed is the one that keeps Garth's name in the ranks. Friends in Low Places still is the track that sticks out from this outing.
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