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ALBUMMER! 29: Garth Brooks in...the Life of Chris Gaines

This week on Albummer! we're talking about the dude playing a dude disguised as another dude of country music. Yes, it's Garth Brook's convoluted alter ego, and Jordan's absolute worst costume yet, Chris Gaines. What the hell is happening?

The crew behind Two Minutes to Late Night are here to re-review some of the most critically reviled albums out there!

Mar. 16 2022

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show good, suffering good, thank you for both

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Where are the bodies garth? Those poor families need closure.

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Oh boy, country music:)

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That opening bit was inspired

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I imagine the suit for being difficult was for breach of contract? Maybe I'm wrong because that opinion is based on nothing, but it's not tortious to be a fussy and creatively misguided person unless you have contractually said you are going to actually do something reasonably.

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I kind of like this album?

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The Chris Gaines album reminds me of my first job as a teenager way back in the day. The Wal-Mart exclusivity was no joke. They had boatloads of CDs there pretty much at all times.

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You can stream all of Garth Brooks albums on amazon music. You can not stream Garth Brooks presents Chris Gaines Greatest Hits on amazon music.

Also the skydiving cancer song is Tim Mcgraw

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I don't know anything about Chris Gaines, but based on the opening bit he seems so fucking cool.

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I love Jordan's dedication to the bit

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The New York + Australia accent is perfect, HEY I'M SWIMIN HERE.

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Having been firmly ensconced in Flyover America for 30+ years, now knowing people can exist that haven't heard Garth Brooks hits 50 times over and even not know the Chris Gaines debacle is stunningly bizarre.

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Garthenio Hall rocks

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I would like to see Dave Mustaine create an alter ego of a street magician. “What do you mean this isn’t your card?”

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Garth Crooks would be good a DM.

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I remember when Garth Brooks hosted SNL with musical guest Chris Gaines.

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You guys should do Chance the Rapper’s “The Big Day”!

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Or Farrah Abraham’s “My Teenage Dream Ended”

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@doszero said:

Having been firmly ensconced in Flyover America for 30+ years, now knowing people can exist that haven't heard Garth Brooks hits 50 times over and even not know the Chris Gaines debacle is stunningly bizarre.

I zone out when I'm bowling.

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I made Garth Brooks a sandwich when I worked at a subway in high school

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I heard the name Garth Brooks before, but never heard a song of him. I just skipped through a best of and nothing seems even vaguely familiar, who the fuck are all the people who buy his albums? There can´t be many of them here in Germany.

Might be related to the fact that Walmart basically fled Germany because they weren´t compatible with our labour laws.

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"what the fuck is that?!?" - El-P (Weathermen / Run the Jewels)

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@diet_hellboy: What I originally meant to imply is that I'm also extremely jealous of this existence.

Also that we are living through Chris Gaines again with the band Sparks.

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@krafty said:

"what the fuck is that?!?" - El-P (Weathermen / Run the Jewels)

he literally poked his head in the corner and gave the perfect expression. It was an extremely good moment.

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Michael Jackson wrote songs

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The subway is a porno.

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Jordan as Chris Gaines looks a lot like Anthony Kiedis.

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As someone named Garth I refused to watch this episode, as it does not use Mr. Brooks' correct first name in the title. His real name is Troyal. He's not a real Garth.

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Where are the bodies, Garth??

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Honestly, I could have kept listening to Jordan recite Chris Gaines facts for another couple of hours. This might have been my favorite episode yet, especially the reading of Gaines' bio and everyone ripping on Jordan after he removed the wig.

As for how I'm going to listen to the album, let's just say I was on Ebay this morning.

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I too got one of those handwritten Christ letters recently and before I opened it, I was so confused. I almost want to write a letter back to the person.