Day 481. Garth Brooks - Unanswered Prayers

481. Garth Brooks - Unanswered Prayers
From the album No Fences
(Capitol Nashville, 1990)

"Essentially, Garth Brooks's second album, No Fences, follows the same pattern as his debut, but it is a more assured and risky record. Brooks still performs neo-traditional country, such as the honky tonk hit Friends in Low Places, but now he twists it around with clever pop hooks. Those pop/rock influences are most apparent on the ballads, which alternate between sensitive folk-rock and power ballad bombast. But what makes No Fences such a success is how seamlessly he blends the two seemingly opposing genres, and how he chooses a set of material that makes his genre-bending sound subtle and natural. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the songs are consistently entertaining, either." (source: AllMusic.com)

Unanswered Prayers peaked at #1 on the Billboard Country chart. Here is the original album version of the song: