After some disappointment in Garth Brooks’ sixth album, Fresh Horses, his latest release, Sevens, brought me back to my love of Garth and country music in general. Brooks co-wrote five of the 14 tracks on this album, and you can tell which ones reflect Garth in their lyrics. The album had a great feel to it, with only one exception.

Brooks already has released two songs from this album (released Nov. 25), Longneck Bottle, and his duet with Trisha Yearwood, In Another’s Eyes. These two tracks are sure hits.

One of my favorites on this album is She’s gonna make it. In this tune, Brooks croons about a divorced man who is not quite making it without his ex-wife, You know it’s driving him insane/And the crazy thing about it/Is she’d take him back/But the fool in him that walked out/Is the fool that just won’t ask.

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Brooks co-wrote this tune, and I love it because it has the same feel as The River and If Tomorrow Never Comes, two Brooks-written songs that are my all-time favorites.

Other great favorites on this album are You Move Me and A Friend to Me. You Move Me reminds me of when I first met my fianc and had that not-so-sure feeling before he won my heart. But you move me/You give me courage I didn’t know I had/You move me/I can’t go with you/And stay where I am/So you move me. I was moved!

But Two Pia Coladas was the only track that gave me an I hate this song feeling. That is only because it has a Jimmy Buffett feel, and I hate Buffett.

Even with Two Pia Coladas, I would buy this album in a second, and would recommend it to all you men out there who haven’t remembered to buy your significant others a great Christmas present. Come on, Paul, get with it!