History Music / InTheLifeOfChrisGaines

Brooks promoted the Chris Gaines project heavily in 1999, and devoted most of the year to introducing the character and explaining the concept behind the film-to-be. The character's backstory was also fleshed out through an episode of Creator/{{VH1}}'s ''Behind the Music'' and Brooks appeared and performed as Gaines on an episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' he hosted that year. Unfortunately, things didn't go well for Brooks. The public and critics were bemused or bewildered by the Gaines character, and the album was treated like a curiosity instead of as the major release it was intended to be. Brooks' long-time fans also disliked the album and its departure from his country sound for a more pop-rock and adult contemporary feel. While the album reached #2 on the Billboard 200, went double-platinum and spun off the #5 Hot 100 hit "Lost in You" (which curiously was [[ChartDisplacement Brooks' only Top 40 pop hit]] in his entire career), it was largely written off as a flop. The bad reception to the Gaines character also meant [[StillbornFranchise plans for the movie fell through]]. After its release, Brooks released only one more album, 2001's ''Scarecrow'', before announcing his retirement from music (He would not return to touring or recording on a major scale until 2009).

* [[BadassBeard Badass Soulpatch]]: Chris in his later years.

* TotallyRadical: Out-of-universe, Brooks' attempt to reinvent himself as a rockstar as well as the '90s-tastic wig and soul patch image for Gaines came across this way to many people.

!!Tracklist

--> ''Black Tuesday when that wall of wealth came crashing down''
--> ''Bad news day when that little queen had to give back her crown''
--> ''And he said, hey babe, we can live on love''
--> '''Cuz love is worth much more''
--> ''But he barely got his feelings out, she was half way to the door''
--> ''And she never even heard him cry''

-->''Black Tuesday when that wall of wealth came crashing down.''
-->''Bad news day when that little queen had to give back her crown.''

--> ''In my dreams I've seen''
--> ''Things that only seem to happen on the silver screen''
--> ''When it's over there's no walking out''
--> '''Cause out there all they talk about''
--> ''Is what ain't goin' down on Main Street''

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Gordon Kennedy does the lead vocal of "My Love Tells Me So".

'''Tracklist'''

Brooks promoted the Chris Gaines project heavily in 1999, and devoted most of the year to introducing the character and explaining the concept behind the film-to-be. The character's backstory was also fleshed out through an episode of Creator/{{VH1}}'s ''Behind the Music''. Unfortunately, things didn't go well for Brooks. The public and critics were bemused by the Gaines character, and the album was treated like a curiosity instead of as the major release it was intended to be. Brooks' long-time fans also disliked the album and its departure from his country sound for a more pop-rock and adult contemporary feel. While the album reached #2 on the Billboard 200, went double-platinum and spun off the #5 Hot 100 hit "Lost in You" (curiously, [[ChartDisplacement Brooks' Top 40 pop hit]]), it was largely written off as a flop. The bad reception to the Gaines character also meant [[StillbornFranchise plans for the movie fell through]]. After its release, Brooks released only one more album, 2001's ''Scarecrow'', before announcing his retirement from music (He would not return to touring or recording on a major scale until 2009).

Brooks promoted the Chris Gaines project heavily in 1999, and devoted most of the year to introducing the character and explaining the concept behind the film-to-be. The character's backstory was also fleshed out through an episode of Creator/{{VH1}}'s ''Behind the Music''. Unfortunately, things didn't go well for Brooks. The public and critics were bemused by the Gaines character, and the album was treated like a curiosity instead of as the major release it was intended to be. Brooks' long-time fans also disliked the album and its departure from country. While the album reached #2 on the Billboard 200, went double-platinum and spun off the #5 Hot 100 hit "Lost in You" (curiously, [[ChartDisplacement Brooks' Top 40 pop hit]]), it was largely written off as a flop. The bad reception to the Gaines character also meant [[StillbornFranchise plans for the movie fell through]]. After its release, Brooks released only one more album, 2001's ''Scarecrow'', before announcing his retirement from music (He would not return to touring or recording on a major scale until 2009).

''Garth Brooks In...The Life Of Chris Gaines'' (also known as ''Chris Gaines: Greatest Hits'') is an album released by Music/GarthBrooks in 1999 as a prequel soundtrack to an upcoming movie called ''The Lamb''. It proved to be an unpopular album with his longtime fans (though he did manage to score his [[ChartDisplacement his only Top 40 pop hit]] with the song "Lost In You"), and [[StillbornFranchise plans for the movie fell through because of it]].

* BreakupBreakout:[[invoked]] In-universe, Chris from CRUSH.

* AllThereInTheManual: Chris Gaines' life is described in the liner notes: he was born in Australia to an Olympic swim coach and swimmer, but moved to America and was raised there until he dropped out of high school to form his band Crush, which scored their only hit song, "My Love Tells Me So". After one of his band members died in an airplane accident, Chris Gaines went solo with his first album ''Straight Jacket'' in 1989, followed by ''Fornucopia'' in 1991, ''Apostle'' in 1994, and ''Triangle'' in 1996.

''Garth Brooks In...The Life Of Chris Gaines'' (also known as ''Chris Gaines: Greatest Hits'') is an album released by Music/GarthBrooks in 1999 as a prequel soundtrack to an upcoming movie called ''The Lamb''. It proved to be an unpopular album with his longtime fans (though he did manage to score a #1 hit with the song "Lost In You"), and [[StillbornFranchise plans for the movie fell through because of it]].

* BreakupBreakout: Chris from CRUSH.

'''''Garth Brooks In...The Life Of Chris Gaines''''' (also known as '''''Chris Gaines: Greatest Hits''''') is an album released by Music/GarthBrooks in 1999 as a prequel soundtrack to an upcoming movie called ''The Lamb''. It proved to be an unpopular album with his longtime fans (though he did manage to score a #1 hit with the song "Lost In You"), and [[StillbornFranchise plans for the movie fell through because of it]].

* ShoutOut: "Unsigned Letter" mentions Pandora's box from Greek mythology.

* ListSong: "Right Now", based on Cheryl Wheeler's "If It Were Up To Me" (a list of things that may be the contribution of what's wrong in this world)[[note]]which in-universe would make the song an anachronism, because "If It Were Up to Me" was written after the Columbine massacre and all of Gaines' work is stated to be published before then[[/note]] and combining it with the chorus of the Youngbloods' "Get Together".

* ListSong: "Right Now", based on Cheryl Wheeler's "If It Were Up To Me" (a list of things that may be the contribution of what's wrong in this world)[[note]]which makes the song an anachronism, because "If It Were Up to Me" was written after Columbine and all of Gaines' work is stated to be published before then[[/note]] and combining it with the chorus of the Youngbloods' "Get Together".

* ListSong: "Right Now", based on Cheryl Wheeler's "If It Were Up To Me" (a list of things that may be the contribution of what's wrong in this world)[[note]]which makes the song an anachronism, because "If it were up to me" was written after Columbine" and all of Gaines' work is stated to be published before then[[/note]] and combining it with the chorus of the Youngbloods' "Get Together".

* ListSong: "Right Now", based on Cheryl Wheeler's "If It Were Up To Me" (a list of things that may be the contribution of what's wrong in this world) and combining it with the chorus of the Youngbloods' "Get Together".

* RecordProducer: [[Music/WasNotWas Don Was]], in real life.

!!This work provides examples of

* SpokenWordInMusic: Done three. In the middle of the chorus of "Way Of The Girl", he says "it's just the way it is, can't do nothing 'bout it." And near the end of "Right Now", he says "you know, if we don't talk about it, it ain't going to get better." There's also a spoken section in the bridge of "My Love Tells Me So."