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Fun is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. Announced in 2018, the album experienced production delays and its release was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, eventually culminating in a release date of November 20, 2020.[2] The lead single, "All Day Long", was released on June 19, 2018, followed by a second single, "Stronger Than Me", on November 19, 2018. The third single, "Dive Bar", a duet featuring Blake Shelton, was released on June 18, 2019. The fourth single, "Shallow", a duet featuring Trisha Yearwood, was released on December 1, 2020. The fifth single, "That's What Cowboys Do" was released on June 29, 2021. A selection of seven tracks were available for streaming via Amazon Music prior to the album's release.[3]
Track listing
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1. | "The Road I’m On" | Randall King, Garth Brooks | 3:26 |
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2. | "That's What Cowboys Do" | John Martin, Mitch Rossell, Brooks | 3:33 |
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3. | "All Day Long" | Bryan Kennedy, Rossell, Brooks | 3:07 |
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4. | "Shallow" (with Trisha Yearwood) | Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt | 3:41 |
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5. | "Dive Bar" (with Blake Shelton) | Rossell, Kennedy, Brooks | 2:36 |
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6. | "Amen" | Bobby Terry, Matt Rossi, Brooks | 3:29 |
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7. | "The Courage of Love" | Martin, Brooks | 4:08 |
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8. | "I Can Be Me With You" | Benita Hill, Amanda Colleen Williams | 3:00 |
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9. | "Message in a Bottle" | Jenny Yates, Brooks | 4:49 |
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10. | "Stronger Than Me" | Rossi, Terry | 3:30 |
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11. | "(A Hard Way to Make An) Easy Livin’" | Rossi, Terry | 3:44 |
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12. | "Where the Cross Don’t Burn" (featuring Charley Pride) | Troy Jones, Phil Thomas | 4:02 |
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13. | "–" | – | 0:04 |
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14. | "Party Gras (The Mardi Gras Song)" | Rossi, Brooks | 2:58 |
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15. | "(Sometimes You’ve Got to Die To) Live Again" | Gabe Dixon, Wayne Kirkpatrick | 3:15 |
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Total length: | 49:30 |
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Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.[4]
- Roy Agee – horns
- David Angell – strings
- Monisa Angell – strings
- Sam Bacco – percussion
- Jeff Bailey – horns
- Robert Bailey – backing vocals
- Carrie Bailey – strings
- Kevin Bate – strings
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Jenny Bifano – strings
- Bruce Bouton – pedal steel and lap steel guitars
- Garth Brooks – vocals, acoustic guitar, producer
- Dennis Burnside – horn and string arrangements
- David Campbell – horn and string arrangements
- Bruce Christensen – strings
- Janet Darnell – strings
- David Davidson – strings
- Eleonore Denig – strings
- Gabe Dixon – keyboards, piano
- Mark Douthit – horns
- Jason Eskridge – backing vocals
- Connie Ellisor – strings
- Kim Fleming – backing vocals
- Quentin Flowers – strings
- Barry Green – horns
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
- Michael Haynes – horns
- Anthony LaMarchina – strings
- Betsy Lamb – strings
- Chris Leuzinger – acoustic and electric guitars
- Sam Levine – horns
- Zoya Leybin – strings
- Steve Mackey – bass guitar
- Blair Masters – keyboards and piano
- Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
- Joey Miskulin – accordion
- Doug Moffet – horns
- Wendy Moten – backing vocals
- Billy Panda – acoustic guitar
- Steve Patrick – horns
- Charley Pride – duet vocals on "Where the Cross Don't Burn"
- Carole Rabinowitz-Neune – strings
- Blake Shelton – duet vocals on "Dive Bar"
- Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
- Caitlyn Smith – backing vocals
- Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar
- Alan Umstead – strings
- Cathy Umstead – strings
- Mary Katherine Vanosdale – strings
- Kris Wilkinson – strings
- Karen Winklemann – strings
- Bobby Wood – keyboards and piano
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Trisha Yearwood – background vocals, duet vocals on "Shallow"
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