Garth Brooks’s new album, “Man Against Machine” debuts Nov. 11. Today in Nashville, he gave the media a glimpse of what to expect, releasing the full track list and sampling the 14 cuts.
People.com reports that the artist became hugely emotional when he delivered “Mom,” (written by Don Sampson and Wynn Varble), perhaps the most personal cut on the album:
One song in particular meant more than any other, and it was the only track of the 11 played from the album that he chose to grab his guitar and perform live with. Everyone knows how much I loved my mom, he said, pausing to take a deep breath. Why no one has ever written this song before I don’t know, why I never wrote it before I don’t know, but I’m grateful Don Sampson and Wynn Varble did. It’s a conversation between God and a little unborn baby. It took me almost a month to get it together to record it. My producer finally told me to man up and do it. I’m gonna try to do it for you now. By the time Brooks finished Mom, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.
Here’s the full track listing:
1. Man Against Machine
Larry Bastian/Jenny Yates/Garth Brooks
2. She’s Tired of Boys
Amanda Williams/Garth Brooks
3. Cold Like That
Steven Lee Olsen/Melissa Peirce/Chris Wallin
4. All-American Kid
Craig Campbell/Brice Long/Terry McBride
5. Mom
Don Sampson/Wynn Varble
6. Wrong About You
Adam Wright
7. Rodeo and Juliet
Bryan Kennedy/Garth Brooks
8. Midnight Train
Melissa Peirce/Matthew A. Rossi
9. Cowboys Forever
Wynn Varble/John Martin/Dean Dillon
10. People Loving People
Lee Miller/Chris Wallin/busbee
11. Send ‘Em On Down the Road
Marc Beeson/Allen Shamblin
12. Fish
Chris Wallin/Wynn Varble
13. You Wreck Me
Stephanie Bentley/Kevin Kadish/Dan Muckala
14. Tacoma
Caitlyn Smith/Bob DiPiero
