''Fun'' is the eleventh studio album by American

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artist

Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American Country music, country singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him his immense popularity, particularly in the United States, ...

. Announced in 2018, the album experienced production delays and its release was postponed due to the

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, eventually culminating in a release date of November 20, 2020. The

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, " All Day Long", was released on June 19, 2018, followed by a second single, " Stronger Than Me", on November 19, 2018. The third single, "

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", a duet featuring

Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin (Blake Shelton song), Austin" from his Blake Shelton (album), self ...

, was released on June 18, 2019. The fourth single, "Shallow", a duet featuring

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, 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

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via

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prior to the album's release.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. *Roy Agee – horns *David Angell – strings *Monisa Angell – strings *Sam Bacco –

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*Jeff Bailey – horns *Robert Bailey – backing vocals *Carrie Bailey – strings *Kevin Bate – strings *

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–

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*Jenny Bifano – strings *Bruce Bouton –

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and

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s *

– vocals,

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, 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,

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*Mark Douthit – horns *Jason Eskridge – backing vocals *Connie Ellisor – strings *Kim Fleming – backing vocals *Quentin Flowers – strings *Barry Green – horns *Rob Hajacos –

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

*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 –

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*Blair Masters – keyboards and piano *Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle *Joey Miskulin –

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*Doug Moffet – horns *Wendy Moten – backing vocals *Billy Panda – acoustic guitar *Steve Patrick – horns *

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– duet vocals on "Where the Cross Don't Burn" *Carole Rabinowitz-Neune – strings *

– duet vocals on "Dive Bar" *Milton Sledge – drums, percussion *

Caitlyn Smith Caitlyn Elizabeth Smith (born June 13, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She was raised in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Smith's debut album '' Starfire'' was released on Monument Records on January 19, 2018. Her second studio alb ...

– 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 Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...

– bass guitar *

– background vocals, duet vocals on "Shallow"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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