“You know, they say superstition is the lack of faith. “It’s not like I’m superstitious, knock on wood,” said Garth, knocking on his head. As Garth explained in his Inside Studio G session on Facebook on November 23rd, it had to do with setting the right mood. Though superstition seemed like a plausible explanation, there are other Garth records where he did include a 13th track, including his comeback record, 2014’s Man Against Machine.īut superstition was not the culprit, as we find out now. Instead, they featured six seconds of crowd noise. He also didn’t include songs at the 13th track positions of his Double Live album from 1998.

After all, he has shown some superstition in the past, naming his 1997 album Sevens, for example. You let the earlier track run longer at the end…”Ī discussion soon ensued in the comments section for the reason for the missing track, with many giving Garth’s superstition credit for skipping track #13. “Is Garth superstitious? Is he trying to put some distance between a sentimental song in ‘Where The Cross Don’t Burn’ and a fun track in ‘Party Gras’? Either way, that’s not how it’s done. “For some reason, there’s a empty, 2-second track at #13,” Saving Country Music pointed out the review of the album. The reason for the discrepancy was a track at the 13th spot that included two seconds of dead air, and no obvious explanation for it.

Garth Brooks released his latest album Fun on November 20th, and though not previously mentioned or accounted for in any of the verbiage or press releases preceding the album, the work included 15 tracks as opposed to the 14 that had been promised.

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