Man Against Machine is Garth Brooks’ ninth studio album, which was released in November 2014, his first studio album since Scarecrow, which was released in 2001. Brooks proudly doesn't deviate from any of his trademarks: he cranks up the amps on the title track, slides into sticky sentimentality on "Mom“, relishes a good story on "All-American Kid“, indulges in the breezy yacht rock sounds of the '70s on "Wrong About You“, and guns for adult contemporary on "People Loving People“. "There are no surprises, but that's what's welcome about Man Against Machine. Brooks doesn't try to do anything differently; he just picks up where he left off and the time away has only made it clearer how he's different from all that came before and all that came since.“