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Beyoncé Fans Are Not Happy That Some ‘Cowboy Carter’ Songs Were Cut From CD and Vinyl

Amid the acclaim for Beyoncé’s 'Cowboy Carter,' there is a growing controversy among fans as the album is missing some key tracks on physical copies.

“She first appears at the beginning of ‘Spaghettii,’ calling genres ‘a funny little concept” before Bey goes full trap-country on that track with fellow genre-bender Shaboozey,” Brittany Spanos’ review states. The BBC speculates that, due to the months-long wait for vinyl pressing plants, the five omitted songs were likely added to the track list after the albums were already pressed, and that even the Cowboy Carter album title itself was a last-minute change: The spine and artwork of the preordered physical copies bear the title act ii: Beyincé, with no mention of Cowboy Carter outside of a sticker applied to sealed copies. While some fans — many of whom ordered multiple copies of the limited-edition, one-time-only pressings — have turned to social media demanding refunds, Beyoncé’s webstore didn’t post a vinyl or CD track list prior to the album’s arrival Friday.

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