Strait Country
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Strait Country | ||
Studio album by George Strait | ||
Released | 1981 | |
Recorded | N/A | |
Genre | Country | |
Length | 27:51 | |
Label | MCA Records | |
Producer(s) | Blake Mevis | |
George Strait chronology | ||
---|---|---|
Strait Country (1981) |
Strait From The Heart (1982) |
Strait Country is country music artist George Strait's debut 1981 MCA Records release (see 1981 in music). It has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
Contents |
[edit] Singles
- Unwound
- If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)
- Down and Out
[edit] Track listing
- "Unwound" (Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus) – 2:24
- "Honky Tonk Downstairs" (Dallas Frazier) – 2:31
- "Blame It on Mexico" (Darryl Staedler) – 2:45
- "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" - (Blake Mevis, David Willis) – 2:55
- "I Get Along With You" (Dillon, Dycus, Murray F. Cannon, Raleigh Squires, Jimmy Darrell) – 2:40
- "Down and Out" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:23
- "Friday Night Fever" (Mevis, Dillon, Dycus) – 2:27
- "Every Time You Throw a Little Dirt On Her (You Lose a Little Ground)" (Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro) – 3:05
- "She's Playing Hell Trying to Get Me to Heaven" (Dillon, Charles Quillen, David Willis) – 2:39
- "Her Goodbye Hit Me In the Heart" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:02
- Total time: 27:51
[edit] Personnel
- Sonny Garish - steel guitar
- Fred Newell - lead guitar
- Mitch Humphries - keyboard
- Mike Leach - bass guitar
- Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar
- Jerry Shook - rhythm guitar
- Dave Kirby - rhythm guitar
- Bobby Thompson - rhythm guitar
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Buddy Spicher - fiddle
- Jerry Kroon - drums
- Clyde Brooks - drums
- Bob Gelotte - drums
- Curtis Young - background vocals
- Sudie Callaway - background vocals
- Arlene Harden - background vocals
- Diane Tidwell - background vocals
- Sherri Huffman - background vocals
- Rita Figlio - background vocals
[edit] Billboard Charts
- Country Albums, #26
- Unwound - Country Singles, #6
- If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home) - Country Singles, #3
- Down and Out - Country Singles, #16