Strait Country

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Strait Country
Strait Country cover
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

  1. "Unwound" (Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus) – 2:24
  2. "Honky Tonk Downstairs" (Dallas Frazier) – 2:31
  3. "Blame It on Mexico" (Darryl Staedler) – 2:45
  4. "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" - (Blake Mevis, David Willis) – 2:55
  5. "I Get Along With You" (Dillon, Dycus, Murray F. Cannon, Raleigh Squires, Jimmy Darrell) – 2:40
  6. "Down and Out" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:23
  7. "Friday Night Fever" (Mevis, Dillon, Dycus) – 2:27
  8. "Every Time You Throw a Little Dirt On Her (You Lose a Little Ground)" (Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro) – 3:05
  9. "She's Playing Hell Trying to Get Me to Heaven" (Dillon, Charles Quillen, David Willis) – 2:39
  10. "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