The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album)

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The Road Less Traveled
Studio album by George Strait
Released	November 6, 2001
Genre	Country
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Tony Brown and George Strait
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
George Strait chronology
George Strait (2000) The Road Less Traveled (2001) Honkytonkville (2003)

The Road Less Traveled is an album by country artist George Strait released by MCA Nashville in 2001. Certified platinum for sales of one million copies, the album produced the hits "Run", "She'll Leave You with a Smile" and "Living and Living Well", the latter two of which were #1 hits on the Billboard country charts. "Stars on the Water" and "The Real Thing" also charted at #50 and #60 from unsolicited airplay.

Four of this album's songs are covers:

• "Stars on the Water" — Rodney Crowell on his 1981 album Rodney Crowell
• "The Real Thing" — Chip Taylor (as "(I Want) The Real Thing") on his 1973 album Chip Taylor's Last Chance
• "Good Time Charley's" — Jim Reeves on his 1969 album Down at Good Time Charlie's
• "My Life's Been Grand" — Merle Haggard on his 1986 album Out Among the Stars

[edit] Track listing

1. "She'll Leave You With a Smile" (Odie Blackmon, Jay Knowles) - 2:58
2. "Run" (Tony Lane, Anthony Smith) - 4:05
3. "Stars on the Water" (Rodney Crowell) - 3:43
4. "Living and Living Well" (Tony Martin, Mark Nesler, Tom Shapiro) - 3:38
5. "The Real Thing" (Chip Taylor) - 3:33
6. "Don't Tell Me You're Not in Love" (Tony Colton, Kim Williams, Bobby Wood) - 3:32
7. "The Road Less Traveled" (Buddy Brock, Dean Dillon) - 3:54
8. "The Middle of Nowhere" (Shawn Camp, John Scott Sherrill) - 3:14
9. "Good Time Charley's" (Jerry Chestnut) - 2:31
10. "My Life's Been Grand" (Merle Haggard, Terry Gordon) - 2:38

[edit] Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Steve Conn – accordion
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar

strings performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction and arrangement of Steve Dorff.