George Strait (album)
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| Studio album by George Strait | ||||
| Released | September 19, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:25 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer |
Tony Brown George Strait | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
George Strait is a self-titled 2000 album by country singer George Strait. The first album of his career not to achieve RIAA platinum certification, it produced three singles for him on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: "Go On" at #2, "Don't Make Me Come over There and Love You" at #17, and "If You Can Do Anything Else" at #5.
Track listing
- "If You Can Do Anything Else" (Billy Livsey, Don Schlitz) - 4:06
- "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" (Jim Lauderdale, Carter Wood) - 2:04
- "Looking Out My Window Through the Pain" (John Schweers) - 3:39
- "Go On" (Tony Martin, Mark Nesler) - 3:48
- "If It's Gonna Rain" (Dean Dillon, Scotty Emerick, Donny Kees) - 3:46
- "Home Improvement" (Dana Hunt, Tim Ryan Rouillier) - 2:45
- "The Night's Just Right for Love" (Rodney Crowell) - 3:57
- "You're Stronger Than Me" (Hank Cochran, Jimmy Key) - 2:52
- "Which Side of the Glass" (Hunt, Fred Knobloch) - 3:20
- "She Took the Wind from His Sails" (Dillon, Kees) - 3:58
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[2]
Musicians
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Steve Gibson - acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin
- Wes Hightower - background vocals
- Liana Manis - background vocals
- Brent Mason - electric & acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
- Steve Nathan - keyboards
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
The Nashville String Machine performs on "Looking Out My Window Through Pain" directed by Bergen White and "The Night's Just Right for Love" and "She Took the Wind from His Sails" directed by Ron Huff.
Production
- Chuck Ainlay - engineering and mixing
- Chad Brown - 2nd engineer
- David Bryant - additional 2nd engineer (overdubs)
- Eric Conn - digital editing
- Justin Niebank - engineering (overdubs)
- Jessie Noble - project coordinator
- Mark Ralston - 2nd engineer
- Leslie Richter - additional 2nd engineer (overdubs)
- Greg Fogie - additional 2nd engineer
- Tony Green - 2nd Engineer (Overdubs)
Art
- Photography: Tom Bert
- Design: Jerry Joyner and Chris Ferrara
Chart performance
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 7 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 8 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ George Strait (CD). George Strait. MCA Records. 2000. 088170166.
- Allmusic (see infobox)
| Preceded by Coyote Ugly by Various Artists |
Top Country Albums number-one album October 7–13, 2000 |
Succeeded by Greatest Hits by Kenny Chesney |
