Strait Out Of The Box CD

MUSIC

COUNTRY

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. I Just Can't Go On Dying Like This ~ George Strait

2. (That Don't Change) The Way I Feel About You ~ George Strait

3. I Don't Want To Talk It Over Anymore ~ George Strait

4. Unwound ~ George Strait

5. Blame It On Mexico ~ George Strait

6. Her Goodbye Hit Me In The Heart ~ George Strait

7. If You're Thinking You Want A Stranger (There's One Coming Home) ~ George Strait

8. Any Old Love Won't Do - (previously unreleased) ~ George Strait

9. Fool Hearted Memory ~ George Strait

10. Marina Del Rey ~ George Strait

11. I Can't See Texas From Here ~ George Strait

12. Heartbroke ~ George Strait

13. What Would Your Memories Do - (previously unreleased) ~ George Strait

14. Amarillo By Morning ~ George Strait

15. I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name - (previously unreleased) ~ George Strait

16. Fire I Can't Put Out ~ George Strait

17. You Look So Good In Love ~ George Strait

18. 80 Proof Bottle Of Tear Stopper ~ George Strait

Disc 2

Song Title

1. Right Or Wrong ~ George Strait

2. Let's Fall To Pieces Together ~ George Strait

3. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind ~ George Strait

4. Cowboy Rides Away, The ~ George Strait

5. Fireman, The ~ George Strait

6. Chair ~ George Strait

7. You're Something Special To Me ~ George Strait

8. Haven't You Heard ~ George Strait

9. In Too Deep ~ George Strait

10. Lefty's Gone ~ George Strait

11. Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her ~ George Strait

12. It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You ~ George Strait

13. Ocean Front Property ~ George Strait

14. Rhythm Of The Road ~ George Strait

15. Six Pack to Go ~ George Strait

16. All My Ex's Live In Texas ~ George Strait

17. Am I Blue ~ George Strait

18. Famous Last Words Of A Fool ~ George Strait

Disc 3

Song Title

1. Baby Blue ~ George Strait

2. If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') ~ George Strait

3. Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye ~ George Strait

4. Bigger Man Than Me ~ George Strait

5. Hollywood Squares ~ George Strait

6. What's Going On In Your World ~ George Strait

7. Ace In The Hole ~ George Strait

8. Love Without End, Amen ~ George Strait

9. Drinking Champagne ~ George Strait

10. I've Come To Expect It From You ~ George Strait

11. If I Know Me ~ George Strait

12. You Know Me Better Than That ~ George Strait

13. Chill Of An Early Fall, The ~ George Strait

14. Lovesick Blues ~ George Strait

15. Milk Cow Blues ~ George Strait

16. Gone As A Girl Can Get ~ George Strait

17. So Much Like My Dad ~ George Strait

18. Trains Make Me Lonesome ~ George Strait

Disc 4

Song Title

1. Wonderland Of Love ~ George Strait

2. I Cross My Heart ~ George Strait

3. Heartland ~ George Strait

4. When Did You Stop Loving Me ~ George Strait

5. Overnight Male ~ George Strait

6. King Of Broken Hearts, The ~ George Strait

7. Where The Sidewalk Ends ~ George Strait

8. Easy Come, Easy Go ~ George Strait

9. I'd Like To Have That One Back ~ George Strait

10. Lovebug ~ George Strait

11. Man In Love With You, The ~ George Strait

12. Just Look At Me ~ George Strait

13. Stay Out Of My Arms ~ George Strait

14. Big Ball's in Cowtown ~ George Strait

15. Big One ~ George Strait

16. Fly Me to the Moon - (previously unreleased) ~ George Strait

17. Check Yes Or No - (previously unreleased) ~ George Strait

18. I Know She Still Loves Me - (previously unreleased) ~ George Strait

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel includes: George Strait (vocals, guitar); Frank Sinatra, Hank Thompson (vocals); Steve Gibson, Gregg Galbraith, Steve Chapman, Jimmy Capps, Jerry Shook, Fred Newell, Pete Bordonali (guitar); Mike Daily, John Hughey, Weldon Myrick (steel guitar); Cindy Cashdollar (Hawaiian steel guitar); Johnny Gimble (mandolin, fiddle); Mark O'Connor, Gene Elders, Stuart Duncan, Glen Duncan (fiddle); Jim Horn (alto flute, saxophone); Steve Marsh (saxophone); Floyd Domino, Randy McCormick, Ronnie Huckaby, Bill Miller (piano); Mitch Humphries, Hargus "Pig" Robbins (keyboards); Terry Hale, David Hungate, Leland Sklar, Joe Chemay, Emory Gordy, Jr. (bass); Owen Hale, Larrie Londin (drums).
	Asleep At The Wheel includes: Ray Benson, Ricky Turpin, Michael Francis, Tim Alexander, Dave Sanger.
	The Nashville String Machine: George Binkley, John David Boyle, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Virginia Christensen, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Dennis Molchan, Walter Schwede, Donald Teal, Gary Vanosdale, Pamela Vanosdale, Stephanie Woolf.
	Producers include: Don Daily, Blake Mevis, Jimmy Bowen, Tony Brown, George Strait.
	Compilation producer: George Strait.
	Recorded between June 1976 and April 10, 1995. Includes liner notes by Paul Kingsbury, Dee Henry Jenkins and Kay West.
	"Check Yes Or No" won the 1996 Country Music Association Award for Single Of The Year, and George Strait won the C.M.A. award for Male Vocalist Of The Year.
	Personnel: George Strait (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Frank Sinatra, Hank Thompson (vocals); Leon Rhodes (guitar, bass guitar); Ray Benson, Ronnie Brooks, Ron Anthony (guitar); Leo Jackson, Paul Yandell, Gregg Galbraith, Brent Mason (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Steve Chapman , Dave Kirby, David Anthony, Bob Thompson , Jimmy Capps, Joe Barnhill, Pat Flynn , Randy Scruggs, Richard Bennett , Steve Gibson , Jerry Shook, Bobby Thompson (acoustic guitar); Curtis Young (electric guitar, background vocals); Chip Young, Pete Bordonali, Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Rick McRae, Larry Byrom, Leland Sklar, Reggie Young , Benny McArthur, Fred Newell, Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Sonny Garrish (steel guitar, dobro); Cindy Cashdollar, Mike Daily, Hank DeVito, Ruben Gosfeld, Paul Franklin , Weldon Myrick, John Hughey, Buddy Emmons (steel guitar); Johnny Gimble (mandolin, fiddle, saxophone); Ricky Turpin (mandolin, fiddle); Gene Elders, Glen Duncan , Hoot Hester, Bill Mabry, Mark Feldman , Mark O'Connor , Rob Hajacos, Stuart Duncan, Buddy Spicher (fiddle); Jim Horn, Michael Francis, Steve Marsh (saxophone); Steve Nathan (piano, synthesizer); Ronnie Huckaby, John Barlow Jarvis, Matt Rollings, Randy McCormick, Tim Alexander , John Jarvis, Bill Miller , Floyd Domino (piano); Jamie Whiting, John Hobbs, Mitch Humphries, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood (keyboards); Clyde Brooks, David Sanger , Gene Chrisman, Tom Foote, Gregg Field, Bob Gelotte, Phil Fisher, Larrie Londin, Matt Betton, Eddie Bayers, Jerry Kroon, Owen Hale, Jerry Carrigan (drums); Diane Tidwell, Donna Sheridan, Rita Figlio, Gwen Kay, Marcy Cates, Wade McCurdy, Doug Clements, Liana Young, Harry Stinson, Sherilyn Huffman, Sandra Callaway, Arlene Hardin, Bobby Hardin, Judy Rodman, Andrea Zonn, Liana Manis, Louis Dean Nunley, Margie Cates, Buddy Cannon (background vocals).
	Liner Note Author: Paul Kingsbury.
	Recording information: 06/??/1976-04/10/1995.
	Director: Patrick Williams.
	Photographers: Jarrett Gaza; Peter Nash ; Alan Mayor; Beth Gwinn; Don Putnam; Jim McGuire ; Tom Wilkes ; Keith Carter; George Strait; Jim Shea; Rick Henson; Slick Lawson; Jerry Smith; Mark Tucker ; Mike Rutherford .
	Unknown Contributor Roles: Lennie Haight; Donald Teal; Walter Schwede; Dennis Molchan; Pamela VanOsdale; Stephanie Woolf; John David Boyle; George Binkley III; Roy Christensen; Virginia Christensen; Carl Gorodetzky; Marvin Chantry; Gary VanOsdale.
	During the early '80s, when crossover fever ruled the Nashville roost, George Strait did his darndest to keep a sense of tradition within country music's capital. With a sound built on Bob Wills' big-band swing and George Jones' Texas tall tales, and refined through years of playing Lone Star honky-tonks, Strait took Music City by storm, proving that hits and critical praise were not mutually exclusive. Strait embodied mainstream country's glance into its own history during the '80s, and by the end of the decade was among its biggest stars. STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX documents this climb of a neo- traditionalist, spotlighting some unexpected twists and previously unreleased turns.
	The portrait of Strait that emerges is of a stately singer and bandleader, with a skill for finding hits and getting the most out of his sidemen. On the rarely-heard, early singles, his Ace In The Hole band shines, the various string instruments at once echoing the singer's words and cooking up a sweet honky-tonk shuffle. It is a sound he wouldn't readily abandon. By the time of "Unwound," his first country top-ten, Strait had already added a commercial gleam to his Texas swing. The fiddle bounces and cries with a melody reminiscent of Hank, Sr., as Strait tells a mid-tempo tale of a dissolving love. After that, seemingly every song he touched turned into a chart-topper--from the uptown country-pop of "Marina Del Ray," which is like a late-period Beach Boys tune wrapped in a southern twang, to the waltz of "Let's Fall To Pieces Together," which features the plaintive fiddle of Johnny Gimble, to the spare "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind," cushioned by Hank DeVito's steel guitar. The rest, as they say, is history.
	The newest tracks on STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX spotlight Strait's ability to build new sounds out of familiar pieces. "Check Yes Or No" resonates with the big country sound of Garth Brooks and memories of childhood romance, and "Fly Me To The Moon," an unreleased duet with Frank Sinatra, is a light-hearted stroll through the crossroads of their respective styles. Sharing the microphone with the Chairman Of The Board--what better way is there to measure an artist's success?
Musical Guests
	Frank Sinatra
	Asleep At The Wheel
	Hank Thompson
	Mark O'Connor

Artist Overview

George Strait led country's New Traditionalist movement in the early '80s with his updated approach to traditional Western swing and his smooth, romantic crooning. The reclusive superstar's chart success has never flagged since then; he routinely scores multi-platinum albums and singles that linger for weeks at No. 1. Relying on a dependable stable of Nashville's finest songwriters for material, Strait is truly a modern King of Country.

Compilation Appearances

	Tribute To Music Of Bob Wills
	Horse Whisperer
	Now That's What I Call Christmas! The Signature Collection
	Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
	Now That's What I Call Country Vol 2
	Now Country Volume 3
	Now That?s What I Call A Country Part
	Now That?s What I Call Country 4
	Now Country

Associated Artists and Works

	Hit Crew
	Hit Crew (The)
	Jackson, Alan
	Marshall, Brett (Piano)
	On, Pickin'
	Original Soundtrack
	Pickin' On

Technical Info

	Release Date : 09/12/1995
	Original Release Date : 1995
	Catalog ID : AAMCAD411263
	Label : MCA Nashville
	Number of Discs : 5
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00008811126322

Professional Reviews

Journal Of Country Music (Vol.18, Num.1, pp.52-54)
- "...remarkably consistent: the rarely heard, pre-MCA songs...aren't all that different in tone and tempo from the most recent tunes....[he] comes across like the musical equivalent of Gary Cooper's film image: honest, stolid, denying all self-pity, thoroughly admirable in a thoroughly low-key way..."

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Strait Out Of The Box (1995)

Product Details:

Song Listing

Album Notes and Credits

Artist Overview

Compilation Appearances

Associated Artists and Works

Technical Info

Professional Reviews

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