George Strait (album)

George Strait
Studio album by George Strait
Released	September 19, 2000
Recorded	2000
Studio	Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	34:25
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Tony Brown George Strait
George Strait chronology
Latest Greatest Straitest Hits (2000) George Strait (2000) The Road Less Traveled (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

George Strait is the twentieth studio 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

1. "If You Can Do Anything Else" (Billy Livsey, Don Schlitz) – 4:06
2. "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" (Jim Lauderdale, Carter Wood) – 2:04
3. "Looking Out My Window Through the Pain" (John Schweers) – 3:39
4. "Go On" (Tony Martin, Mark Nesler) – 3:48
5. "If It's Gonna Rain" (Dean Dillon, Scotty Emerick, Donny Kees) – 3:46
6. "Home Improvement" (Dana Hunt, Tim Ryan Rouillier) – 2:45
7. "The Night's Just Right for Love" (Rodney Crowell) – 3:57
8. "You're Stronger Than Me" (Hank Cochran, Jimmy Key) – 2:52
9. "Which Side of the Glass" (Hunt, Fred Knobloch) – 3:20
10. "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 guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• George Strait – lead vocals
• 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)

Design

• Tom Bert – photography
• Jerry Joyner – design
• Chris Ferrara – design

Chart positions

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	7
Canadian RPM Country Albums	8

References

1. Allmusic review
2. George Strait (CD). George Strait. MCA Records. 2000. 088170166.

• Allmusic (see infobox)