George Strait (album)

George Strait
Studio album by George Strait
Released	September 19, 2000
Recorded	2000
Studio	Ocean Way Nashville and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN).
Genre	Neotraditional 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)
Singles from George Strait
"Go On" Released: July 10, 2000 "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" Released: November 21, 2000 "If You Can Do Anything Else" Released: February 20, 2001

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George Strait is the twentieth studio album, and the self-titled album by American country music singer George Strait, released on September 19, 2000. It was the first album of his career not to achieve Recording Industry Association of America (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, making it the first album in his career since 1992's Holding My Own not to produce a number one hit.

"You're Stronger Than Me" was originally recorded by Patsy Cline in 1962.

Rodney Crowell later recorded "The Night's Just Right for Love" as "The Night's Just Right" on his 2008 album Sex & Gasoline.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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 Black, 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"	Black, J. Fred Knobloch	3:20
10.	"She Took the Wind from His Sails"	Dillon, Kees	3:58

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Musicians

• George Strait – lead vocals
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, mandolin
• Brent Mason – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, gut-string guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (3, 7, 10)
• Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor (3)
• Ronn Huff – string arrangements and conductor (7, 10)
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals
• Liana Manis – backing vocals

Production

• Tony Brown – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Chuck Ainlay – recording, additional first overdub engineer, mixing
• Justin Niebank – recording, overdub recording
• Chad Brown – second engineer
• Mark Ralston – second engineer, mix assistant
• Greg Fogie – additional second engineer
• Tony Green – second overdub engineer, mix assistant
• David Bryant – additional second overdub engineer
• Leslie Richter – additional second overdub engineer
• Eric Conn – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Erv Woolsey – management

Design

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

Charts

Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	30
Chart (2001)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	36

References

• Allmusic (see infobox)