''George Strait'' is the twentieth studio album by American country music singer

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. The first album of his career not to achieve

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platinum certification, it produced three singles for him on the ''

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'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now

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) 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 ''Holding My Own'' is the twelfth studio album by American country music singer George Strait. It was released by MCA Records and features the singles "Gone as a Girl Can Get" and "So Much Like My Dad", both of which charted in the Top 5 on the ...

” 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

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Musicians

– lead vocals * Steve Nathan – keyboards * Steve Gibson – acoustic guitars, electric guitars,

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* Brent Mason – acoustic guitars, electric guitars,

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* Paul Franklin –

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–

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, mandolin * Glenn Worf – bass guitar * Eddie Bayers – drums *

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– 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

Year-end charts

References

*Allmusic (see infobox) {{Authority control 2000 albums George Strait albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Tony Brown (record producer)