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.
Contents
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