1 - STRAIT COUNTRY - MCA - 09/1981
Gold (half a million sold)
Debut: 10/03/81
Peak (Country): 26
Weeks: 57
Peak (Pop): /
1. Unwound 2. Honky Tonk Down Stairs 3. Blame It On Mexico 4. If You're Thinking You Want A Stranger 5. I Get Along With You 6. Down And Out 7. Friday Night Fever 8. Every Time You Throw Dirt On Her 9. She's Playing Hell Trying To Get Me To Heaven 10. Her Goodbye Hit Me In The * *(STRAITALY's FAVORITE!)
2 - STRAIT FROM THE HEART - MCA - 06/1982
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 07/17/82
Peak (Country): 18
Weeks: 69
Peak (Pop): /
1. Fool Hearted Memory 2. Honky Tonk Crazy 3. The Only Thing I Have Left 4. The Steal Of The Night 5. I Can't See Texas From Here 6. Marina Del Rey 7. Lover In Disguise 8. Heartbroke 9. Amarillo By Morning 10. A Fire I Can't Put Out
3 - RIGHT OR WRONG - MCA - 10/1983
Gold (half a million sold)
Debut: 11/12/83
Peak (Country):
Weeks:
Peak (Pop): 163
1. You Look So Good In Love 2. Right Or Wrong 3. A Little Heaven's Rubbing Off On Me 4. 80 Proof Bottle Of Tear Stopper 5. Every Time It Rains 6. You're The Cloud I'm On (When I'm High) 7. Let's Fall To Pieces Together 8. I'm Satisfied With You 9. Our Paths May Never Cross 10. Fifteen Years Going Up
4 - DOES FORT WORTH EVER CROSS YOUR MIND - MCA - 09/1984
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 11/03/84
Peak (Country):
Weeks: 70
Peak (Pop): 139
1. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind 2. Any Old Time 3. I Need Someone Like Me 4. You're Dancin' This Dance All Wrong 5. Honky Tonk Saturday Night 6. I Should Have Watched That First Step 7. Love Comes From The Other Side Of Town 8. The Cowboy Rides Away 9. What Did You Expect Me To Do 10. The Fireman
5 - GREATEST HITS - MCA - 03/1985
Debut: 03/30/85
Peak (Country): 4
Weeks:
Peak (Pop): 157
1. Unwound 2. Down And Out 3. If You're Thinking You Want A Stranger 4. Fool Hearted Memory 5. Marina Del Rey 6. Amarillo By Morning 7. A Fire I Can't Put Out 8. You Look So Good In Love 9. Right Or Wrong 10. Let's Fall To Pieces Together
6 - SOMETHING SPECIAL - MCA - 09/1985
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 10/05/85
Peak (Country):
Weeks: 68
Peak (Pop): /
1. You're Something Special To Me 2. Last Time The First Time 3. Haven't You Heard 4. In Too Deep 5. Blue Is Not A Word 6. You Sure Got This Redneck Feelin' Blue 7. The Chair 8. Dance Time In Texas 9. Lefty's Gone 10. I've Seen That Look On Me (A Thousand Times)
7 - #7 - MCA - 05/1986
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 06/14/86
Peak (Country):
Weeks: 54
Peak (Pop): 126
1. Deep Water 2. Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her 3. Rhythm Of The Road 4. I'm Never Gonna Let You Go 5. You Still Get To Me 6. Stranger Things Have Happened 7. It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You 8. Why'd You Go And Break My Heart 9. My Old Flame Is Burnin' Another Honky Tonk Down 10. Cow Town
8 - MERRY CHRISTMAS STRAIT TO YOU - MCA - 09/1986
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 12/13/86
Peak (Country): 17
Weeks: 6
Peak (Pop): /
1. White Christmas (3.01) 2. There's A New Kid In Town (4.25) 3. Winter Wonderland (2.22) 4. Merry Christmas Strait To You (2.38) 5. Away In A Manger (2.43) 6. For Christ Sake, It's Christmas (3.10) 7. Frosty The Snowman (2.16) 8. When It's Christmas Time In Texas (3.07) 9. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2.10) 10. What A Merry Christmas This Could Be (3.02)
9 - OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY - MCA - 01/1987
Debut: 02/14/87
Peak (Country):
Weeks:
Peak (Pop): 117
1. All My Ex's Live In Texas 2. Someone's Walkin' Around Upstairs 3. Am I Blue 4. Ocean Front Property 5. Hot Burning Flames 6. Without You Here 7. My Heart Won't Wander Very Far 8. Second Chances 9. You Can't Buy Your Way Out Of The Blues 10. I'm All Behind You Now
10 - GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2 - MCA - 09/1987
Debut: 10/03/87
Peak (Country):
Weeks:
Peak (Pop): 68
1. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind 2. The Cowboy Rides Away 3. The Fireman 4. The Chair 5. You're Something Special To Me 6. Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her 7. It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You 8. Ocean Front Property 9. All My Ex's Live In Texas 10. Am I Blue
11 - IF YOU AIN'T LOVIN'(YOU AIN'T LIVIN') - MCA - 02/1988
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 04/02/88
Peak (Country):
Weeks: 64
Peak (Pop): 87
1. If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') 2. Under These Conditions 3. Baby Blue 4. Don't Mind If I Do 5. Bigger Than Me 6. Famous Last Words Of A Fool 7. It's Late Now 8. Is It That Time Again 9. Let's Get Down To It 10. Back To Bein' Me
12 - - MCA - 02/1989
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 03/04/89
Peak (Country):
Weeks: 77
Peak (Pop): 92
1. Beyond The Blue Neon 2. Hollywood Squares 3. Overnight Success 4. Ace In The Hole 5. Leavin's Been Comin' (For A Long, Long Time) 6. Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye 7. What's Going On In Your World 8. Angel, Angelina 9. Too Much Of Too Little 10. Oh Me, Oh My Sweet Baby
13 - LIVIN' IT UP - MCA - 05/1990
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 06/09/90
Peak (Country):
Weeks: 76
Peak (Pop): 35
1. Someone Had To Teach You 2. Heaven Must Be Wondering Where You Are 3. I've Come To Expect It From You 4. Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy 5. When You're A Man On Your Own 6. Drinking Champagne 7. We're Supposed To Do That Now And Then 8. She Loves Me (She Don't Love You) 9. Love Without End, Amen 10. Stranger In My Arms
14 - CHILL OF AN EARLY FALL - MCA - 03/1991
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 04/13/91
Peak (Country): 4
Weeks: 58
Peak (Pop): 45
1. The Chill Of An Early Fall 2. I've Convinced Everybody But Me 3. If I Know Me 4. You Know Me Better Than That 5. Anything You Can Spare 6. Home In San Antone 7. Lovesick Blues 8. Milk Cow Blues 9. Her Only Bad Habit Is Me 10. Is It Already Time
15 - TEN STRAIT HITS - MCA - 11/1991
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 01/18/92
Peak (Country): 7
Weeks: 53
Peak (Pop): 46
1. Famous Last Words Of A Fool 2. Baby Blue 3. If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') 4. Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye 5. What's Going On In Your World 6. Ace In The Hole 7. Overnight Success 8. Love Without End, Amen 9. Drinking Champagne 10. I've Come To Expect It From You
16 - HOLDING MY OWN - MCA - 04/1992
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 05/09/92
Peak (Country): 5
Weeks: 32
Peak (Pop): 33
1. You're Right I'm Wrong 2. Holding My Own 3. Gone As A Girl Can Get 4. So Much Like My Dad 5. Trains Make Me Lonesome 6. All Of Me (Loves All Of You) 7. Wonderland Of Love 8. Faults And All 9. It's Alright With Me 10. Here We Go Again
17 - PURE COUNTRY (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) - MCA - 09/1992
Debut: 10/03/92
Peak (Country): (1 week in 1993)
Weeks:
Peak (Pop): 6
1. Heartland 2. Baby Your Baby 3. I Cross My Heart 4. When Did You Stop Loving Me 5. She Lays It All On The Line 6. Overnight Male 7. Last In Love 8. Thoughts Of A Fool 9. The King Of Broken Hearts 10. Where The Sidewalk Ends 11. Heartland (Main Title Sequence)
18 - EASY COME EASY GO - MCA - 09/1993
Debut: 10/16/93
Peak (Country): (1 week)
Weeks: 69
Peak (Pop): 5
1. Stay Out Of My Arms 2. Just Look At Me 3. Easy Come, Easy Go 4. I'd Like To Have That One Back 5. Lovebug 6. I Wasn't Fooling Around 7. Without Me Around 8. The Man In Love With You 9. That's Where My Baby Feels At Home 10. We Must Be Loving Right
19 - LEAD ON - MCA - 11/1994
Platinum (1 million sold)
Debut: 11/26/94
Peak (Country): (2 weeks)
Weeks: 74
Peak (Pop): 26
1. You Can't Make A Heart Love Somebody 2. Adalida 3. I Met A Friend Of Yours Today 4. Nobody Has To Get Hurt 5. Down Louisiana Way 6. Lead On 7. What Am I Waiting For 8. The Big One 9. I'll Always Be Loving You 10. No One But You
20 - STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX - MCA - 09/1995
Debut: 09/30/95
Peak (Country):
Weeks:
Peak (Pop): 43
(4 cd box set - includes a 72-page booklet - to mark his fifteenth years a recording artist - George Strait personally selected the 72 tracks in this collection - the mix includes:
- 42 hit singles, from 1981 through 1995
- 19 choice album cuts
- 31 # 1 singles included (plus his 32nd # 1)
- 3 singles Strait cut for D RECORDS in the late 1970s, prior to signing with MCA
- guest vocal performances with Hank Thompson and Asleep At The Wheel and a previously unreleased duet with Frank Sinatra
- 3 previously unreleased MCA studio masters from 1982 and 1983
- 2 brand-new 1995 tracks)
21 - BLUE CLEAR SKY - MCA - 04/1996
Debut: 05/11/96
Peak (Country): (1 week)
Weeks: 77(+)
Peak (Pop): 7
1. Blue Clear Sky 2. Carried Away 3. Rockin' In The Arms Of Your Memory 4. She Knows When You're On My Mind 5. I Ain't Never Seen No One Like You 6. I Can Still Make Cheyenne 7. King Of The Mountain 8. Do The Right Thing 9. I'd Just As Soon Go 10. Need I Say More
22 - CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME - MCA - 04/1997
Debut: 05/10/97
Peak (Country): (6 weeks)
Weeks: 25(+)
Peak (Pop): (1 week)
1. Round About Way (3.02) 2. Carrying Your Love With Me (3.50) 3. One Night At A Time (3.49) 4. She'll Leave You With A Smile (3.06) 5. Won't You Come Home (And Talk To A Stranger) (2.49) 6. Today My World Slipped Away (3.12) 7. I've Got A Funny Feeling (3.00) 8. The Nerve (4.06) 9. That's Me (Every Chance I Get) (2.16) 10. A Real Good Place To Start (3.53)
23 - ONE STEP AT A TIME - MCA - 04/1998
Platinum (1 million sold after only one month)
Debut: 05/00/98
Peak (Country):
Weeks: 25(+)
Peak (Pop):
1. I Just Want To Dance With You 2. One Step At A Time 3. True 4. Remember The Alamo 5. Maria 6. We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This 7. Why Not Now 8. That's The Breaks 9. Neon Row 10. You Haven't Left Me Yet
24 - ALWAYS NEVER THE SAME - MCA - 03/1999
Platinum
Debut: 03/02/99
Peak (Country):
Weeks: 10+
Peak (Pop):
1. Meanwhile 2. Write This Down 3. That's The Truth 4. What Do You Say To That 5. Peace Of Mind 6. That's Where I Want To Take Our Love 7. Always Never The Same 8. One Of You 9. I Look At You 10. 4 Minus 3 Equals Zero
GEORGE STRAIT'S ALBUMS
DISTRIBUTED IN ITALY /
ALBUMS DI GEORGE STRAIT
DISTRIBUITI IN ITALIA
ONE STEP AT A TIME - MCA - 04/1998
1. I Just Want To Dance With You 2. One Step At A Time 3. True 4. Remember The Alamo 5. Maria 6. We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This 7. Why Not Now 8. That's The Breaks 9. Neon Row 10. You Haven't Left Me Yet
NOTE: The cd cover-booklet and the tracks listed are the same, only the label/catalogue # (UMD 80486) on it is different
THE VERY BEST OF GEORGE STRAIT 1981 - 1987 - MCA/UNIVERSAL - 04/1998
1. Unwound 2. Down And Out 3. If You're Thinking You Want A Stranger (There's One Coming Home) 4. Fool Hearted Memory 5. Marina Del Rey 6. Amarillo By Morning 7. A Fire I Can't Put Out 8. You Look So Good In Love 9. Right Or Wrong 10. Let's Fall In Pieces Together 11. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind 12. The Cowboy Rides Away 13. The Fireman 14. The Chair 15. You're Something Special To Me 16. Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her 17. It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You 18. Ocean Front Property 19. All My Ex's Live In Texas 20. Am I Blue