Strait Out of the Box

Strait Out of the Box
Box set by George Strait
Released	12 September 1995
Recorded	June 1976 - 10 April 1995
Genre	Country
Length	Disc 1 - 51:42 Disc 2 - 53:12 Disc 3 - 59:25 Disc 4 - 52:56 Total - 3:37:15
Label	MCA
Producer	George Strait Phil Ramone Blake Mevis Don Daily Hank Cattaneo Tony Brown Jimmy Bowen Ray Benson Ray Baker Joe Barnhill
George Strait chronology
Lead On (1994) Strait Out of the Box (1995) Blue Clear Sky (1996)

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Strait Out of the Box is country music singer George Strait's box set. It contains four CDs worth of music, dating from 1976 all the way to 1995. It mainly consists of Strait's singles, except for a select few that Strait decided to leave off. They were replaced by Strait's choice of album cuts and several studio outtakes. In addition, it also contains Strait's three singles recorded in the 1970's for indie label D Records.

"Check Yes or No" and "I Know She Still Loves Me" were both released from this set as singles. Respectively, they reached #1 and #5 on the Billboard country charts.

As of 2006, it was the bestselling country music box set of all time, selling more than eight million copies, and is second only to the Live/1975–85 box set by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in sales.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This" (George Strait) – 2:46
2. "(That Don't Change) The Way I Feel About You" (Strait) – 2:11
3. "I Don't Want to Talk It Over Anymore" (Strait) – 3:11
4. "Unwound" (Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus) – 2:26
5. "Blame It on Mexico" (Darryl Staedler) – 2:51
6. "Her Goodbye Hit Me in the Heart" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:05
7. "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" (Blake Mevis, David Wills) – 2:58
8. "Any Old Love Won't Do" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:04
9. "Fool Hearted Memory" (Byron Hill, Mevis) – 2:39
10. "Marina del Rey" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:03
11. "I Can't See Texas from Here" (Strait) – 2:30
12. "Heartbroke" (Guy Clark) – 3:34
13. "What Would Your Memories Do" (Hank Cochran, Dillon) – 3:18
14. "Amarillo by Morning" (Terry Stafford, Paul Fraser) – 2:53
15. "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name" (Lee Emerson) – 2:45
16. "A Fire I Can't Put Out" (Staedtler) – 3:00
17. "You Look So Good in Love" (Glen Ballard, Rory Michael Bourke, Kerry Chater) – 3:13
18. "80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper" (Staedtler) – 2:15

Disc two

1. "Right or Wrong" (Paul Biese, Haven Gillespie, Arthur L. Sizemore) – 2:06
2. "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" (Dickey Lee, Tommy Rocco, Johnny Russell) – 2:55
3. "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" (Sanger D. Shafer, Darlene Shafer) – 3:15
4. "The Cowboy Rides Away" (Sonny Throckmorton, Casey Kelly) – 3:23
5. "The Fireman" (Mack Vickery, Wayne Kemp) – 2:35
6. "The Chair" (Cochran, Dillon) – 2:50
7. "You're Something Special to Me" (David Anthony) – 3:20
8. "Haven't You Heard" (Red Lane, Kemp) – 2:55
9. "In Too Deep" (Jerry Max Lane, Erv Woolsey) – 2:38
10. "Lefty's Gone" (S. D. Shafer) – 3:15
11. "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" (Dillon) – 2:51
12. "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You" (Dillon, Royce Porter) – 2:51
13. "Ocean Front Property" (Dillon, Cochran, Porter) – 3:07
14. "Rhythm of the Road" (Dan McCoy) – 2:17
15. "Six Pack to Go" (Dick Hart, Johnny Lowe, Hank Thompson) – 3:02
    • duet with Hank Thompson
16. "All My Ex's Live in Texas" (S. D. Shafer, Lyndia J. Shafer) – 3:20
17. "Am I Blue" (David Chamberlain) – 3:06
18. "Famous Last Words of a Fool" (Dillon, Rex Huston) – 3:26

Disc three

1. "Baby Blue" (Barker) – 3:34
2. "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" (Tommy Collins) – 2:20
3. "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" (Tony Martin, Troy Martin) – 3:30
4. "Bigger Man Than Me" (Curtis Wayne) – 2:51
5. "Hollywood Squares" (Larry Cordle, Wayland Patton, Jeff Tanguay) – 2:43
6. "What's Going On in Your World" (David Chamberlain, Porter, Red Steagall) – 3:28
7. "Ace in the Hole" (Dennis Adkins) – 2:38
8. "Love Without End, Amen" (Barker) – 3:07
9. "Drinking Champagne" (Bill Mack) – 3:35
10. "I've Come to Expect It from You" (Buddy Cannon, Dillon) – 3:45
11. "If I Know Me" (Pam Belford, Dillon) – 2:42
12. "You Know Me Better Than That" (Anna Lisa Graham, Tony Haselden) – 3:03
13. "The Chill of an Early Fall" (Green Daniel, Gretchen Peters) – 3:32
14. "Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) – 2:57
15. "Milk Cow Blues" (Kokomo Arnold) – 5:12
16. "Gone as a Girl Can Get" (Jerry Max Lane) – 3:16
17. "So Much Like My Dad" (Chips Moman, Buddy Emmons) – 3:26
18. "Trains Make Me Lonesome" (Paul Overstreet, Thom Schuyler) – 3:46

Disc four

1. "Wonderland of Love" (Wayne) – 2:56
2. "I Cross My Heart" (Steve Dorff, Eric Kaz) – 3:31
3. "Heartland" (Dorff, John Bettis) – 2:18
4. "When Did You Stop Loving Me" (Donny Kees, Monty Holmes) – 2:50
5. "Overnight Male" (Richard Fagan, Kim Williams, Ron Harbin) – 2:36
6. "The King of Broken Hearts" (Jim Lauderdale) – 3:09
7. "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (Lauderdale, John Leventhal) – 3:10
8. "Easy Come, Easy Go" (Barker, Dillon) – 3:05
9. "I'd Like to Have That One Back" (Barker, Bill Shore, Rick West) – 3:52
10. "Lovebug" (Kemp, Wayne) – 2:51
11. "The Man in Love with You" (Dorff, Gary Harju) – 3:23
12. "Just Look at Me" (Gerald Smith, Wayne) – 3:10
13. "Stay out of My Arms" (Lauderdale) – 2:36
14. "Big Ball's in Cowtown" (Hoyle Nix) – 2:42
    • feat. Asleep at the Wheel
15. "The Big One" (Gerry House, Devon O'Day) – 2:10
16. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:10
    • duet with Frank Sinatra
17. "Check Yes or No" (Dana Hunt Oglesby, Danny Wells) – 3:20
18. "I Know She Still Loves Me" (Barker, Holmes) – 3:07

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	9
U.S. Billboard 200	43
Canadian RPM Country Albums	7

External links

• George Strait official website album page
• Allmusic album main page