Strait Out of the Box

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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
Professional reviews
Allmusic Review
George Strait chronology
Lead On (1994) Strait Out of the Box (1995) Blue Clear Sky (1996)

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. Most of the songs are greatest hits, but it contains previously unreleased music as well; songs that were recorded, but were outtakes until 1995. It also contains Strait's three songs 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 1.3 Disc three 1.4 Disc four 2 External links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 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 Willis) – 2:58
8. "Any Old Love Won't Do" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:04
9. "Fool Hearted Memory" (Byron Hill, Alan R. Mevis) – 2:39
10. "Marina del Ray" (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

[edit] 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" (Mark 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 Cahmberlain) – 3:06
18. "Famous Last Words of a Fool" (Dillon, Rex Huston) – 3:26

[edit] 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 Morman, Buddy Emmons) – 3:26
18. "Trains Make Me Lonesome" (Paul Overstreet, Thom Schuyler) – 3:46

[edit] 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, Dan Wells) – 3:20
18. "I Know She Still Loves Me" (Barker, Holmes) – 3:07

[edit] External links

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

v • d • e George Strait Studio albums Strait Country · Strait from the Heart · Right or Wrong · Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind · Something Special · #7 · Ocean Front Property · If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' · Beyond the Blue Neon · Livin' It Up · Chill of an Early Fall · Holding My Own · Pure Country · Easy Come, Easy Go · Lead On · Blue Clear Sky · Carrying Your Love with Me · One Step at a Time · Always Never the Same · George Strait · The Road Less Traveled · Honkytonkville · Somewhere Down in Texas · It Just Comes Natural · Troubadour · Twang Compilation albums Greatest Hits · Greatest Hits Volume Two · Ten Strait Hits · Strait Out of the Box · Latest Greatest Straitest Hits · 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait · 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait · 50 Number Ones · 22 More Hits Specialty albums Merry Christmas Strait to You · Merry Christmas Wherever You Are · For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome · Fresh Cut Christmas · Live at Texas Stadium · Classic Christmas Related articles Discography · Universal Music Group Nashville · Ace in the Hole