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Music CD - George Strait: 22 More Hits
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Music CD: 22 More Hits
Artist: George Strait
List Price: $13.98
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Manufacturer: MCA Nashville
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1. How 'Bout Them Cowgirls'
2. Amarillo By Morning
3. The Fireman
4. Gone As A Girl Can Get
5. When Did You Stop Loving Me
6. Marina Del Rey
7. Desperately
8. The Cowboy Rides Away
9. Lovebug
10. Cowboys Like Us
11. She Let Herself Go
12. You'll Be There
13. Don't Make Me Come Over There And Love You
14. What Do You Say To That
15. Drinking Champagne
16. You're Something Special To Me
17. Meanwhile
18. Adalida
19. If You Can Do Anything Else
20. Unwound
21. If You're Thinking You Want A Stranger (There's One Coming Home)
22. Overnight Success
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517505926
Label: MCA Nashville
Manufacturer: MCA Nashville
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: MCA Nashville
Release Date: 2007-11-13
Studio: MCA Nashville
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Customer Rating:
Summary: ANOTHER GREAT CD
Comment: This cd has every hit that didn't make it to number 1 , the packaging is excellent A++++++++++++++.
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Summary: My Favorite Cowboy
Comment: George Strait can deliver a song like no one else. For years we Texans have danced, sung, reminisced and fallen in love with George's songs. He is a master at what he does. This album includes many of his best.
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Summary: a wonderful collection
Comment: This 22 song CD is a companion set with a 2004 CD called "50 Number Ones". This latest offering, "22 More Hits", features 21 hit singles for George Strait that didn't hit #1 but were radio hits and fan favorites. The collection does contain a #1 hit, though: "She Let Herself Go". I would have held off putting that single on here and instead replaced it with one of the Top-20 hits he released. There are several of his Top-20 hits missing, including "Down and Out", "King of the Mountain", and the more recent efforts: "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" and "Seashores of Old Mexico". I would've held off putting "She Let Herself Go" on here in favor of one or more of those Top-20 hits i mentioned to keep the flow of non-number one singles. I would've saved "She Let Herself Go" for a future release containing the three other hits from the IT JUST COMES NATURAL cd and the current TROUBADOUR cd.
Whatever the case, 20 songs on this collection showcase all of George Strait's Top-10 hits during the years of 1981 through 2007...the fact that so many of his songs hit #1 it's easy to mistake several of the songs on here as #1 hits even if they really didn't go all the way. Two of Strait's songs, "The Fireman" and "The Cowboy Rides Away", were among the songs that fans were puzzled by since neither song was on the 50 Number Ones collection from 2004...two of his most popular songs in concert...so, according to George Strait, this "22 More Hits" collection was put together to spotlight many of the hit songs that didn't reach #1 with a heavy emphasis on the material recorded the last 5-6 years.
This is a perfect companion set to 2004's "50 Number Ones"...both CD's feature similar cover art. The CD kicks off with his current Top-10 hit, the #3 smash "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls". The reason behind this, obviously, is to promote his current single at the same time promote his previous hit songs. "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls" is also on the album IT JUST COMES NATURAL, released in 2006. As mentioned earlier, quite a few of these hits are from the last 5-6 years with just enough '80s and '90s hit singles from Strait to entice sales...this is the track listing and the chart position each hit song achieved:
1. How 'Bout Them Cowgirls; 2007 #3
2. Amarillo By Morning; 1983 #4
3. The Fireman; 1985 #5
4. Gone as a Girl Can Get; 1992 #5
5. When Did You Stop Loving Me; 1993 #6
6. Marina Del Rey; 1983 #6
7. Desperately; 2004 #6
8. The Cowboy Rides Away; 1985 #5
9. Lovebug; 1994 #8
10. Cowboys Like Us; 2003 #2
11. She Let Herself Go; 2005 #1
12. You'll Be There; 2005 #4
13. Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You; 2001 #17
14. What Do You Say To That; 1999 #4
15. Drinking Champagne; 1990 #4
16. You're Something Special To Me; 1986 #4
17. Meanwhile; 1999 #4
18. Adalida; 1995 #3
19. If You Can Do Anything Else; 2001 #5
20. Unwound; 1981 #6
21. If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger; 1982 #3
22. Overnight Success; 1990 #8
This "22 More Hits" and the earlier "50 Number Ones" from 2004 are both essential for the casual fan who does not own the individual albums from which the hits originally appeared on. "22 More Hits" spotlights every Top-10 single that didn't hit #1 for Strait with the inclusion of the #1 hit, "She Let Herself Go", and the Top-20 hit, "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You", making the collection have it's total of 22 songs. "She Let Herself Go" was released as a single and hit #1 after the release of the 50 Number Ones collection as to why it's included on this collection of non-number one hits.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great addition to our collection!
Comment: We have always been fans of George Strait and he certainly came through on this one. We enjoy the compilation and the CD has a great "flow" to it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Great George Strait
Comment: I have all of these, but getting all of not quite #1's on one CD was a great buy. Also, I love "How 'bout them Cowgirls?"
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Editorial Reviews:
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George Strait has amassed so many charting singles that his record company has nearly run out of compilation titles. Now, fresh from Strait's 2007 CMA Album of the Year Award (for It Just Comes Natural), here comes 22 More Hits, a collection of singles that stopped short of number one but which built his career. "The Fireman," "When Did You Stop Loving Me," and "Lovebug" are fine reminders of his bar-stool-hugging days, when Strait spoke the honky-tonk gospel in a flat Texas drawl. That, of course, was before he waved goodbye to George Jones and Buck Owens (let alone western-swing master Bob Wills) and shaved off most of his rough edges for overwhelmingly smooth, mid-tempo fare like "How `Bout Them Cowgirls." An appreciative nod to females everywhere, if not all the girls he's loved before, it's a perfect example of how Strait, the consummate country crooner, can elevate average material to glory. But it's also an indication of just how perilously close he could come to being the Julio Iglesias of Nashville if he doesn't watch it. Spin a song like "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" and you'll remember when Strait could be downright--gasp--dangerous! --Alanna Nash
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