7 (George Strait album)
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| Released | May 14, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | January 1986 | |||
| Studio | The Castle (Franklin, TN) and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN). | |||
| Genre | Neotraditional country[1] | |||
| Length | 26:48 | |||
| Label | MCA MCAD-5750 | |||
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| George Strait chronology | ||||
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| Singles from #7 | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[2] |
| Rolling Stone | (average)[3] |
#7 is the sixth studio album by American country music artist George Strait—his seventh album including his Greatest Hits—released on May 14, 1986, by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA and it produced two singles: "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" (which had previously been recorded by Dean Dillon in 1980), and "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You", both of which reached Number One on the country charts in 1986. "Deep Water" is a cover of a 1948 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys song. "Cow Town" is a cover of a 1962 Webb Pierce song.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Deep Water" | Fred Rose | 2:31 |
| 2. | "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" | Dean Dillon | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Rhythm of the Road" | Dan McCoy | 2:16 |
| 4. | "I'm Never Gonna Let You Go" | Clay Blaker | 3:08 |
| 5. | "You Still Get to Me" | McCoy | 2:03 |
| 6. | "Stranger Things Have Happened" | David Chamberlain | 2:48 |
| 7. | "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You" | Dillon, Royce Porter | 2:49 |
| 8. | "Why'd You Go and Break My Heart" | David Anthony | 2:39 |
| 9. | "My Old Flame Is Burnin' Another Honky Tonk Down" | Mack Vickery, Wayne Kemp, Bobby Borchers | 2:55 |
| 10. | "Cow Town" | Hal Burns, Tex Ritter | 2:49 |
| Total length: | 26:48[1] | ||
Personnel
[edit]- George Strait – lead vocals
- John Barlow Jarvis – pianos
- Richard Bennett – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – backing vocals
Production
- Jimmy Bowen – producer
- George Strait – producer
- Willie Pevear – recording
- Chuck Ainlay – overdub recording
- Bob Bullock – overdub recording
- Mark J. Coddington – second engineer
- Tim Kish – second engineer
- Keith Odle – second engineer
- Russ Martin – second engineer
- Ron Treat – mixing
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Peter Nash – photography
- Simon Levy – art direction
- Camille Brown – design
- Erv Woolsey – management
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c AllMusic review
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
