Very Best of Strait, Vol. 1: 1981-1987 [Import]

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. Fire I Can't Put Out

8. You Look So Good in Love

9. Right or Wrong

10. Let's Fall to Pieces Together

11. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind

12. Cowboy Rides Away

13. Fireman

14. 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

Tracks:

Unwound
Down and Out
If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)
Fool Hearted Memory
Marina del Rey
Amarillo by Morning
Fire I Can't Put Out
You Look So Good in Love
Right or Wrong
Let's Fall to Pieces Together
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
Cowboy Rides Away
Fireman
Chair
You're Something Special to Me
Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her
It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You
Ocean Front Property
All My Ex's Live in Texas
Am I Blue

The Very Best of Strait, Vol. 1: 1981-1987

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George's first 20 hits

The Very Best of Strait, Vol. 1: 1981-1987
George Strait
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ASIN: B000024Y3E
Release Date: 2002-05-21

Tracks:

Unwound
Down and Out
If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)
Fool Hearted Memory
Marina del Rey
Amarillo by Morning
Fire I Can't Put Out
You Look So Good in Love
Right or Wrong
Let's Fall to Pieces Together
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
Cowboy Rides Away
Fireman
Chair
You're Something Special to Me
Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her
It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You
Ocean Front Property
All My Ex's Live in Texas
Am I Blue

Album Description

Of the 20 songs on The Very Best Of George Strait 1981-1987, 'Down and Out', 'Marina Del Rey', 'Right Or Wrong' & 'Let's Fall To Pieces Together' are some of the more catchy, well sung tunes which you can't help but sing along to. On this collection, you get the songs that made him a star in the first place, beginning with 'Unwound', a top ten country hit. This was followed by 'Down And Out' which was only a top twenty hit. After that, his career really took off. He proved his ability to sing songs in a variety of moods and tempos, ranging from tender ballads to swinging up-tempo songs, all delivered in his particular style - a blend of traditional country and western swing, suitably updated from the eighties. Universal.

Album Details

European Only Anthology Culled from the Gentleman Cowboy's Early Years of Recording in the 1980's that Includes Some of the Most Potent Hits of his Stellar Career Like "Amarillo by Morning", "You Look So Good in Love", "Right Or Wrong", "Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind", "The Chair", "Nobody in his Right Mind Would have Left Her", "All My Ex's Live in Texas" and Many More...each One a True Gem!

Customer Reviews:

DON'T BUY THIS CD.......2005-01-03

I happen to be a huge George Fan, and I would NEVER buy this CD. This is George and Universal Music acting like "The Who", and releasing YET ANOTHER greatest hits package (I think they are up to a DOZEN) You could actually SAVE money, by buying the boxed set, and 50 Strait Hits (So you can get music within the past 10 years), instead of this CD and the Very Best Of Strait (1998-1993).
Between this CD, 1998-1993, "50 Strait Hits", and "The Platinum Collection", GS has released FOUR greatest hits packages in LESS then a year, enough is enough. I am a GS completist, who has bought EVERY GS non-greatest hits package (I have the boxed set "50 Strait Hits", and "Latest Greatest Straitest Hits" (For "The Best Day and "Murder On Music Row")), so I know this man's music. I also know when they want to rip fans off, and that is what they are trying to do. DON"T let them get away with it, and do not buy anymore "New" GS CDs until we get some BRAND NEW MUSIC.

George's first 20 hits.......2003-02-19

You could say that this compilation is unimaginative - it simply contains the first twenty hits of George's long and distinguished career, in date order. Yet that is exactly what makes this collection so good. George was one of the most important new stars of country music in the eighties, and he sustained a successful career throughout the nineties and beyond.

On this collection, you get the songs that made him a star in the first place, beginning with Unwound, a top ten country hit. This was followed by Down and out which was only a top twenty hit. After that, his career really took off. He proved his ability to sing songs in a variety of moods and tempos, ranging from tender ballads to swinging up-tempo songs, all delivered in his particular style - a blend of traditional country with western swing, suitably updated from the eighties.

Among the classics included here, you will find Does Fort Worth ever cross your mind,, All my ex's live in Texas, Right or wrong and Let's fall to pieces together. In case you're thinking that this CD stops too soon, don't worry - there is a second volume covering the period to 1993. Buy and enjoy them both.

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