7 (George Strait album)
| #7 | ||||
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| Studio album by George Strait | ||||
| Released | May 14, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 26:48 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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| George Strait chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| 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" and "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You", both of which reached Number One on the country charts in 1986.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | Dan 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
- George Strait – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – background vocals
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
- Richard Bennett – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Production
- Recorded by Willie Pevear – recording
- Overdubs by Bob Bullock – overdubs
- Chuck Ainlay – overdubs
- Mixed by Ron Treat – mixingh
- Mark J. Coddington – engineer
- Keith Odle – engineer
- Tim Kish – engineer
- Russ Martin – engineer
- Peter Nash – photography
- Simon Levy – art direction
- Camille Brown – design
Chart positions
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 127 |
References
| Preceded by Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. by Dwight Yoakam |
Top Country Albums number-one album July 12 – August 2, 1986 |
Succeeded by Storms of Life by Randy Travis |
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