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 enlarge | Artist: George Strait
Label: MCA Nashville
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 1341
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001025802
UPC: 602517505926
EAN: 0602517505926
ASIN: B000WCDI78
Release Date: November 13, 2007
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ANOTHER GREAT CD May 4, 2008
This cd has every hit that didn't make it to number 1 , the packaging is excellent A++++++++++++++.
My Favorite Cowboy May 3, 2008
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.
a wonderful collection April 6, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
Great addition to our collection! March 2, 2008
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.
The Great George Strait February 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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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