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George Strait is one of the leading proponents of a traditional country music that is styled with Texas swing, delivering his music with a rich, no frills voice and a straight-ahead delivery.
PURE COUNTRY is the soundtrack to Strait's film debut, offering a variety of swinging shuffles, traditional honky tonk, weepy ballads and country rockers. He wears his influences proudly, and having been doing it so well for so long, he has, in turn, become a major influence on the next generation of new traditionalists. One can clearly hear Merle Haggard, Bob Wills and George Jones in his music; but give a listen to new guys like Clay Walker, and you'll hear a distinctive George Strait influence.
Riding a flat-bed of fiddle, pedal steel and genuinely heartfelt vocals, Strait takes the listener on a tour of the country singer's world. On the uptempo "Heartland," George explains that to "sing a song about the heartland" is to "sing a song about my life." The album's hit, "I Cross My Heart," is a strong love ballad co-written by one of Nashville's best current songwriters, Eric Kaz. A gentle fiddle leads the listener into the cry-in-your-beer classic "When Did You Stop Loving Me," and before long the fiddle is weeping alongside George. Strait cuts loose on several songs, but its the trademark hard country tracks like Mel Tillis' "Thoughts Of A Fool" that work best. Jim Lauderdale provides the strongest and most traditional sounding material (particularly "King Of Broken Hearts"), yet both of his songs have clever, modern musical twists.
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Stuart Duncan, Participant - Steve Dorff, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Brown, Producer - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Pyle, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Phil S. Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Harold Newman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
E. Kaz, ComposerLyricist - Steve Dorff, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Participant - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Donny Kees, ComposerLyricist - Monty Holmes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clay Blaker, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kim Williams, ComposerLyricist - Ron Harbin, ComposerLyricist - Richard Fagan, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
J.D. Souther, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Frey, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Pyle, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wayne P. Walker, ComposerLyricist - Mel Tillis, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, Participant - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Pyle, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Participant - Tony Brown, Producer - JIM LAUDERDALE, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Participant - JOHN LEVENTHAL, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - JIM LAUDERDALE, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Dorff, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - Ray Pyle, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, MainArtist - Bobby Fernandez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
George Strait is one of the leading proponents of a traditional country music that is styled with Texas swing, delivering his music with a rich, no frills voice and a straight-ahead delivery.
PURE COUNTRY is the soundtrack to Strait's film debut, offering a variety of swinging shuffles, traditional honky tonk, weepy ballads and country rockers. He wears his influences proudly, and having been doing it so well for so long, he has, in turn, become a major influence on the next generation of new traditionalists. One can clearly hear Merle Haggard, Bob Wills and George Jones in his music; but give a listen to new guys like Clay Walker, and you'll hear a distinctive George Strait influence.
Riding a flat-bed of fiddle, pedal steel and genuinely heartfelt vocals, Strait takes the listener on a tour of the country singer's world. On the uptempo "Heartland," George explains that to "sing a song about the heartland" is to "sing a song about my life." The album's hit, "I Cross My Heart," is a strong love ballad co-written by one of Nashville's best current songwriters, Eric Kaz. A gentle fiddle leads the listener into the cry-in-your-beer classic "When Did You Stop Loving Me," and before long the fiddle is weeping alongside George. Strait cuts loose on several songs, but its the trademark hard country tracks like Mel Tillis' "Thoughts Of A Fool" that work best. Jim Lauderdale provides the strongest and most traditional sounding material (particularly "King Of Broken Hearts"), yet both of his songs have clever, modern musical twists.
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:19
- Main artists: George Strait
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Country
© 1992 MCA Records Inc. & Warner Bros. ℗ 1992 Geffen Records
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