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Chill Of An Early Fall (Album) by George Strait

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George Strait Is A Country Music Singer Songwriter Actor And Producer. Known As The "King Of Country" Strait Is One Of The Most Influential And Popular Recording Artists Of All Time. Strait Has Sold More Than 100 Million Records Worldwide Making Him One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. His Certifications From The RIAA Include 13 Multi-Platinum 33 Platinum And 38 Gold Albums. His Best-Selling Album Is Pure Country 1992 Which Sold 6 Million 6× Platinum . His Highest Certified Album Is Strait Out Of The Box 1995 Which Sold 2 Million Copies 8× Platinum Due To Being A Box Set With Four CDs . According To The RIAA Strait Is The 12th Best-Selling Album Recording Artist In The United States Overall. Strait's Success Began When His First Single "Unwound" Was A Hit In 1981. During The 1980s Seven Of His Albums Reached #1 On The Country Charts. In The 2000s Strait Was Named Artist Of The Decade By The Academy Of Country Music Was Elected Into The Country Music Hall Of Fame And Won His First Grammy Award For The Album Troubadour. Strait Was Named CMA Entertainer Of The Year In 1989 1990 And 2013 And ACM Entertainer Of The Year In 1990 And 2014. He Has Been Nominated For More CMA And ACM Awards And Has More Wins In Both Categories Than Any Other Artist. By 2009 He Broke Conway Twitty's Previous Record For The Most #1 Hits On Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart When His 44 #1 Singles Surpassed Twitty's 40. Counting All Music Charts Strait Has Amassed A Total Of 60 #1 Hits Breaking A Record Also Previously Set By Twitty Giving Him More #1 Songs Than Any Other Artist In Any Genre Of Music. Strait Is Also Known For His Touring Career When He Designed A 360-Degree Configuration And Introduced Festival Style Tours. For Example The Strait Tours Earned $99 Million In Three Years. His Concert At AT&T Stadium In Arlington Texas In June 2014 Drew 104 793 People Marking A New Record For Largest Indoor Concert In North America. In More Than 30 Years Of Recording All Of Which Have Been Spent With MCA Records George Strait Has Garnered 61 #1 Songs On All Country Charts Including Mediabase 24/7 The Former Radio & Records Chart And The Now-Defunct Gavin Report Chart And Has More #1 Hits Than Any Other Artist In A Single Genre. His 44 Billboard Country #1 Hits Are A Record Four More Than Conway Twitty's Total That Includes Several Duets With Loretta Lynn. Additionally Strait Is Also The First Artist In The History Of Billboard To Have At Least One Single Enter The Top 10 Of A Billboard Chart For 30 Consecutive Years Starting In 1981 When His Debut Single "Unwound" Peaked At Number Six On The Hot Country Singles Chart. All Of His Top-10 Singles Have Been On That Chart. Strait Has Sold More Than 68 Million Records In The United States Alone And His Certifications From The RIAA Include 13 Multiplatinum 33 Platinum And 38 Gold Albums. George Strait Discography Strait Country 1981 Strait From The Heart 1982 Right Or Wrong 1983 Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind 1984 Something Special 1985 #7 1986 Ocean Front Property 1987 If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' 1988 Beyond The Blue Neon 1989 Livin' It Up 1990 Chill Of An Early Fall 1991 Holding My Own 1992 Pure Country 1992 Easy Come Easy Go 1993 Lead On 1994 Blue Clear Sky 1996 Carrying Your Love With Me 1997 One Step At A Time 1998 Always Never The Same 1999 George Strait 2000 The Road Less Traveled 2001 Honkytonkville 2003 Somewhere Down In Texas 2005 It Just Comes Natural 2006 Troubadour 2008 Twang 2009 Here For A Good Time 2011 Love Is Everything 2013 Cold Beer Conversation 2015 Honky Tonk Time Machine 2019

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In October 1988 The Morning After The Prestigious Country Music Association Awards A Glum-Faced George Strait Sat Slumped In His Chair In A Nashville Pancake House Looking Like Someone Who'd Lost The National Lottery By One Number. Randy Travis Had Just Topped Him As The CMA's Male Vocalist Of The Year For The Second Year In A Row And Hank Williams Jr. Had Again Taken Home The Top Entertainer Of The Year Trophy. Strait Had Come Up Empty-Handed. For Strait This Moment Was The Artistic Crossroads Of His Career. While His 1986 Album Ocean Front Property Had Debuted On The Charts At No. 1 And All Of His Previous Records Were Gold Or Platinum Strait Seemed To Be Stuck In A Country Rut. Now He Had A Choice To Record Consistently Good But Not Exceptional Albums That Kept Him High On The Charts Or To Buckle Down And Make The Kind Of Records That Would Establish Him — In The Lofty Boast Of His Producer Jimmy Bowen — As ''the Sinatra Of This Era Of Music.'' Five Years And Five Albums Later Comes Chill Of An Early Fall The Album George Strait Was Born To Make And The First One To Show The 38-Year-Old Texan In Complete Control Of His Idiom The Record Is A Sublime Refinement Of All The Ballads Honky-Tonk And Hot Texas Dance Music He's Done Before. We Get To Hear All The Different Facets Of His Musical Personality He's No Longer Just The Handsome Capable Cowboy Singer We Used To Think He Was. When Strait Arrived In Nashville In 1981 He Sang Honky-Tonk And Romantic Ballads But He Later Broadened His Music To Include The Jazzy Sounds Of Western Swing. This Devotion To Traditional Country And The Vast Popularity Of His Easygoing Performances Helped To Inspire Such Performers As Clint Black Garth Brooks And Alan Jackson — All Of Them Called ''hat Acts'' Because They Never Perform Without Western Chapeaus. By The End Of The Decade However Strait Seemed To Be Repeating Himself While These Newer Performers Were Putting A Fresh Spin On The Old Sounds. With Chill Of An Early Fall He Quietly Retakes The Lead — Thus Pulling Off The Ultimate Hat Trick. Strait Has Never Shown A Well-Rounded Personality On Records But Now He Seems To Have Been Inspired By The Competitive Heat From Brooks And Black. In The Supremely Droll ''You Know Me Better Than That '' He Shows He Can Handle Comic Songs Like Brooks' Huge Hit ''Friends In Low Places.'' He's Grown Tired Of A Sophisticated Girlfriend He Sings And Longs For The Less Complicated Ways Of An Old Flame ''You've Seen Me Lose All My Charm/You Know I Was Raised On A Farm.'' Black Tried To Evoke The Big-Band Era On His No. 5 Hit Tune ''Put Yourself In My Shoes '' But Strait And His Ace In The Hole Band Really Capture The Swing Spirit With A Slow Stretched-Out Version Of ''Milk Cow Blues.'' Elvis Presley Recorded A Famous Version Of This Kokomo Arnold Classic But Here Gene Elders' Fiddle Summons Up A Far More Sensual Kind Of Musical Foreplay Than The King Ever Did. Elsewhere On The Album Strait Continues To Find New Inspiration In Familiar Songs And Old Styles. He's Right On The Money With A Revival Of Hank Williams' ''Lovesick Blues '' Giving The Lyrics A Far Less Morose Reading Than Williams' Original. Strait's Version Of The Perfect Texas Shuffle ''I've Convinced Everybody But Me'' Seems Effortless. His Supple Baritone Glides Over The Notes As Easily As A Championship Skater Takes To The Ice. There's A New Confidence To Strait These Days — He No Longer Sounds So Unassuming. Maybe That's Because In 1989 He Finally Won That Elusive CMA Entertainer Of The Year Award And Repeated The Honor Last Year. Strait Hasn't Become The Sinatra Of Country Music Yet But He's Now More Than Just An Imitator Of His Obvious Idols. Through Hard Work He's Made The Most Of His Talents — And Become A Modern Master. A - Alanna Nash Entertainment Weekly

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