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7 (George Strait album)


FieldValue
name#7
typeStudio
artistGeorge Strait
covernumber7strait.jpg
released
recordedJanuary 1986
studioThe Castle (Franklin, TN) and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN).
genreNeotraditional country
length
labelMCA
MCAD-5750
producer{{plainlist
prev_titleSomething Special
prev_year1985
next_titleMerry Christmas Strait to You!
next_year1986
misc{{Singles
name#7
typeStudio
single1Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her
single1dateApril 21, 1986
single2It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You
single2dateAugust 25, 1986

MCAD-5750

  • Jimmy Bowen
  • George Strait

#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" (which had previously been recorded by Dean Dillon in 1980), and "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You", both of which reached Number One on the country charts in 1986. "Deep Water" is a cover of a 1948 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys song. "Cow Town" is a cover of a 1962 Webb Pierce song.

Track listing

Personnel

  • George Strait – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • John Barlow Jarvis – pianos
  • Richard Bennett – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric guitar
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
  • David Hungate – bass guitar
  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – backing vocals

Production

  • Jimmy Bowen – producer
  • George Strait – producer
  • Willie Pevear – recording
  • Chuck Ainlay – overdub recording
  • Bob Bullock – overdub recording
  • Mark J. Coddington – second engineer
  • Tim Kish – second engineer
  • Keith Odle – second engineer
  • Russ Martin – second engineer
  • Ron Treat – mixing
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Peter Nash – photography
  • Simon Levy – art direction
  • Camille Brown – design
  • Erv Woolsey – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)PositionUS Top Country Albums (Billboard)
16

Certifications

References

References

  1. [{{AllMusic
  2. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=george+strait Robert Christgau Consumer Guide]
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071203011818/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/georgestrait/albums/album/285682/review/6068324/number_7 Rolling Stone review]
  4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986".
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