George Strait is a self-titled 2000

2000 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2000.-Events:* March 4 — "Amazed" by Lonestar becomes the first country song to have topped both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the Kenny Rogers-Dolly Parton duet,...

 album by country singer George Strait

George Strait

George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...

. The first album of his career not to achieve RIAA platinum certification, it produced three singles for him on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

) charts: "Go On" at #2, "Don't Make Me Come over There and Love You" at #17, and "If You Can Do Anything Else" at #5.

Track listing

1. "If You Can Do Anything Else
   If You Can Do Anything Else
   "If You Can Do Anything Else" is the title of a song written by Billy Livsey and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. it was released in February 2001 as the third and final single from his album George Strait. The song reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot...
   
   " (Billy Livsey
   Billy Livsey
   Billy Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked for many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, 801, Gerry Rafferty, Five Star, and Kenny Rogers.-References:*...
   
   , Don Schlitz
   Don Schlitz
   Donald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...
   
   ) - 4:01
2. "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You
   Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You
   "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" is the title of song written by Jim Lauderdale and Carter Wood. It was recorded by American country artist George Strait, and was released in November 2000 as the second single from his 2000 album George Strait...
   
   " (Jim Lauderdale
   Jim Lauderdale
   Jim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait and Patty Loveless.-Biography:...
   
   , Carter Wood) - 2:04
3. "Looking Out My Window Through Pain" (John Schweers) - 3:39
4. "Go On
   Go On
   "Go On" is the title of a song written by Mark Nesler and Tony Martin, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in July 2000 as the lead-off single from his 2000 album George Strait.-Content:...
   
   " (Tony Martin
   Tony Martin (songwriter)
   Tony Martin is a country music songwriter who has had twelve Number One hits as a songwriter. Among his compositions are "Third Rock from the Sun" by Joe Diffie and "Just to See You Smile" by Tim McGraw....
   
   , Mark Nesler
   Mark Nesler
   Mark Nesler is an American country music artist. Signed to Elektra Records as a recording artist in 1998, Nesler charted three singles on the U.S. Billboard country charts...
   
   ) - 3:48
5. "If It's Gonna Rain" (Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most...
   
   , Scotty Emerick
   Scotty Emerick
   Walter Scott "Scotty" Emerick is an American country music artist, known primarily for his work with Toby Keith. In addition to penning several of Keith's singles, Emerick has also written for Sawyer Brown, George Strait and several other artists...
   
   , Donny Kees) - 3:46
6. "Home Improvement" (Dana Hunt, Tim Ryan Rouillier) - 2:45
7. "The Night's Just Right for Love" (Rodney Crowell
   Rodney Crowell
   Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
   
   ) - 3:57
8. "You're Stronger Than Me" (Hank Cochran
   Hank Cochran
   Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others...
   
   , Jimmy Key) - 2:52
9. "Which Side of the Glass" (Hunt, Fred Knobloch) - 3:20
10. "She Took the Wind from His Sails" (Dillon, Kees) - 3:58

Musicians

• Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers is an American session drummer who has played on 150 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for eight straight years, and has three times won the Nashville Music Awards 'Drummer of the Year'...
  
   - drums
• Stuart Duncan
  Stuart Duncan
  Stuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
  
   - fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  , mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  
• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
  Steel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
  
  
• Steve Gibson - acoustic & electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , mandolin
• Wes Hightower - background vocals
• Liana Manis - background vocals
• Brent Mason
  Brent Mason
  Brent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
  
   - electric & acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , gut string guitar
• Steve Nathan - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  

The Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians and has been credited on recordings as far back as 1974. The Nashville String Machine's composition varies from project to project. It has appeared as large as an orchestra, or as small as a duo.-Notable members:Being a...

performs on "Looking Out My Window Through Pain" directed by Bergen White and "The Night's Just Right for Love" and "She Took the Wind from His Sails" directed by Ron Huff.

Production

• Chuck Ainlay - engineering and mixing
• Chad Brown - 2nd engineer
• David Bryant - additional 2nd engineer (overdubs)
• Eric Conn - digital editing
• Justin Niebank - engineering (overdubs)
• Jessie Noble - project coordinator
• Mark Ralston - 2nd engineer
• Leslie Richter - additional 2nd engineer (overdubs)
• Greg Fogie - additional 2nd engineer
• Tony Green - 2nd Engineer (Overdubs)

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	7
Canadian RPM Country Albums	8