Strait Country is the debut album of American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist 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...

. It has been certified platinum

RIAA certification

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 by the RIAA and it includes the singles "Unwound", "Down and Out", and "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)". Respectively, these reached #6, #16 and #3 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts).

Track listing

1. "Unwound
   Unwound (song)
   "Unwound" is the title of a song written by Dean Dillon and Frank Dycus. It was recorded by American country music artist George Strait and was released in April 1981 as his debut single and the lead-off single to his 1981 debut album Strait Country...
   
   " (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...
   
   , Frank Dycus) – 2:24
2. "Honky Tonk Downstairs" (Dallas Frazier
   Dallas Frazier
   Dallas Frazier is an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma but was raised in Bakersfield, California...
   
   ) – 2:31
3. "Blame It on Mexico" (Darryl Staedler) – 2:45
4. "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)
   If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)
   "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger " is the title of a song recorded by country music artist George Strait. It was released in January 1982 as the third and final single from his 1981 debut album Strait Country...
   
   " (Blake Mevis, David Wills
   David Wills (singer)
   David Wills is an American country music singer-songwriter. Wills released three studio albums and charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart between 1975 and 1988...
   
   ) – 2:55
5. "I Get Along with You" (Dillon, Dycus, Murray F. Cannon, Raleigh Squires, Jimmy Darrell) – 2:40
6. "Down and Out
   Down and Out (song)
   "Down and Out" is the title of a song written by Dean Dillon and Frank Dycus. It was recorded by American country music artist George Strait, and was released in August 1981 as the second single from his 1981 album Strait Country...
   
   " (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:23
7. "Friday Night Fever" (Dillon, Dycus, Mevis) – 2:27
8. "Every Time You Throw Dirt On Her (You Lose a Little Ground)" (Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters...
   
   ) – 3:05
9. "She's Playing Hell Trying to Get Me to Heaven" (Dillon, Wills, Charles Quillen) – 2:39
10. "Her Goodbye Hit Me In the Heart" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:02

Personnel

• Clyde Brooks - drums
  Drum kit
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• Sudie Callaway - background vocals
• Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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• Rita Figlio - background vocals
• Sonny Garish - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Bob Gelotte - drums
  Drum kit
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• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Arlene Harden - background vocals
• Sherri Huffman - background vocals
• Mitch Humphries - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Dave Kirby - rhythm guitar
• Jerry Kroon - drums
• Mike Leach - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Fred Newell - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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• Jerry Shook - rhythm guitar
• Buddy Spicher
  Buddy Spicher
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  - fiddle
• Bobby Thompson - rhythm guitar
• Diane Tidwell - background vocals
• Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	26