It Just Comes Natural
Studio album by
George Strait
ReleasedOctober 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)
StudioShrimpboat Sound (Key West, Florida); Starstruck Studios, The Compound and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
GenreHonky-tonk[1]
Length53:08
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerGeorge Strait
Tony Brown
George Strait chronology
Somewhere Down in Texas
(2005)		 It Just Comes Natural
(2006)		 Fresh Cut Christmas
(2006)
Singles from It Just Comes Natural
  1. "Give It Away"
    Released: July 8, 2006
  2. "It Just Comes Natural"
    Released: October 9, 2006
  3. "Wrapped"
    Released: March 19, 2007
  4. "How 'bout Them Cowgirls"
    Released: August 24, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
Allmusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Music Box[1]
People[5]
PopMatters[6]
Stylus MagazineB[7]

It Just Comes Natural is the twenty-fourth studio album by American country music singer George Strait. The album produced Strait's 41st Number One Billboard Hot Country Songs) hit in its lead-off single "Give It Away". Also released from this album were the title track (also #1 on Hot Country Songs), "Wrapped" (#2), and "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls" (#3). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA. "It Just Comes Natural" was nominated for Best Country Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Content

"Give It Away" is the album's first single. Released in mid-2006, this song reached Number One on the Billboard country charts, becoming Strait's 41st Number One hit on that chart, and breaking Conway Twitty's record for the most Billboard Number One hits by a country music artist. Following this song was the title track, his 42nd Number One. "Wrapped" was the third single, and finishing out the releases was "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls".

Three of the album's tracks had been previously recorded by other artists, including one of the singles. "Wrapped" was originally recorded by Bruce Robison on his 1998 album Wrapped, making it the second single of Strait's career that was written and originally recorded by Robison, the first being "Desperately" on his 2003 album Honkytonkville, which was also from the album Wrapped. "She Told Me So" was originally recorded by George Jones on his 1974 album The Grand Tour. "Texas Cookin'" was originally recorded by Guy Clark on his 1976 album of the same name.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Give It Away"Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson3:30
2."She Told Me So"Bobby Braddock3:04
3."That's My Kind of Woman"Dean Dillon, Tammy Hyler 
4."Wrapped"Bruce Robison4:09
5."It Just Comes Natural"Marv Green, Jim Collins2:58
6."He Must Have Really Hurt You Bad"Tim Johnson2:42
7."A Heart Like Hers"Tony Martin, Mark Nesler3:27
8."Why Can't I Leave Her Alone"Trent Tomlinson, Danny Wells, Ashe Underwood, Mark Kerr4:16
9."One Foot in Front of the Other"Lee Roy Parnell, Cris Moore4:16
10."I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore"Dillon, Scotty Emerick, Marla Cannon-Goodman4:56
11."Texas Cookin'"Guy Clark4:25
12."A Better Rain"David Lee, Tony Lane3:39
13."How 'bout Them Cowgirls"Ed Hill, Casey Beathard3:57
14."What Say"Leslie Satcher, Bobby Carmichael3:54
15."Come On Joe"Tony Romeo3:49

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Production

  • Mike Owens – A&R direction
  • James Stroud – A&R direction
  • Tony Brown – producer
  • George Strait – producer
  • Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
  • Scott Kidd – recording assistant
  • Kyle Lehning – additional recording
  • Todd Tidwell – additional recording
  • Casey Wood – additional recording assistant
  • Jim Cooley – mix assistant
  • Brian David Willis – digital editing
  • Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Amy Garges – production assistant
  • Craig Allen – art direction, design
  • Sid Farbstein – photography
  • Erv Woolsey – management

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for It Just Comes Natural
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 The Music Box review
  2. ↑ "About.com review". Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ↑ People review
  6. ↑ PopMatters review
  7. ↑ Stylus Magazine review Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  9. ↑ "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  15. ↑ "American single certifications – George Strait – It Just Comes Natural". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.