Strait Out of the Box (retroactively known as Strait Out of the Box: Part 1) is the first
box setalbum by American country music artist
George Strait. It contains four albums' worth of music, dating from 1976 to 1995. It mainly consists of Strait's singles, except for a select few that he decided to exclude. They were replaced by his choice of album cuts and several studio outtakes. It also contains his three singles recorded in the 1970s for indie label D Records, one of which, "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This", was re-recorded for Strait's 2013 album Love Is Everything.[4]
"Check Yes or No" and "I Know She Still Loves Me" were both released from this set as singles. Respectively, they reached number 1 and number 5 on the Billboard country charts.
The album was certified 8× platinum by the RIAA on July 29, 2003, indicating shipment of 2 million copies.[5]
This made the album at the time the best-performing
country music box set of all time, and it was second only to the Live 1975–85 box set by
Bruce Springsteen and the
E Street Band overall. It had sold 1,525,100 copies in the United States as of October 2019.[6]
Track listing
Disc one (1981–1983)
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"I Just Can't Go On Dying Like This" (recorded in June 1976 in Ray Doggett Studio,
Houston, Texas)
George Strait
2:46
2.
"(That Don't Change) The Way I Feel About You" (recorded in May 1978 in Soundmaster Studio, Houston, Texas)
Strait
2:11
3.
"I Don't Want to Talk It Over Anymore" (recorded in April 1979 in Soundmaster Studio, Houston, Texas)
Strait Out of the Box (retroactively known as Strait Out of the Box: Part 1) is the first
box setalbum by American country music artist
George Strait. It contains four albums' worth of music, dating from 1976 to 1995. It mainly consists of Strait's singles, except for a select few that he decided to exclude. They were replaced by his choice of album cuts and several studio outtakes. It also contains his three singles recorded in the 1970s for indie label D Records, one of which, "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This", was re-recorded for Strait's 2013 album Love Is Everything.[4]
"Check Yes or No" and "I Know She Still Loves Me" were both released from this set as singles. Respectively, they reached number 1 and number 5 on the Billboard country charts.
The album was certified 8× platinum by the RIAA on July 29, 2003, indicating shipment of 2 million copies.[5]
This made the album at the time the best-performing
country music box set of all time, and it was second only to the Live 1975–85 box set by
Bruce Springsteen and the
E Street Band overall. It had sold 1,525,100 copies in the United States as of October 2019.[6]
Track listing
Disc one (1981–1983)
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"I Just Can't Go On Dying Like This" (recorded in June 1976 in Ray Doggett Studio,
Houston, Texas)
George Strait
2:46
2.
"(That Don't Change) The Way I Feel About You" (recorded in May 1978 in Soundmaster Studio, Houston, Texas)
Strait
2:11
3.
"I Don't Want to Talk It Over Anymore" (recorded in April 1979 in Soundmaster Studio, Houston, Texas)