Cold Beer Conversation

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Cold Beer Conversation
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
Recorded2015
Studio Shrimpboat Sound (Key West, Florida); Sound Stage Studios and Big Gassed Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); Harter Sound (San Antonio, Texas).
Genre Country
Length46:09
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Chuck Ainlay
George Strait [1]
George Strait chronology
The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium
(2014)
Cold Beer Conversation
(2015)
Strait Out of the Box: Part 2
(2016)
Singles from Cold Beer Conversation
  1. "Let It Go"
    Released: April 20, 2015
  2. "Cold Beer Conversation"
    Released: September 23, 2015
  3. "Goin' Goin' Gone"
    Released: September 26, 2016

Cold Beer Conversation is the twenty-ninth studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on September 25, 2015 via MCA Nashville. [2] The album's first single, "Let It Go", was released to radio on April 20, 2015.

Contents

Commercial performance

Cold Beer Conversation debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 4 and Top Country Albums at No. 1, selling 86,000 units, 83,000 of which are pure album sales. [3] It reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart in its second week, with another 30,000 units sold, making it Strait's 26th No. 1 on this chart. [4] The album has sold 231,500 copies in the US as of April 2016. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Was Love" Keith Gattis 3:31
2."Cold Beer Conversation" Al Anderson, Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary 3:49
3."Let It Go" George Strait, Bubba Strait, Gattis3:33
4."Goin' Goin' Gone"Wyatt Earp, Gattis4:14
5."Something Going Down" Jamey Johnson, Tom Shapiro 3:13
6."Take Me to Texas" Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally 3:30
7."It Takes All Kinds"G. Strait, B. Strait, Bob Regan, Wil Nance2:52
8."Stop and Drink"Dale Dodson, Troy Jones3:58
9."Everything I See"G. Strait, B. Strait, Dean Dillon, Gattis3:49
10."Rock Paper Scissors" Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell, B. Strait3:05
11."Wish You Well" Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, Brice Long 3:36
12."Cheaper Than a Shrink" Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Johnson3:33
13."Even When I Can't Feel It"Dillon, Hayslip, Lee Thomas Miller 3:34
Total length:46:17

Personnel

From Cold Beer Conversation liner notes. [6]

Musicians

Production

Chart positions

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country
2015"Let It Go"2946118
"Cold Beer Conversation"363343
2016"Goin' Goin' Gone"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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