Cowboys and Dreamers | ||||
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Released | September 6, 2024 | |||
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Length | 47:49 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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Cowboys and Dreamers is the thirty-first studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on September 6, 2024, via MCA Nashville. The album's first single, "MIA Down in MIA", was released on May 17, 2024.
Strait dedicated the album to longtime fiddle player of Ace in the Hole Band Gene Elders and manager Erv Woosley, who both died on March 20, 2024, as well as road manager Tom Foote who died on April 29, 2024. [1]
Strait announced the album on May 16, 2024, while performing at Lucas Oil Stadium. [2] [3] Three promotional singles — "MIA Down in MIA", "The Little Things", and "Three Drinks Behind" — were released ahead of the album. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] As with his last album, Honky Tonk Time Machine , Cowboys and Dreamers was co-produced by Chuck Ainlay.
While performing in 2024, Strait teased songs for Cowboys and Dreamers, including "Honky Tonk Hall of Fame" (featuring Chris Stapleton) and "Three Drinks Behind." [8] [9] "Waymore's Blues" was co-written and previously recorded by Waylon Jennings for his 1975 studio album, Dreaming My Dreams . [10]
Cowboys and Dreamers has been labeled primarily neotraditional country and honky-tonk by critics, [11] [12] [13] [14] with elements of Western swing, [12] gospel, [15] and countrypolitan. [15]
Cowboys and Dreamers debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 and number six on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, with first-week totals of 27,000 equivalent units. [16]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Three Drinks Behind" |
| 3:39 |
2. | "Cowboys and Dreamers" |
| 3:29 |
3. | "To the Moon" |
| 3:12 |
4. | "MIA Down in MIA" | 3:29 | |
5. | "Wish I Could Say" | Gattis | 4:07 |
6. | "Calling from the Car" | Bobby Braddock | 2:40 |
7. | "People Get Hurt Sometimes" | 3:15 | |
8. | "Honky Tonk Hall of Fame" (featuring Chris Stapleton) |
| 3:09 |
9. | "The Little Things" |
| 3:38 |
10. | "The Book" |
| 3:10 |
11. | "Rent" |
| 5:58 |
12. | "Waymore's Blues" |
| 4:44 |
13. | "The Journey of Your Life" |
| 3:19 |
Total length: | 47:49 |
Musicians
Technical
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Australian Country Albums (ARIA) [17] | 35 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] | 51 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] | 71 |
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [20] | 52 |
UK Country Albums (OCC) [21] | 6 |
US Billboard 200 [22] | 14 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [23] | 6 |
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