Somewhere Down in Texas

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Somewhere Down in Texas
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 2005
Recorded2004–05
Studio
  • Ocean Way
  • Blackbird
  • Loud Recording
  • Emerald Sound
  • Starstruck
  • The Tracking Room
  • (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Neotraditional country [1]
Length39:44
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Tony Brown
George Strait
George Strait chronology
50 Number Ones
(2004)
Somewhere Down in Texas
(2005)
It Just Comes Natural
(2006)
Singles from Somewhere Down in Texas
  1. "You'll Be There"
    Released: March 28, 2005
  2. "She Let Herself Go"
    Released: September 6, 2005
  3. "The Seashores of Old Mexico"
    Released: February 13, 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic (68/100) [2]
Review scores
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About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Chicago Tribune (positive) [5]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [6]
The New York Times (average) [2]
People Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Plugged In (publication) (positive) [8]
Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [9]
Stylus Magazine D+ [10]

Somewhere Down in Texas is the twenty-third studio album by American country music singer George Strait. This album was released on June 28, 2005 on the MCA Nashville Records label. This album was certified platinum and peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200. Singles released from it were, in order: "You'll Be There", which peaked at #4 on Hot Country Songs; "She Let Herself Go", which became Strait's 40th Billboard Number One hit on the country charts; and a cover of Merle Haggard's "The Seashores of Old Mexico", which peaked at #11. "Texas" also charted at #35 on Hot Country Songs from unsolicited airplay.

Contents

The album's titled track was played in a video retrospective to former professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin that appeared as the last chapter of the same name in the DVD, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time.

In 2005, the Country Music Association named "Good News, Bad News" the musical event of the year. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If the Whole World Was a Honky Tonk" Bryan Simpson, Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby4:07
2."Somewhere Down in Texas"Dana Hunt Black, Tim Ryan Rouillier, Charlie Black 3:55
3."The Seashores of Old Mexico" Merle Haggard 4:11
4."You'll Be There"Cory Mayo4:18
5."High Tone Woman" Leslie Satcher, Rouillier2:52
6."Good News, Bad News" (with Lee Ann Womack) Dean Dillon, Dale Dodson, Lee Ann Womack 3:22
7."Oh, What a Perfect Day" Monty Holmes, Buddy Brock, Jeff Silvey3:29
8."Texas"Steven Dale Jones, Phillip White3:04
9."Ready for the End of the World" Clint Daniels, Tony Martin 3:51
10."She Let Herself Go"Dillon, Kerry Kurt Phillips3:18
11."By the Light of a Burning Bridge" Walt Aldridge, Michael White 3:17

Personnel

Production

Charts

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