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Blue Clear Sky

Blue Clear Sky

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Artist: George Strait
Label: Mca Nashville
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 reviews
Sales Rank: 110135

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 11428
UPC: 008811142827
EAN: 0008811142827
ASIN: B000002P0G

Release Date: April 23, 1996
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Tracks:

  • Blue Clear Sky
  • Carried Away
  • Rockin' In The Arms Of Your Memory
  • She Knows When You're On My Mind
  • I Ain't Never Seen No One Like You
  • I Can Still Make Cheyenne
  • King Of The Mountain
  • Do The Right Thing
  • I'd Just As Soon Go
  • Need I Say More

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  • Lead On
  • Carrying Your Love with Me
  • Always Never the Same
  • One Step at a Time
  • Holding My Own

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com essential recording
George Strait consistently modernizes country music while keeping it rooted in tradition. Blue Clear Sky is one of Strait's best, proving again that the man knows a great melody when he hears one. The title track, for instance, sports a contemporary pop-influenced melody, but surrounded by pedal steel, it remains a country song, and a good one. The album's full of good country songs, in fact, especially the old-school honky-tonk of "King of the Hill," the power ballad "Carried Away," the almost unbearably pathetic "I Can Still Make Cheyenne," and "Need I Say More," where Strait swings like a hybrid of Tommy Duncan and Frank Sinatra. --David Cantwell


Customer Reviews:   Read 14 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars Highly not recommended   April 4, 2006
 0 out of 5 found this review helpful

Buy this only if you're working on a George Strait collection. "It's listenable" is the only nice thing I can say about it. I do like George Strait's music but this one is uninspired, unimaginative and boring.


3 out of 5 stars A typical George Strait Album and Even a more Typical country album.   October 18, 2005
 0 out of 5 found this review helpful

Some pretty good tunes here including still make cheyenne, carried away, and I'd just as soon go. But, like every other country album, there are some hits and then the rest is crap. It is very hard to listen to any George Strait album all the way through. Anyway, this is a very typical Strait album with the basic steel guitar and boring guitar riffs. Also, his drummer does a fair job and is pretty aggressive for a country drummer. Strait rarely surprises you which is nice because you know what you're gonna get. As far as experimenting goes there is none. Harmonies are good and there are some high moments. I actually remember making out to a couple of these tunes in high school when this one came out. I do think though Strait does a good job of creating and perpetuating a very classic country sound.


4 out of 5 stars Solid George   September 10, 2005
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

In a way George Strait is like McDonald's, you know exactly what you are going to get. The difference being George Strait is wonderful and will keep you coming back for more. I think this was the first GS album I ever bought and I was not dissappointed. With one great track after another I never tire of listening to it.


4 out of 5 stars Blue Clear Sky   May 1, 2003
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

"carried away", "she knows when your on my mind", "I can still make cheyenne", and "king of the mountain" are the only really good songs on here, it's great, every country fan needs to own george strait his music is consistently WONDERFUL


5 out of 5 stars Clearly a great album   March 14, 2002
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

George Strait hit his peak with Blue Clear Sky. The hit title song, "Blue Clear Sky", about finding true love when you least expect it, is an enjoyable, upbeat song. The ballad "Carried Away", the rodeo song "I Can Still Make Cheyenne", and the waltz "King Of The Mountain" were also huge hits off the record, and George does all of them well. The other songs here are the breakup song "I'd Just As Soon Go", the upbeat honky-tonk numbers "I Ain't Never Seen No One Like You" and "Do The Right Thing", the reflective songs "Rockin' In The Arms Of Your Memory" and "She Knows When You're On My Mind", and the romantic song "Need I Say More" which closes the album. These are all solid, powerful songs. Only one record George has made since he made this one, Always Never The Same, comes close to being as great. I think Blue Clear Sky is "clearly" a great album.

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