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Somewhere Down in Texas | 
 enlarge | Artist: George Strait
Label: Mca Nashville
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 27867
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000444602
UPC: 602498810705
EAN: 0602498810705
ASIN: B0009GX23W
Release Date: June 28, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | If The Whole World Was A Honky Tonk | | • | Somewhere Down In Texas | | • | The Seashores Of Old Mexico | | • | You'll Be There | | • | High Tone Woman | | • | Good News, Bad News | | • | Oh, What A Perfect Day | | • | Texas | | • | Ready For The End Of The World | | • | She Let Herself Go | | • | By The Light Of A Burning Brige |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Country's most reluctant superstar can always lend gravity to even the weakest of songs, so masterful is his phrasing and restrained, expressive delivery, and so artful his picking and the production that surrounds his Everyman baritone. On Somewhere Down in Texas, many of George Strait's songs are semiautobiographical and ring with authenticity. The title track portrays a man who's weary of the road and yearns to stay home with his family; "Texas" salutes the state that made him what he is; and "You'll Be There," the heartfelt single that talks of meeting a loved one in the afterlife, likely hits a nerve with the singer, who lost a child some years ago. Strait also does well with the terrible twins of country dance-hall fare, misery and grief--particularly on the honky-tonk weeper "Ready for the End of the World" and the killer ballad "Good News, Bad News," a duet with Lee Ann Womack, who cowrote the tune with Dean Dillon and Dale Dodson. Womack sings rings around her fellow Texan, giving her reading of this exquisite song of heartbreak an emotional resonance that sticks in the mind long after it's over. But Strait conveys a stoic acceptance of a tragically missed chance at love, and it plays just right for a cowboy antihero. Somewhere Down in Texas could have benefited from the addition of an irresistible rhythm tune or another example of the western swing that Strait embraced so fervently early in his career. But every time ol' George refers to his heroes by name--Haggard, Nelson, and Jones--you know time will show him to be, if not precisely in their league, certainly a close second. --Alanna Nash Recommended George Strait 
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| Customer Reviews: Read 47 more reviews...
 Finally, Some Good Country! July 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a rap fan, and I listen to very little country. I heard some of his older songs, and I decided to buy this CD. It exceeded my expectations and I will buy more of his music in the future.
1- If The Whole World Was A Honkytonk- Excellent beat and lyrics {5/5}
2- Somewhere Down In Texas- Good Song, But Gets Old After A While {4/5}
3- Seashores Of Old Mexico- Good Story, And Beat Never Gets Old {5/5}
4- You'll Be There- Bad Lyrics, Too Slow, Bad Song {1/5}
5- High Tone Woman- Good Fast Song, But Gets Old Very Fast {3/5}
6- Good News, Bad News- Average Song, Didn't Really Like It {2/5}
7- Oh, What A Perfect Day- Another Average Song, But Still Ok {3/5}
8- Texas- Good Song About Texas, I Love This Song {5/5}
9- Ready For The End Of The World- Bad Beat, Good Lyrics {3/5}
10- She Let Herself Go- BEST SONG, Great Beat And Lyrics {10/5}
11- By The Light Of A Burning Bridge- Average Song {4/5}
It is a good album. Could be better, but over half of the album is good. This is also real country. Modern country {Keith, McGraw} make good music, but it sounds too much like rock. This sounds like old country. Definently get tracks 1,2,3,8, and 10.
George is the greatest March 8, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been a George Strait fan for years and years - he just gets better with age.
Sure is Good January 12, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Hey you guys, how is it goin'?!
I'd like tellin' ya that I'm really happy with this cd from George.
Incredibles songs!!!! I don't know how he gets, but he gets better each new cd!!
Other thing: I'd like to thank Amazon for the excelent service!!
See ya!!
he's still the man January 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
George Strait is still the man to go to when you want to hear great country music. this CD did not disapoint me in any way. Great music to dance the night away.
Somewhere Down in Texas January 5, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
What else can be said about George Strait. He just continues to turn the best music.
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