It Just Comes Natural
It Just Comes Natural is the twenty-fourth studio album by American country music singer George Strait. The album produced Strait's 41st Number One Billboard Hot Country Songs) hit in its lead-off single "Give It Away". Also released from this album were the title track (also #1 on Hot Country Songs), "Wrapped" (#2), and "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls" (#3). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA. "It Just Comes Natural" was nominated for Best Country Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
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| Released | October 3, 2006 | |||
| Studio | Shrimpboat Sound (Key West, Florida); Starstruck Studios, The Compound and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee). | |||
| Genre | Honky-tonk[1] | |||
| Length | 53:08 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | George Strait Tony Brown | |||
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| Singles from It Just Comes Natural | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [2] |
| Allmusic | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| The Music Box |  [1] |
| People | [5] |
| PopMatters | [6] |
| Stylus Magazine | B[7] |
Content
"Give It Away" is the album's first single. Released in mid-2006, this song reached Number One on the Billboard country charts, becoming Strait's 41st Number One hit on that chart, and breaking Conway Twitty's record for the most Billboard Number One hits by a country music artist. Following this song was the title track, his 42nd Number One. "Wrapped" was the third single, and finishing out the releases was "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Give It Away" | Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson | 3:30 |
| 2. | "She Told Me So" | Bobby Braddock | 3:04 |
| 3. | "That's My Kind of Woman" | Dean Dillon, Tammy Hyler | |
| 4. | "Wrapped" | Bruce Robison | 4:09 |
| 5. | "It Just Comes Natural" | Marv Green, Jim Collins | 2:58 |
| 6. | "He Must Have Really Hurt You Bad" | Tim Johnson | 2:42 |
| 7. | "A Heart Like Hers" | Tony Martin, Mark Nesler | 3:27 |
| 8. | "Why Can't I Leave Her Alone" | Trent Tomlinson, Danny Wells, Ashe Underwood, Mark Kerr | 4:16 |
| 9. | "One Foot in Front of the Other" | Lee Roy Parnell, Cris Moore | 4:16 |
| 10. | "I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore" | Dillon, Scotty Emerick, Marla Cannon-Goodman | 4:56 |
| 11. | "Texas Cookin'" | Guy Clark | 4:25 |
| 12. | "A Better Rain" | David Lee, Tony Lane | 3:39 |
| 13. | "How 'bout Them Cowgirls" | Ed Hill, Casey Beathard | 3:57 |
| 14. | "What Say" | Leslie Satcher, Bobby Carmichael | 3:54 |
| 15. | "Come On Joe" | Tony Romeo | 3:49 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
- George Strait – lead vocals
- Steve Nathan – Hammond B3 organ (1, 2, 7-10, 12, 14, 15), Wurlitzer electric piano (3, 5), organ (4), synthesizers (6, 11, 13)
- Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 6-11, 13, 14, 15), Hammond B3 organ (3, 5), synthesizers (12)
- Jeff Taylor – accordion (15)
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14), gut-string guitar (6), electric guitars (9, 10, 13, 15)
- Brent Mason – electric guitars (1-9, 11-15), gut-string guitar (10)
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin (15)
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar (1, 3-15), upright bass (2)
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- The Nashville String Machine – strings (10, 12, 13)
- Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor (10, 12, 13)
- Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (10, 12, 13)
- Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1-11, 13, 14, 15)
- Marty Slayton – backing vocals (4-11, 13, 14, 15)
- Tony Brown – backing vocals (11)
- The musicians (except Jeff Taylor) – backing vocals (11)
Production
- Mike Owens – A&R direction
- James Stroud – A&R direction
- Tony Brown – producer
- George Strait – producer
- Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
- Scott Kidd – recording assistant
- Kyle Lehning – additional recording
- Todd Tidwell – additional recording
- Casey Wood – additional recording assistant
- Jim Cooley – mix assistant
- Brian David Willis – digital editing
- Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Amy Garges – production assistant
- Craig Allen – art direction, design
- Sid Farbstein – photography
- Erv Woolsey – management
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[15] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- The Music Box review
- "About.com review". Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
- Allmusic review
- Entertainment Weekly review
- People review
- PopMatters review
- Stylus Magazine review Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- "American single certifications – George Strait – It Just Comes Natural". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
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