George Strait - 1999 - Always Never The Same [EAC FLAC]

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Wikipedia
George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American singer, actor, and music producer known as the "King of Country" and one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. He is known for his neotraditionalist country style, cowboy look, and being one of the first and main country artists to bring country music back to its roots and away from the pop country era in the 1980s.

Strait's success began when his first single "Unwound" was a hit in 1981. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one on the country charts. In the 2000s, Strait was named Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music, was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and won his first Grammy award for the album Troubadour. Strait was named CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 2013, and ACM Entertainer of the Year in 1990 and 2014. He has been nominated for more CMA and ACM awards and has more wins in both categories than any other artist. In 2009, he broke Conway Twitty's previous record for the most number-one hits on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart when his 44 number one singles surpassed Twitty's 40. Counting all music charts, Strait has amassed a total of 60 number-one hits, breaking a record also previously set by Twitty, and giving him more number one songs than any other artist.

Strait has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. His certifications from the RIAA include 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums. His best-selling album is Pure Country (1992), which sold 6 million (6× platinum). His highest certified album is Strait Out of the Box (1995), which sold 2 million copies (8× Platinum due to being a box set with four CDs). According to the RIAA, Strait is the 12th best-selling album recording artist in the United States overall.

Always Never The Same

Released March 2, 1999
Recorded Ocean Way Studios, 1999
Genre Country
Length 32:39
Label MCA Nashville
Producers Tony Brown, George Strait

Always Never the Same is an album released in 1999 by American country music singer George Strait. The album produced the singles "Meanwhile", "Write This Down", and "What Do You Say to That", which respectively reached #4, #1, and #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1999. The title track, "One of You" and "I Look at You" also charted in the lower regions of that chart from unsolicited airplay.
"What Do You Say to That" was also recorded by David Ball on his 1999 album Play.

Tracklist:
1 Meanwhile 3:32
2 Write This Down 3:40
3 That's the Truth 3:19
4 What Do You Say to That 3:00
5 Peace of Mind 3:14
6 That's Where I Wanna Take Our Love 3:15
7 Always Never the Same 2:59
8 One of You 2:30
9 I Look at You 3:29
10 4 Minus 3 Equals Zero 3:06

Personnel:

Musicians:
Eddie Bayers - drums
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Liana Manis - background vocals
Brent Mason - electric & acoustic guitar
Steve Nathan - piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar on "Meanwhile" & "What Do You Say to That"
Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Curtis Young - background vocals
Strings by The Nashville String Machine conducted and arranged by Bergen White.

Production:
Chuck Ainlay - Engineer
Don Cobb - digital editing
Tony Green - 2nd Engineer
Carlos Grier - digital editing
Russ Martin - Overdubs
Justin Niebank - Overdubs
Jessie Noble - project coordinator
Denny Purcell - Masters
Mark Ralston - 2nd Engineer
Tim Waters - 2nd Engineer

Art:
Art Direction: Virginia Team
Design: Chris Ferrara
Photography: Mark Tucker


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