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Given its title, it’s easy to assume Here for a Good Time -- George Strait’s 39th album in 30 years -- would be a single-minded soundtrack to a never-ending party, but things are a little more complicated than that. Strait slips into a reflective mood almost immediately, settling into the wryly melancholy “Drinkin' Man” on the second song, setting a reflective tone he carries through much of the rest of the record, particularly on its companion piece, “Poison.” These two tunes undercut Strait’s rallying call for moonshine on the title track, but there’s not a contradiction here so much as Strait serving the needs of the song, his weary regret reading as convincingly as his carefree partying. If the livelier numbers initially make the strongest impression -- whether it’s Al Anderson’s sunny pop opener “Love’s Gonna Make It Alright” or a pair of fleet-footed blues in “Lone Star Blues” and “Blue Marlin Blues” -- it’s the introspective moments that anchor the album and lend it a measure of gravity. And it is just measure enough -- a touch of an autumnal breeze arriving via his duet with Faith Hill on Jesse Winchester’s “A Showman’s Life,” a passing acknowledgment of Strait’s mortality on the sweetly sad “I’ll Always Remember You” -- to give Here for a Good Time some emotional resonance.
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Al Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Strait, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Strait, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Cannon, ComposerLyricist - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Shamblin, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Brown, Producer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bubba Strait, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Strait, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Gary Nicholson, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Delbert McClinton, ComposerLyricist - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Jesse Winchester, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Strait, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Strait, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ilya Toshinsky, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Brown, Producer - Glenn Worf, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Brian David Willis, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jim Cooley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thom Flora, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Strait, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marty Slayton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Strait, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Schexnayder, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Garges, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Given its title, it’s easy to assume Here for a Good Time -- George Strait’s 39th album in 30 years -- would be a single-minded soundtrack to a never-ending party, but things are a little more complicated than that. Strait slips into a reflective mood almost immediately, settling into the wryly melancholy “Drinkin' Man” on the second song, setting a reflective tone he carries through much of the rest of the record, particularly on its companion piece, “Poison.” These two tunes undercut Strait’s rallying call for moonshine on the title track, but there’s not a contradiction here so much as Strait serving the needs of the song, his weary regret reading as convincingly as his carefree partying. If the livelier numbers initially make the strongest impression -- whether it’s Al Anderson’s sunny pop opener “Love’s Gonna Make It Alright” or a pair of fleet-footed blues in “Lone Star Blues” and “Blue Marlin Blues” -- it’s the introspective moments that anchor the album and lend it a measure of gravity. And it is just measure enough -- a touch of an autumnal breeze arriving via his duet with Faith Hill on Jesse Winchester’s “A Showman’s Life,” a passing acknowledgment of Strait’s mortality on the sweetly sad “I’ll Always Remember You” -- to give Here for a Good Time some emotional resonance.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:01
- Main artists: George Strait
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Genre: Country
© 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2011 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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