Here are all of George Strait's albums to date, including their current RIAA certifications...
STRAIT COUNTRY - Certified Platinum 3/24/99
Features George's first single "Unwound"
STRAIT FROM THE HEART - Certified Platinum 4/7/97
Features George's first #1 hit "Fool Hearted Memory"
Also includes one of George's favorite songs that he's recorded "Amarillo by Morning"
This album also includes two other huge early hits "Marina del Rey" and "A Fire I Can't Put Out" plus a song that George wrote himself, "I Can't See Texas From Here".
RIGHT OR WRONG - Certified Platinum 3/24/99
This was George's first #1 album on Billboard's charts
Features a couple of other very big early hits "You Look So Good in Love" and "Let's Fall to Pieces Together"
George sang both these songs in concert for many years.
DOES FORTH WORTH EVER CROSS YOUR MIND -
Certified Platinum 1/13/92, and also hit #1 on Billboard
This has the distinction of being the first album George Strait co-produced at MCA Records and the results are stunning. Fort Worth won the "Album of the Year" awards from both the CMA and the ACM and included in it are two hits that George still sings in concert to this day "The Fireman" and "The Cowboy Rides Away".
GREATEST HITS - VOLUME I - Certified Triple Platinum 6/24/96
By 1985, George had enough hits to release a greatest hits package and it proved to be very successful. At one point, this album had been on Billboard's charts for over 500 weeks.
SOMETHING SPECIAL - Certified Platinum 9/19/96
A #l album on Billboard
This album features one of George's all-time biggest hits "The Chair", a song that was not only #1 on the BB country singles chart, but a video was also filmed and you can still see it occasionally on cable. Whenever George sings "The Chair", the crowd response lets him know it's a crowd favorite.
# 7 - Certified Platinum 9/19/96
In early 1986, George Strait released his 7th album and aptly named it "# 7", it quickly went to #1 on the Billboard charts.
MERRY CHRISTMAS STRAIT TO YOU
Certified Double Platinum - 3/24/99
George's first Christmas album is a country album with classic Christmas tunes, plus 5 new songs, two of which were written especially for George "When It's Christmas Time in Texas" and the title cut. A couple of other highlights include George's rendition of "White Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland".
OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY - Certified Double Platinum 9/19/96
This album is very special because it was the first country album EVER to debut at #l on the Billboard Country Album Chart. Now albums routinely do that, but back in the mid-80's, it was unheard of, so George's achievement is all the more remarkable.
George's huge hit "All My Ex's Live in Texas" is included here, plus the title song which was actually the first release from the album. George sang that song at the 1987 American Music Awards.
GREATEST HITS - VOLUME II
Certified Triple Platinum 9/19/96
Also went to #1 on Billboard, and stayed on the charts for over 3 years.
IF YOU AIN'T LOVIN', YOU AIN'T LIVIN'
Certified Platinum 8/27/91
Another #1 album on Billboard's charts, and a big #l hit "Baby Blue".
BEYOND THE BLUE NEON - Certified Platinum 8/2/91
#l on Billboard, plus the first single "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" had a video that was filmed in Las Vegas and it's still seen on cable occasionally.
LIVIN' IT UP - Certified Platinum 1/3/91
This album was #1 on Billboard, but it's extra special because it was released shortly after George won his first CMA "Entertainer of the Year" Award, and George is wearing the exact same jacket, tie and shirt he wore at the CMA's when he won the award, and as a special treat, he also included the gold and silver buckle his fans gave him for Christmas in 1989. It has engraved the words "Entertainer of the Year". George looks very elegant and dapper on this album cover.
CHILL OF AN EARLY FALL - Certified Platinum 1/16/92
This album includes a great version of Hank's "Lovesick Blues" featuring George yodeling.
