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Length
  
41:13

Artist
  
George Strait

Label
  
MCA Nashville Records

Here for a Good Time (2011)
  
Icon (2011)

Release date
  
6 September 2011

Genre
  
Country music

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Released
  
September 6, 2011 (2011-09-06)

Producer
  
Tony Brown George Strait

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Country Album

Similar
  
George Strait albums, Country music albums

Love s gonna make it alright lyrics george strait


Here for a Good Time is the twenty-seventh studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on September 6, 2011 via MCA Nashville. Strait co-produced the album with his long-time producer Tony Brown. The title track and lead-off single, "Here for a Good Time", co-written with son Bubba and songwriter Dean Dillon, was released in June 2011. The album sold 91,414 copies in its first week. On November 30, 2011, the album received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Album.

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Strait co-wrote seven of the album’s eleven tracks with his son, Bubba Strait, and songwriter Dean Dillon. "Here for a Good Time," the lead off single, debuted at number 29 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, making the second-highest debut of his career.

Here for a Good Time was recorded at Shrimpboat Sound Studio in Key West, Florida, the same studio where Strait recorded his last three albums.

"A Showman's Life" was previously recorded by Gary Allan on his 2003 album See If I Care.

Personnel

  • Eddie Bayers - drums
  • Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
  • Thom Flora - background vocals
  • Paul Franklin - steel guitar
  • Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Wes Hightower - background vocals
  • Faith Hill - background vocals on "A Showman's Life"
  • Brent Mason - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Steve Nathan - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Matt Rollings - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
  • Marty Slayton - background vocals
  • Chris Stapleton - background vocals
  • George Strait - lead vocals, background vocals
  • Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Glenn Worf - bass guitar, upright bass
  • Album

    Here for a Good Time debuted at No.3 on the Billboard 200 chart and No.1 on the Country Albums chart with 91,000 copies. As of December 21, 2011, the album had sold 298k copies.

    Songs

    1Love's Gonna Make It Alright3:48
    2Drinkin' Man4:26
    3Shame On Me2:37

    References

    Here for a Good Time Wikipedia