| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (68/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| About.com |  [2] |
| Allmusic |  [3] |
| The Austin Chronicle | [4] |
| Chicago Tribune | (positive)[5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[6] |
| The New York Times | (average)[1] |
| People |  [7] |
| Plugged In | (positive)[8] |
| Robert Christgau |  [9] |
| Stylus Magazine | D+[10] |
Somewhere Down in Texas is the twenty-third studio album by American country music singer George Strait. This album was released on June 28, 2005 on the MCA Nashville Records label. This album was certified platinum and peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200. Singles released from it were, in order: "You'll Be There", which peaked at #4 on Hot Country Songs; "She Let Herself Go", which became Strait's 40th Billboard Number One hit on the country charts; and a cover of Merle Haggard's "The Seashores of Old Mexico", which peaked at #11. "Texas" also charted at #35 on Hot Country Songs from unsolicited airplay.
The album's titled track was played in a video retrospective to former wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin that appeared as the last chapter of the same name in the DVD, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time.
In 2005, the Country Music Association named "Good News, Bad News" the musical event of the year.[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "If the Whole World Was a Honky Tonk" | Bryan Simpson, Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Somewhere Down in Texas" | Dana Hunt Black, Tim Ryan Rouillier, Charlie Black | 3:55 |
| 3. | "The Seashores of Old Mexico" | Merle Haggard | 4:11 |
| 4. | "You'll Be There" | Cory Mayo | 4:18 |
| 5. | "High Tone Woman" | Leslie Satcher, Rouillier | 2:52 |
| 6. | "Good News, Bad News" (with Lee Ann Womack) | Dean Dillon, Dale Dodson, Lee Ann Womack | 3:22 |
| 7. | "Oh, What a Perfect Day" | Monty Holmes, Buddy Brock, Jeff Silvey | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Texas" | Steven Dale Jones, Phillip White | 3:04 |
| 9. | "Ready for the End of the World" | Clint Daniels, Tony Martin | 3:51 |
| 10. | "She Let Herself Go" | Dillon, Kerry Kurt Phillips | 3:18 |
| 11. | "By the Light of a Burning Bridge" | Walt Aldridge, Michael White | 3:17 |
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers – drums (all tracks)
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle (all tracks except 4), mandolin (tracks 3,4)
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (all tracks)
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar (tracks 1,8,10,11), electric guitar (all tracks except 1,10,11)
- Wes Hightower – background vocals (all tracks except 3,4,6)
- Brent Mason – acoustic guitar (track 6), electric guitar on (all tracks except 3,6,9), nylon string guitar (track 3)
- Steve Nathan – piano (track 7) Hammond B-3 organ (tracks 1,2,5,8,9,10,11), Wurlitzer (track 3)
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (track 3)
- Matt Rollings – piano (all tracks except 7 and 9), synthesizer (track 7)
- Marty Slayton – background vocals (all tracks except 3,4,6)
- George Strait – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (track 3)
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (all tracks except 6), gut string guitar (track 6)
- Lee Ann Womack – duet vocals (track 6)
- Casey Wood – percussion (track 4)
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar (all tracks except 3 and 5), upright bass (track 5)
Additional background vocals on "You'll Be There" by Jaime Babbitt, Robert Bailey, Lisa Cochran, Vicki Hampton, Chris Rodriguez, Casey Wood.
Strings on tracks 2, 3, 4, and 6 performed by the Nashville String Machine. Arranged and conducted by Bergen White and contracted by Carl Gorodetzky.
Charts
References
- ^ a b Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ^ About.com review
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ The Austin Chronicle review
- ^ Chicago Tribune review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ People review
- ^ Plugged In review
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Stylus Magazine review Archived June 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CMA past winners". Country Music Association. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- ^ "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.