George Strait is releasing his new box set, Strait Out of the Box: Part 2, exclusively with Walmart on Friday (November 18th). This impressive three-disc, 56-track collection features 36 hit singles including 26 No. 1s, plus two brand new songs, his latest radio single “Goin’ Goin’ Gone” and 18 choice album cuts, all personally selected by the King of Country Music.
“So, I’ve got this new project coming out, Strait Out of the Box Part 2, and there’s 56 songs on it. Twenty-six of them are number-one records, and the rest are songs that I picked that might have got passed over but that I felt like were strong enough to probably be released if we would have done it,” says George. “So, hopefully, if somebody buys this Strait Out of the Box Part 2, they’ll hear some of those songs that maybe they’ve never heard before.”
Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 spans 20 years of Strait’s career from 1996 to 2016, following the highly successful, 8x Platinum-selling 1995 release, Strait Out of the Box. Strait is one of the most celebrated country music stars in history and Billboard recently named him No. 1 on the Greatest of All Time: Country Artists list. With 60 No. 1 singles and more than 70 million records sold, Strait has more No. 1 songs than any other artist and is third only to Elvis Presley and The Beatles with the most Gold and Platinum albums in history.
George says he’s looking forward to releasing a third box set at some point because he still has something to say.
“I do feel like I still have something to say. I feel like I have a lot of songs in me to write. I have a lot of ideas that I want to get out there for people to hear. I still feel relevant in this business. I feel like I can still sing as good as I ever could,” says Strait. “And my band is great. I love playing with them. Every night we’re out there. And so I don’t see – I can’t just see me not being a part of this. I want to get my records out there.”
Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 is available for only at Walmart.com.
Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 Track List:
Disc 1 (1996-2000)
- Blue Clear Sky
- Carried Away
- Rockin’ In The Arms Of Your Memory
- I Can Still Make Cheyenne
- Round About Way
- Carrying Your Love With Me
- One Night At A Time
- Today My World Slipped Away
- The Nerve
- I Just Want To Dance With You
- True
- Maria
- We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This
- Meanwhile
- Write This Down
- The Best Day
- Looking Out My Window Through The Pain
- Go On
Disc 2 (2001-2008)
- She’ll Leave You With A Smile
- Run
- Living and Living Well
- My Life’s Been Grand
- Cowboys Like Us
- Desperately
- Four Down and Twelve Across
- I Hate Everything
- Seashores of Old Mexico
- She Let Herself Go
- Give It Away
- Wrapped
- It Just Comes Natural
- Texas Cookin’
- How ’Bout Them Cowgirls
- Come On Joe
- Troubadour
- River Of Love
- I Saw God Today
Disc 3 (2009-2016)
- Living For The Night
- Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
- Arkansas Dave
- Love’s Gonna Make It Alright
- Drinkin’ Man
- Shame On Me
- Here For A Good Time
- House Across The Bay
- Blue Marlin Blues
- I’ll Always Remember You
- Give It All We Got Tonight
- I Just Can’t Go On Dying Like This
- That’s What Breaking Hearts Do
- The Night Is Young
- I Believe
- Goin’ Goin’ Gone
- Everything I See
- Kicked Outta Country*
- You Gotta Go Through Hell*
Audio / George Strait talks about his new box set, Strait Out of the Box Part 2.
DownloadGeorge Strait (Strait Out of the Box Part 2) OC: …Heaven. :49
“So, I’ve got this new project coming out, Strait Out of the Box Part 2, and there’s 56 songs on it. Twenty-six of them are number-one records, and the rest are songs that I picked that might have got passed over but that I felt like were strong enough to probably be released if we would have done it. So, hopefully, if somebody buys this Strait Out of the Box Part 2, they’ll hear some of those songs that maybe they’ve never heard before. When we were putting this together, I went in the studio and I cut a couple of new songs for it, so they’ll be on it as well. I wrote one with Jamey Johnson called ‘Kicked Outta Country,’ and then I wrote another one with my son and Dean Dillon called ‘Gotta Go Through Hell to Get To Heaven.’”
Audio / George Strait says it’s unbelievable that he’s releasing a second box set.
DownloadGeorge Strait (Strait Out of the Box Part 2) 2 OC: …be good. [laughs] :22
“It’s hard for me to believe that I’m releasing another box set. This is Strait Out of the Box Part 2 and it’s been 20 years. And so now I’m looking forward to Strait Out of the Box Part 3, which I’ll be talking like this but it should be good.” [laughs]
Audio / George Strait says he will continue making records because he still has something to say and lots of songs in him to write.
DownloadGeorge Strait (still has something to say) OC: …make them. [laughs] :44
“Well, I do feel like I still have something to say. I feel like I have a lot of songs in me to write. I have a lot of ideas that I want to get out there for people to hear. I still feel relevant in this business. I feel like I can still sing as good as I ever could. And my band is great. I love playing with them. Every night we’re out there. And so I don’t see – I can’t just see me not being a part of this. I want to get my records out there. If they play them that’s great. I’d love for them to play them. I know my fans would like to hear them. But if not that’s just it is what it is, but I’m still going to play them and I’m still going to make them.”