George Strait is set to release Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 exclusively with Walmart on Friday (November 18th). The three-disc, 56-track collection features 36 hit singles (26 No. 1s) in addition to two brand new songs, co-written by George, along with 18 choice album cuts, all personally selected by the King of Country Music. The collections spans 20 years from 1996 to 2016, picking up right where his eight-times platinum selling 1995 release, Strait Out of the Box, left off.
Other than having multiple platinum songs, numerous awards and 60 No. 1 hits, one thing remains the same for George – his consistency. “I think I know what works for me. There’s been a few times where I’ve been fooled, but I think for the most part I know what’s going to work for me and I know what I like,” says George. “And I’ve always said it’s the melody that catches me the first time I hear a song, and then you kind of go back and listen to what the song is about and what it’s saying. So, if both of those are good then you get the whole package.”
You still have an opportunity to pre-order Strait Out of the Box: Part 2, along with select merchandise, including a silver-plated belt buckle identical to the one featured on the collection’s cover. For more information, go here.
You can catch George performing exclusive dates at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas December 2nd and 3rd, as well as February 17th and 18th.
Audio / George Strait explains why he feels he’s remained consistent over the past 35 years.
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“Consciously, the only thing I did was just try to go out and find the best songs I could find, cut the best songs I could cut and…there’s been times when I’ve gone in the studio with a song that I thought would be great for me and after about two or three tries I just can’t because it’s just not working, whether it’s vocally or whether I’m just not feeling the song at all. There’s been a few of those times, not a lot of them but there have been a few of them. So I think I’ve been – I think I know what works for me. Like I said there’s been a few times where I’ve been fooled but it but I think for the most part I know what’s going to work for me and I know what I like and I’ve always said it’s the melody that catches me the first time I hear a song and then you kind of go back and listen to what the song is about and what it’s saying. So if both of those are good then you get the whole package.”
