It Just Comes Natural is the 24th studio album from country music singer George Strait. The album produced Strait*s 41st Number One Billboard Hot Country Songs) hit in its lead-off single "Give It Away". Also released from this album were the title track (also #1 on Hot Country Songs), "Wrapped" (#2), and "How *Bout Them Cowgirls" (#3). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
Contents
1 Content
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 Chart performance
5 References
Content
"Give It Away" is the album*s first single. Released in mid-2006, this song reached Number One on theBillboard country charts, becoming Strait*s 41st Number One hit on that chart, and breaking Conway Twitty*s record for the most Billboard Number One hits by a country music artist. Following this song was the title track, his 42nd Number One. "Wrapped" was the third single, and finishing out the releases was "How *Bout Them Cowgirls".
Track listing
"Give It Away" (Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson) – 3:30
"She Told Me So" (Bobby Braddock) – 3:04
"That*s My Kind of Woman" (Dean Dillon, Tammy Hyler) – 3:26
"Wrapped" (Bruce Robison) – 4:09
"It Just Comes Natural" (Marv Green, Jim Collins) – 2:58
"He Must Have Really Hurt You Bad" (Tim Johnson) – 2:42
"A Heart Like Hers" (Tony Martin, Mark Nesler) – 3:27
"Why Can*t I Leave Her Alone" (Trent Tomlinson, Danny Wells, Ashe Underwood, Mark Kerr) – 4:16
"One Foot in Front of the Other" (Lee Roy Parnell, Cris Moore) – 4:16
"I Ain*t Her Cowboy Anymore" (Dillon, Scotty Emerick, Marla Cannon-Goodman) – 4:56
"Texas Cookin*" (Guy Clark) – 4:25
"A Better Rain" (David Cory Lee, Tony Lane) – 3:39
"How *bout Them Cowgirls" (Casey Beathard, Ed Hill) – 3:57
"What Say" (Leslie Satcher, Bobby Carmichael) – 3:54
"Come On Joe" (Tony Romeo) – 3:49
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
Eddie Bayers – drums
Tony Brown – background vocals on "Texas Cookin*"
Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Brent Mason – electric guitar, gut string guitar
Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
Steve Nathan – Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer, synthesizer
Matt Rollings – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
Marty Slayton – background vocals
George Strait – lead vocals
Jeff Taylor – accordion on "Come On Joe"
Glenn Worf – bass guitar on all tracks except "She Told Me So", upright bass on "She Told Me So"
All musicians except Jeff Taylor also perform background vocals on "Texas Cookin*."
Strings on tracks #10, #12, and #13 performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction of Bergen White.
Chart performance
Chart (2006) Peakposition
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 3
Contents
1 Content
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 Chart performance
5 References
Content
"Give It Away" is the album*s first single. Released in mid-2006, this song reached Number One on theBillboard country charts, becoming Strait*s 41st Number One hit on that chart, and breaking Conway Twitty*s record for the most Billboard Number One hits by a country music artist. Following this song was the title track, his 42nd Number One. "Wrapped" was the third single, and finishing out the releases was "How *Bout Them Cowgirls".
Track listing
"Give It Away" (Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson) – 3:30
"She Told Me So" (Bobby Braddock) – 3:04
"That*s My Kind of Woman" (Dean Dillon, Tammy Hyler) – 3:26
"Wrapped" (Bruce Robison) – 4:09
"It Just Comes Natural" (Marv Green, Jim Collins) – 2:58
"He Must Have Really Hurt You Bad" (Tim Johnson) – 2:42
"A Heart Like Hers" (Tony Martin, Mark Nesler) – 3:27
"Why Can*t I Leave Her Alone" (Trent Tomlinson, Danny Wells, Ashe Underwood, Mark Kerr) – 4:16
"One Foot in Front of the Other" (Lee Roy Parnell, Cris Moore) – 4:16
"I Ain*t Her Cowboy Anymore" (Dillon, Scotty Emerick, Marla Cannon-Goodman) – 4:56
"Texas Cookin*" (Guy Clark) – 4:25
"A Better Rain" (David Cory Lee, Tony Lane) – 3:39
"How *bout Them Cowgirls" (Casey Beathard, Ed Hill) – 3:57
"What Say" (Leslie Satcher, Bobby Carmichael) – 3:54
"Come On Joe" (Tony Romeo) – 3:49
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
Eddie Bayers – drums
Tony Brown – background vocals on "Texas Cookin*"
Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Brent Mason – electric guitar, gut string guitar
Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
Steve Nathan – Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer, synthesizer
Matt Rollings – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
Marty Slayton – background vocals
George Strait – lead vocals
Jeff Taylor – accordion on "Come On Joe"
Glenn Worf – bass guitar on all tracks except "She Told Me So", upright bass on "She Told Me So"
All musicians except Jeff Taylor also perform background vocals on "Texas Cookin*."
Strings on tracks #10, #12, and #13 performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction of Bergen White.
Chart performance
Chart (2006) Peakposition
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 3