Here for a Good Time
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| Studio album by George Strait | ||||
| Released | September 6, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 41:13 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown George Strait |
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| Singles from Here for a Good Time | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (74/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| American Songwriter | [3] |
| The Boston Globe | (positive)[4] |
| Country Weekly | (favorable)[5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[6] |
| Los Angeles Times | [7] |
| The New York Times | (positive)[8] |
| PopMatters |   [9] |
| Slant Magazine | [10] |
| Taste of Country | [11] |
| USA Today | [12] |
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.[13] 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.
Contents
Content
Strait co-wrote seven of the album’s eleven tracks with his son, Bubba Strait, and songwriter Dean Dillon.[14] "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.[15]
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.[16]
"A Showman's Life" was previously recorded by Gary Allan on his 2003 album See If I Care.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" | Al Anderson, Chris Stapleton | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Drinkin' Man" | Dean Dillon, Bubba Strait, George Strait | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Shame On Me" | B. Strait, G. Strait | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Poison" | Chuck Cannon, Allen Shamblin | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Here for a Good Time" | Dillon, B. Strait, G. Strait | 3:01 |
| 6. | "House Across the Bay" | Dillon, B. Strait, G. Strait | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Lone Star Blues" | Gary Nicholson, Delbert McClinton | 4:18 |
| 8. | "A Showman’s Life" (featuring Faith Hill) | Jesse Winchester | 4:43 |
| 9. | "Three Nails and a Cross" | Bobby Boyd, Dillon, B. Strait, G. Strait | 3:43 |
| 10. | "Blue Marlin Blues" | Dillon, B. Strait, G. Strait | 3:24 |
| 11. | "I’ll Always Remember You" | Dillon, B. Strait, G. Strait | 3:54 |
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Total length:
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41:13 | ||
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
- Thom Flora - background vocals
- 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
Chart performance
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.[17] As of December 21, 2011, the album had sold 298k copies.
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums Chart[18] | 12 |
| UK Country Albums Chart[19] | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[20] | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[20] | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Country | US | CAN | ||
| 2011 | "Here for a Good Time" | 2 | 46 | 66 |
| "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" | 3 | 61 | — | |
| 2012 | "Drinkin' Man" | 37 | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
End of year charts
| Chart (2012) | Year-end 2012 |
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| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 39[21] |
| Preceded by | Top Country Albums number-one album September 24, 2011 |
Succeeded by Own the Night by Lady Antebellum |
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