Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind is the fourth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on September 26, 1984, by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the U.S. The title track, "The Cowboy Rides Away", and "The Fireman" were all released as singles from this album. "Honky Tonk Saturday Night" was previously recorded by John Anderson on his 1982 album, Wild & Blue. American music critic Robert Christgau would refer the album as Strait’s best to date in his relative review.[3]
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| Released | September 26, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | June 1984 | |||
| Studio | Sound Stage Studio Nashville, Tennessee | |||
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| Length | 25:55 | |||
| Label | MCA MCAD-31032 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" | Sanger D. Shafer, Darlene Shafer | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Any Old Time" | Jeff Dayton, Katherine Elizabeth Nicoll | 2:03 |
| 3. | "I Need Someone Like Me" | S. Shafer | 2:46 |
| 4. | "You're Dancin' This Dance All Wrong" | John Porter McMeans, Ron Moore | 3:57 |
| 5. | "Honky Tonk Saturday Night" | S. Shafer | 2:29 |
| 6. | "I Should Have Watched That First Step" | Wayne Kemp | 2:57 |
| 7. | "Love Comes from the Other Side of Town" | Fred J. Freiling | 2:17 |
| 8. | "The Cowboy Rides Away" | Sonny Throckmorton, Casey Kelly | 3:20 |
| 9. | "What Did You Expect Me to Do" | S. Shafer | 2:38 |
| 10. | "The Fireman" | Mack Vickery, Kemp | 2:34 |
| Total length: | 25:55[1] | ||
Personnel
edit- George Strait – lead vocals, harmony vocals
- John Hobbs – keyboards
- Larry Byrom – electric guitars
- Reggie Young – electric guitars
- Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitars
- Hank DeVito – steel guitar
- Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Curtis Young – backing vocals
Production
- Jimmy Bowen – producer
- George Strait – producer
- Dave Hassinger – first engineer
- Steve Tillisch – first engineer
- Ron Treat – first engineer
- Mark Coddington – second engineer
- Tim Kish – second engineer
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Jim Shea – photography
- Jeff Adamoff – art direction
Charts
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e Jurek, Thom. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind at AllMusic
- ^ Sexton, Paul (September 26, 2020). "'Does Forth Worth Ever Cross Your Mind': Recalling A George Strait Classic". UDiscoverMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "CG: George Strait". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.