Easy Come Easy Go is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released by MCA Records and it produced four singles for Strait on the Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (#1), a cover of George Jones' 1965 hit "Lovebug" (#8), "I'd Like to Have That One Back" (#3), and "The Man in Love with You" (#5).
| Easy Come Easy Go | ||||
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| Released | September 28, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | April 1993 | |||
| Studio | Sound Stage Studios and Masterfonics (Nashville, TN); O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA). | |||
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| Length | 31:32 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown George Strait | |||
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| Singles from Easy Come Easy Go | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[3] |
Barbra Streisand covered "We Must Be Loving Right" on her 1999 album A Love Like Ours.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stay Out of My Arms" | Jim Lauderdale | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Just Look at Me" | Gerald Smith, Curtis Wayne | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Easy Come, Easy Go" | Aaron Barker, Dean Dillon | 3:02 |
| 4. | "I'd Like to Have That One Back" | Barker, Bill Shore, Rick West | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Lovebug" | Wayne Kemp, Wayne | 2:50 |
| 6. | "I Wasn't Fooling Around" | Lauderdale, John Leventhal | 3:00 |
| 7. | "Without Me Around" | Dillon, John Northrup | 3:26 |
| 8. | "The Man in Love with You" | Steve Dorff, Gary Harju | 3:22 |
| 9. | "That's Where My Baby Feels at Home" | Kemp, Wayne, Faron Young | 2:44 |
| 10. | "We Must Be Loving Right" | Clay Blaker, Roger Brown | 3:34 |
Personnel
editAs listed in liner notes.[4]
- George Strait – lead vocals
- Matt Rollings – pianos
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, hi-string acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar, tic tac bass
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Steve Dorff – string arrangements (7, 8, 10)
- Liana Manis – backing vocals
- Curtis Young – backing vocals
Production
edit- Tony Brown – producer
- George Strait – producer
- Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing, mastering
- Graham Lewis – sound engineer
- John Thomas II – sound engineer
- Craig White – sound engineer (6)
- Glenn Meadows – mastering
- Jessie Noble – project coordinator
- Jim Kemp – art direction
- Carmelo Roman – art direction, design
- Keith Carter – photography
Charts
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Year-end chartsedit
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References
edit- ^ a b c Easy Come Easy Go at AllMusic
- ^ a b Chicago Tribune review
- ^ "Entertainment Weekly Review". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ^ Easy Come, Easy Go (Media notes). George Strait. MCA Records. 1993. MCAD-10907.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2021.