Ocean Front Property Explained

Ocean Front Property
Type:	Studio
Artist:	George Strait
Cover:	Ocean Front Property.jpg
Recorded:	September 1986
Studio:	Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:	Neotraditional country^[1]
Label:	MCA MCAD-5913
Producer:	Jimmy Bowen George Strait
Prev Title:	Merry Christmas Strait to You!
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Greatest Hits Volume Two
Next Year:	1987

Ocean Front Property is the seventh studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on January 12, 1987, by MCA Records. It is certified 2× Multi-platinum by the RIAA. It is the first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart. It was ranked #5 on CMT's list of 40 Greatest Albums in Country Music in 2006.

Personnel

Tracks 1-4 & 6-10

George Strait – lead vocals
John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano
Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
Owen Hale – drums
Curtis Young – harmony vocals

Ace in the Hole Band (Track 5)

George Strait – vocals
Ronnie Huckaby – acoustic piano
David Anthony – acoustic guitar
Benny McArthur – electric guitar
Rick McRae – electric guitar
- Mike Daily – steel guitar Terry Hale – bass guitar
Phillip Farjado – drums
Gene Elders – fiddle

Production

Jimmy Bowen – producer
George Strait – producer
Steve Tillisch – recording, mixing
Chuck Ainlay – overdub recording
Willie Pevear – overdub recording
Tim Kish – second engineer
Marty Williams – second engineer
Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Jessie Noble – project coordinator
Simon Levy – art direction
Mickey Braithwaite – design
Jerry Smith – photography
Erv Woolsey – management

Chart positions

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	117

Notes and References

Web site: "If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'" . Apple Music . November 3, 2024.