Something Special (George Strait album) explained

Something Special
Type:	Studio
Artist:	George Strait
Cover:	somethingspecialstrait.jpg
Recorded:	February 1985
Studio:	Sound Stage Studios Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:	Neotraditional country Western swing honky-tonk
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Jimmy Bowen George Strait
Prev Title:	Greatest Hits
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	7
Next Year:	1986

Something Special is the fifth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on August 29, 1985, by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA. The album produced singles in the track "You're Something Special to Me" (#4 on Hot Country Singles) and "The Chair" (#1 on the same chart). It was the first album for the MCA label to be issued on both LP album and compact disc.^[1] "Blue is Not a Word" was previously recorded by Kari Pickett in 1978.

Personnel

• George Strait – lead vocals
• John Hobbs – keyboards
• Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar
• Reggie Young – electric guitar
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Matt Betton – drums
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – backing vocals

Production

• Jimmy Bowen – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Bob Bullock – engineer
• Ron Treat – engineer
• Mark Coddington – second engineer
• Tim Kish – second engineer
• Russ Martin – second engineer
• Chuck Ainlay – mixing at GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Peter Brill Nash – photography
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Brown, Wallace & Associates, Inc. – design and production
• Erv Woosley – management

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Kirby. Kip. October 26, 1985. Country CD Business Picking Up. Billboard. 82. January 8, 2010.
2. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986. Billboard. June 1, 2021.