• Source: The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album)

      • The Road Less Traveled is the twenty-first studio album by American country music artist George Strait released by MCA Nashville on November 6, 2001. Certified platinum for sales of one million copies, the album produced the hits "Run", "She'll Leave You with a Smile" and "Living and Living Well", the latter two of which were number 1 hits on the Billboard country charts. "Stars on the Water" and "The Real Thing" also charted at numbers 50 and 60 from unsolicited airplay.


      Content


      Four of this album's songs are covers: "Stars on the Water" was originally cut by Rodney Crowell on his 1981 album Rodney Crowell; "The Real Thing" by Chip Taylor (as "(I Want) The Real Thing") on his 1973 album Chip Taylor's Last Chance; "Good Time Charley's" by Del Reeves on his 1969 album Down at Good Time Charlie's (as "Good Time Charlie's"); and "My Life's Been Grand" by Merle Haggard on his 1986 album Out Among the Stars. Strait's rendition of "Stars on the Water" features heavy application of Auto-Tune to Strait's vocal track. According to Strait, this was the decision of longtime producer Tony Brown; Strait was initially critical of the technique, but stated that he liked the sound once Brown reduced the amount used.
      The song "She'll Leave You with a Smile" is not to be confused with another song with the same name which Strait previously recorded on his 1997 album, Carrying Your Love with Me.


      Critical reception




      Track listing




      Personnel


      As listed in liner notes.


      = Musicians

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      George Strait – lead vocals
      Steve Nathan – keyboards
      Steve Conn – accordion
      Steve Gibson – electric guitar
      Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
      Brent Mason – electric guitar
      Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitars
      Paul Franklin – steel guitar
      Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
      Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
      Eddie Bayers – drums
      The Nashville String Machine – strings
      Steve Dorff – string arrangements and conductor
      Wes Hightower – backing vocals
      Liana Manis – backing vocals


      = Production

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      Tony Brown – producer
      George Strait — producer
      Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
      David Bryant – recording assistant, overdub recording assistant
      Jeff Socher – mix assistant
      Justin Niebank – overdub recording
      Russ Martin – additional overdub recording
      Tony Green – overdub recording assistant
      Eric Conn – digital editing
      Carlos Grier – digital editing
      Denny Purcell – mastering
      Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
      Jessie Noble – project coordinator
      Erv Woolsey – management


      = Design

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      Tony Baker – photography
      Virginia Team – art direction, additional photography
      Chris Ferrara – design


      Charts




      References

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