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Easy Come Easy Go

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Song for song, George Strait's Easy Come Easy Go is a career high point for the artist and the standard against which all modern country albums should be judged. Strait's traditionalism is well represented with the Texas swing of Stay Out Of My Arms, I Wasn't Fooling Around and That's Where My Baby Feels At Home. The CD's title song is one of Strait's best performances - he sings the song perfectly. If you've heard Strait's duet of Fly Me To The Moon with Frank Sinatra (on the box set Strait From The Box), you'll know how smooth Strait can be in his delivery and phrasing. His recording of We Must Be Loving Right on this CD is equally sublime. Strait's long career has produced many highlights (I'd also heavily recommend the Lead On album) but he's yet to better this release.

"Easy Come, Easy Go" is probably my favorite George Strait album from the early 90's. Things start off perfectly with "Stay Out Of My Arms." It's a swinging Texas tune that sets the tone for the rest of the album. "Just Look At Me" has that same Texas twang to it, but at a slower pace. The rest of the album is a great mix of love songs and love-done-wrong songs. The only song that really feels out of place with the rest of the album is the title track. Don't get me wrong, it's a great song, but it doesn't have as much Tex in it as the other songs do. Even the Sinatra-esque "We Must Be Loving Right" sounds like part of this album.

Of course, "Lovebug" and "The Man In Love With You" are probably the most recognizable tunes aside from the title track, the other songs on this album are really good. One of my personal favorites is "I Wasn't Fooling Around."

In short, if you like George Strait, this is one of his better albums. Just about anything you buy from this guy will be pleasing to the ear, but I do recommend this album above some of his other 90's discs.

It would have been impossible to follow-up Pure Country with an album just as awesome, but Easy Come holds its own pretty well.

My two favorites on this one are Stay Out Of My Arms and Easy Come, Easy Go. Stay Out boasts great phrasing and lyrics that are delivered impeccably. Easy Come has a creative and catchy TexMex flavor, and extra points are awarded for including the phrase "Vaya Con Dios". The Man in Love and I'd Like To Have are the songs with the most emotion and stature, and George's textured voice rolls over the lyrics. George Jones' Lovebug is given a nice cover, and Strait does a great nod to the past. Wihtout Me Around is also very compelling.

The two weakest are We Must Be Loving and Just Look At Me, with melodies that are just a little off, with the overall tone a little too lackadasical and sleepy. Still, not too bad.

Easy Come, Easy go on eof my favorite George Strait records...great tunes on this one most all of the classics like Easy Come, Easy Go, Just Look at Me, The man in Love With You, I'd Like to Have That One Back are great sing a long and beer drinking music. Great record to get. Any Strait records are great get all of them.

I have all of George's albums and I love some more than others, but for contemporary country lovers, this one is a must. Best cuts "Without Me Around", Easy Come Easy Go", "I'd Like To Have That One Back", and my personal favorite that I could listen to 1000 times and still not tire of it "We Must Be Loving Right". It is not a country song, but George performs it beautifully. Barbra Streisand apparently agreed, she has recorded her own version after hearing Strait's. She even got George's co-producer Tony Brown to produce her version. It makes me hope that there is an entire album of this type of material in Strait's future!!!

This is a difficult CD to find. I can't understand why. Every cut on the CD is great. The title track is still popular on radio.

"Lovebug" and "Stay out of my arms" are two gems, no mistaking it. The other tracks are fluff. I'm glad I bought it for the above two, three stars.

Every song on this compilation is an example of everything that country music should sound like. The variety is all-encompassing, yet the roots of Strait's sound never waver. I agree that this album is the standard that all country releases should be measured against. "Stay Out of My Arms", "I Wasn't Fooling Around", and "We Must Be Loving Right" are especially the standouts.

This is some of George's finest work. great song wrighting, and melodic traditional country vocals and music. The album tracks are just as good as the hit singles on this one, just like they are on a lot of his other albums. An instant classic!

Get it get it get it!!! I got it quickly I was so exited and threw it in my CD player and just to tell you what it was better than any other albom piriod. I am a major Gorge Strait fan and I have sevaral of his CDs but by far this one was the very best of all so GET IT! This is a TOTAL RECOMENDASHON!!!!!!!!!!!!! So remember GET IT!!!