The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album)


The Road Less Traveled is the twenty-first studio album by country artist George Strait released by MCA Nashville in 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 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 ; and "My Life's Been Grand" by Merle Haggard on his 1986 album Out Among the Stars.
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

  1. "She'll Leave You with a Smile" - 2:58
  2. "Run" - 4:05
  3. "Stars on the Water" - 3:43
  4. "Living and Living Well" - 3:38
  5. "The Real Thing" - 3:33
  6. "Don't Tell Me You're Not in Love" - 3:32
  7. "The Road Less Traveled" - 3:54
  8. "The Middle of Nowhere" - 3:14
  9. "Good Time Charley's" - 2:31
  10. "My Life's Been Grand" - 2:38

    Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Musicians

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction and arrangement of Steve Dorff.

Production