Strait from the Heart

Strait from the Heart
Studio album by
George Strait
ReleasedJune 3, 1982 (1982-06-03)
RecordedSeptember 1981 – April 1982
StudioMusic City Music Hall (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length28:45
LabelMCA
ProducerBlake Mevis
George Strait chronology
Strait Country
(1981) 		Strait from the Heart
(1982) 		Right or Wrong
(1983)
Singles from Strait from the Heart
  1. "Fool Hearted Memory"
    Released: May 27, 1982
  2. "Marina del Rey"
    Released: September 16, 1982
  3. "Amarillo by Morning"
    Released: January 14, 1983
  4. "A Fire I Can't Put Out"
    Released: May 19, 1983

Strait from the Heart is the second studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on June 3, 1982, by MCA Records. The album includes Strait's first No. 1 single, "Fool Hearted Memory", as well as follow-up singles "Marina del Rey", "Amarillo by Morning" and "A Fire I Can't Put Out", reaching No. 6, No. 4, and No. 1 respectively on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The album peaked at No. 18 on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Strait from the Heart is certified platinum by the RIAA.

There were three cover songs on the album: "Honky Tonk Crazy", which had been released a couple of months earlier in 1982 by the duo of Gary Stewart and Dean Dillon on their Brotherly Love album; 2) the Guy Clark song, "Heartbroke", which was first recorded by Rodney Crowell on his 1980 album, But What Will the Neighbors Think; and 3) "Amarillo by Morning" which was first recorded by Terry Stafford in 1973. "The Only Thing I Have Left" was later recorded by Tim McGraw for his 1993 debut album of the same name.

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