Chill of an Early Fall

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{{Infobox album

| name = Chill of an Early Fall

| type = Album

| artist = George Strait

| cover = Chill_Of_An_Early_Fall.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 19, 1991

| recorded = September 1990

| venue =

| studio = Emerald Studios and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN).

| genre = * Neotraditional country

• honky-tonk
• Texas country

| length = 31:03

| label = MCA

| producer = Jimmy Bowen
George Strait

| prev_title = Livin' It Up

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Ten Strait Hits

| next_year = 1991

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Chill of an Early Fall

| type = Studio

| single1 = If I Know Me

| single1date = March 12, 1991

| single2 = You Know Me Better Than That

| single2date = June 11, 1991

| single3 = The Chill of an Early Fall

| single3date = September 23, 1991

| single4 = Lovesick Blues

| single4date = January 7, 1992

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123529|first=Mark A.|last=Humphrey}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-04-11-9102020173-story.html |title=George StraitChill of an Early Fall (MCA) |last=Hurst |first=Jack |date=April 11, 1991 |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=October 7, 2018}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = A+{{cite magazine |last=Nash |first=Alanna |date=April 12, 1991 |title=Chill of an Early Fall |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/04/12/chill-early-fall/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 7, 2018}}

| rev4 = Los Angeles Times

| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-09-ca-610-story.html |title=George Strait "Chill of an Early Fall" MCA |last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=June 9, 1991 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 7, 2018}}

| rev5 = Q

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1250015&style=music Album reviews at CD Universe]

}}

Chill of an Early Fall is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer George Strait. It was released by MCA Records. The album produced the singles "If I Know Me" and "You Know Me Better Than That", both of which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1991. Also released from this album were the title track (#3 on the country charts) and a cover of Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" (#24), Strait's first single since "Down and Out" in 1981 to miss Top Ten.

"Her Only Bad Habit Is Me" was recorded by Ty England on his 1995 self-titled debut.