It Just Comes Natural

{{Infobox album

| name = It Just Comes Natural

| type = studio

| artist = George Strait

| cover = Georgenat.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2006|10|3}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Shrimpboat Sound (Key West, Florida); Starstruck Studios, The Compound and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).

| genre = * Neotraditional country{{cite web |title=It Just Comes Natural - George Strait |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/it-just-comes-natural/1440715552 |website=Apple Music |access-date=November 3, 2024}}

honky-tonk

| length = 53:08

| label = MCA Nashville

| producer = George Strait
Tony Brown

| prev_title = Somewhere Down in Texas

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Fresh Cut Christmas

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Singles

| name = It Just Comes Natural

| type = Studio

| single1 = Give It Away

| single1date = July 8, 2006

| single2 = It Just Comes Natural

| single2date = October 9, 2006

| single3 = Wrapped

| single3date = March 19, 2007

| single4 = How 'bout Them Cowgirls

| single4date = August 24, 2007

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = About.com

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsmz/fr/JstComesNatural.htm |title=About.com review |access-date=2013-05-13 |archive-date=2013-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415102035/http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsmz/fr/JstComesNatural.htm |url-status=dead }}

|rev2 = Allmusic

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r855343|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev3score = B+[https://web.archive.org/web/20070523190112/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1540563,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]

|rev4 = The Music Box

|rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2006/georgestrait-itjustcomesnatural.html#axzz2TCVMELuB The Music Box review]

|rev5 = People

|rev5score = {{Rating|4|4}}[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20060797,00.html People review]

|rev6 = PopMatters

|rev6score = {{Rating|7|10}}[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/george-strait-it-just-comes-natural/ PopMatters review]

|rev7 = Stylus Magazine

|rev7score = B[http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/george-strait/it-just-comes-natural.htm Stylus Magazine review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509195010/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/george-strait/it-just-comes-natural.htm |date=May 9, 2012 }}

}}

It Just Comes Natural is the twenty-fourth studio album by American country music singer George Strait. The album produced Strait's 41st Number One Billboard Hot Country Songs) hit in its lead-off single "Give It Away". Also released from this album were the title track (also #1 on Hot Country Songs), "Wrapped" (#2), and "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls" (#3). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA. "It Just Comes Natural" was nominated for Best Country Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Content

"Give It Away" is the album's first single. Released in mid-2006, this song reached Number One on the Billboard country charts, becoming Strait's 41st Number One hit on that chart, and breaking Conway Twitty's record for the most Billboard Number One hits by a country music artist. Following this song was the title track, his 42nd Number One. "Wrapped" was the third single, and finishing out the releases was "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls".

Three of the album's tracks had been previously recorded by other artists, including one of the singles. "Wrapped" was originally recorded by Bruce Robison on his 1998 album Wrapped, making it the second single of Strait's career that was written and originally recorded by Robison, the first being "Desperately" on his 2003 album Honkytonkville, which was also from the album Wrapped. "She Told Me So" was originally recorded by George Jones on his 1974 album The Grand Tour. "Texas Cookin'" was originally recorded by Guy Clark on his 1976 album of the same name.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| collapsed =

| headline =

| total length =

| title1 = Give It Away

| writer1 = Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson

| length1 = 3:30

| title2 = She Told Me So

| writer2 = Bobby Braddock

| length2 = 3:04

| title3 = That's My Kind of Woman

| writer3 = Dean Dillon, Tammy Hyler

| length = 3:26

| title4 = Wrapped

| writer4 = Bruce Robison

| length4 = 4:09

| title5 = It Just Comes Natural

| writer5 = Marv Green, Jim Collins

| length5 = 2:58

| title6 = He Must Have Really Hurt You Bad

| writer6 = Tim Johnson

| length6 = 2:42

| title7 = A Heart Like Hers

| writer7 = Tony Martin, Mark Nesler

| length7 = 3:27

| title8 = Why Can't I Leave Her Alone

| writer8 = Trent Tomlinson, Danny Wells, Ashe Underwood, Mark Kerr

| length8 = 4:16

| title9 = One Foot in Front of the Other

| writer9 = Lee Roy Parnell, Cris Moore

| length9 = 4:16

| title10 = I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore

| writer10 = Dillon, Scotty Emerick, Marla Cannon-Goodman

| length10 = 4:56

| title11 = Texas Cookin'

| writer11 = Guy Clark

| length11 = 4:25

| title12 = A Better Rain

| writer12 = David Lee, Tony Lane

| length12 = 3:39

| title13 = How 'bout Them Cowgirls

| writer13 = Ed Hill, Casey Beathard

| length13 = 3:57

| title14 = What Say

| writer14 = Leslie Satcher, Bobby Carmichael

| length14 = 3:54

| title15 = Come On Joe

| writer15 = Tony Romeo

| length15 = 3:49

}}

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

= Production =

  • Mike Owens – A&R direction
  • James Stroud – A&R direction
  • Tony Brown – producer
  • George Strait – producer
  • Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
  • Scott Kidd – recording assistant
  • Kyle Lehning – additional recording
  • Todd Tidwell – additional recording
  • Casey Wood – additional recording assistant
  • Jim Cooley – mix assistant
  • Brian David Willis – digital editing
  • Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Amy Garges – production assistant
  • Craig Allen – art direction, design
  • Sid Farbstein – photography
  • Erv Woolsey – management

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=George Strait|rowheader=true|access-date=November 21, 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=George Strait|rowheader=true|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

| 117

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

| 27

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2007)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007|work=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

| 77

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007|work=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

| 15

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2008)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008|work=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

| 75

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=George Strait|title=It Just Comes Natural|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2006|certyear=2022|access-date=August 11, 2022}}

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References