George S: "Blue Clear Sky" vs. "Carrying Your Love With Me"

[bboat11]

VS.
1996                                                                                                               1997

Two brilliant albums from right smack in the middle of his glory days... I felt like it was time for a really challenging one ;)

[LBTrocks]

1) Round About Way
2) Carrying Your Love With Me
3) One Night At A Time
4) She'll Leave You With A Smile
5) Won't You Come Home (And Talk To A Stranger)
6) Today My World Slipped Away
7) I've Got A Funny Feeling
8) Do The Right Thing (this was tough...nostalgia factor almost made me choose "The Nerve")
9) I'd Just As Soon Go
10) Need I Say More (I struggled with this; both are phenomenal.)

Album: Carrying Your Love With Me

I pretty much love all these songs and both albums are amazing. I've been a massive George Strait fan my whole life.

[.indulgecountry]

1. Blue Clear Sky v. Round About Way
2. Carried Away v. Carrying Your Love With Me
3. Rockin' In The Arms Of Your Memory v. One Night At A Time
4. She Knows When You're On My Mind v. She'll Leave You With A Smile
5. I Ain't Never Seen No One Like You v. Won't You Come Home (And Talk To A Stranger)
6. I Can Still Make Cheyenne v. Today My World Slipped Away
7. King Of The Mountain v. I've Got A Funny Feeling
8. Do The Right Thing v. The Nerve
9. I'd Just As Soon Go v. That's Me (Every Chance I Get)
10. Need I Say More v. A Real Good Place To Start
Album: Blue Clear Sky v. Carrying Your Love With Me (7-3)

Great poll, bboat11! I love these kind of polls, and this one was nice because I actually haven't heard either of these albums in full before -- GS just has so much music that I am mostly just familiar with the hits and his most recent albums -- so I had a reason to check them out. ;)

Some of these were so difficult. Match-ups #5, #7, and #8 in particular were hard. A lot of them I'd prefer one song for the production and the other for the lyrics/hook, which only made it more challenging. In some cases I went with the good production ("I've Got a Funny Feeling") and others for the lyricism ("The Nerve"). The easiest choices were #2 and #6 because "Carrying Your Love With Me" and "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" are two of my very favorite Strait songs, period (the former actually is my definitive GS track). Carrying Your Love with Me wins 7-3, though both albums are truly phenomenal.