George Strait- The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium

[Kentucky25]

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Album is available now on iTunes if you pre-ordered!

1. Check Yes Or No
2. The Love Bug (with Vince Gill)
3. Fool Hearted Memory (with Jason Aldean)
4. Arkansas Dave (with Bubba Strait)
5. Cowboys Like Us (with Eric Church)
6. That’s What Breaking Hearts Do
7. Marina Del Rey
8. Here For A Good Time (with Sheryl Crow)
9. I Can Still Make Cheyenne
10. Jackson (with Martina McBride)
11. A Showman’s Life (with Faith Hill)
12. Murder On Music Row (with Alan Jackson)
13. The Chair
14. Give It All We Got Tonight
15. Run (with Miranda Lambert)
16. I’ll Always Remember You
17. Ocean Front Property (with Kenny Chesney)
18. Troubadour
19. All My Ex’s Live In Texas (with Jason Aldean, Ray Benson, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Sheryl Crow,
Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride)
20. The Cowboy Rides Away

[jlatn5b]

As much as I've been looking forward to this and really want to buy it... Don't know if I can get past the horrid overuse of auto tune. And also disappointed that "Amarillo by Morning" wasn't included. Must have been unsalvagable.

[mylifeback]

I started watching the Geo Strait concert on CMT a couple of weeks ago and had to turn it off because of the ridiculous amount of auto-tune used on the vocals. I don't mind a little auto-tune to even things out on live performances, but George's voice was auto-tuned constantly, it seemed, and they didn't even try to make it unnoticeable. It's too bad the album seems this way, too.

[Uncle Lumpy]

Ditto with the above. I really dont understand why so much was used and its even on Martina And Vince's voice from what I could tell from the previews. I love Strait but I'm not even remotely interested in buying this.

[onebuffalo]

I'm expecting this CD to be the 26th #1 of George Strait's career.

[Deleted]

Sept 17, 2014 15:29:44 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

I'm expecting this CD to be the 26th #1 of George Strait's career.

I doubt it. HITS has it projected to open with around 50k in sales, which is pretty good for a live album, but Tim's album is going to do 70k+. And then next week we have Kenny, and then Blake and Lady A on the 30th, followed by Aldean...there won't be any 'soft' weeks from here on out through the end of the year.

[Andy]

Disappointed to hear about the autotune problems. Was really looking forward to this.

[tim]

I was able to finally grab my copy of this earlier tonight and have listened to it a couple times already. First, let's address the auto-tune. I have only seen bits and pieces so far of the concert that CMT streamed (I don't have cable and rarely watch TV) so it's possible that auto-tune was used more on the television special, but I just don't hear it on the cd folks. I'm not sure what the above posts are referencing about its overuse and songs being "unsalvageable." On first listen in my truck I thought there might have been some use of auto-tune on "That's What Breaking Hearts Do," but on second listen with headphones I can't hear it. Suffice to say, I think the producers of the CMT special might have possibly overused auto-tune to provide a certain sound for the television audience, but on the cd it isn't there. Moving on...

Second, let me get out my long time fan opinion. I knew a live cd was going to get released, however I was hoping it would more or less cover live songs encompassing the two year tour with songs from each different city. I was wanting only George on a lot of these songs and some of the duets on the live version ("Lovebug" with Vince Gill and "Here For A Good Time" with Sheryl Crow) just don't quite do these songs justice, and frankly Sheryl doesn't sound all that great on this live track unfortunately. On that note, the acoustics of the AT&T Stadium are not optimal for concerts nor for that of a live cd recording. Chuck Ainlay (George's longtime audio engineer) did a good job, however, with what he had to work with I'm sure.

With that said...there are some highlights on this release:
"Cowboys Like Us" with Eric Church
"Marina Del Rey"
"Arkansas Dave" with Bubba Strait
"Jackson" with Martina McBride
"A Showman's Life" with Faith Hill
"I'll Always Remember You"
"Troubadour"
"The Cowboy Rides Away"

I'm like a giddy little kid when it comes to going to the store to purchase my new George Strait cd's, and this was no exception. I'm still happy to add this to that list, even though I had my own preference of what I wanted for a live cd from George's "The Cowboy Rides Away" tour. I'm not sure what to expect from George going into 2015 and beyond, but I've long been waiting for a swing type album soon and can't wait for it! I'm thinking some kind of duets album will be in the works along with some regular traditional country studio albums.

[Deleted]

Agreed, I think this cd sounds great. (still waiting on a dvd...)
Highlights for me were:
Murder On Music Row(w/Alan Jackson)
Ocean Front Property(w/Kenny Chesney)
Cowboys Like Us(w/Eric Church)
Marina Del Rey
Troubadour
I'll Always Remenber You
All My Exes...(w/everyone)
The Cowboy Rides Away

I never got to see the cmt special which i was SO bummed about so this cd was a nice present to me

[rbundy1987]

Sept 18, 2014 15:38:49 GMT -5 zack97 said:

Agreed, I think this cd sounds great. (still waiting on a dvd...)
Highlights for me were:
Murder On Music Row(w/Alan Jackson)
Ocean Front Property(w/Kenny Chesney)
Cowboys Like Us(w/Eric Church)
Marina Del Rey
Troubadour
I'll Always Remenber You
All My Exes...(w/everyone)
The Cowboy Rides Away

I never got to see the cmt special which i was SO bummed about so this cd was a nice present to me

If you have CMT ON Demand with your cable provider then you can WATCH George Strait's concert special which is now available to watch on CMT On Demand and I think it is til end of October. It's 1 hour and 24 mins of a special with it online.

[onebuffalo]

#2 country, #4 top 200 CD with 51,000 sold. Congratulations, George Strait!

[rsmatto]

Sept 18, 2014 0:02:17 GMT -5 tim said:

I was able to finally grab my copy of this earlier tonight and have listened to it a couple times already. First, let's address the auto-tune. I have only seen bits and pieces so far of the concert that CMT streamed (I don't have cable and rarely watch TV) so it's possible that auto-tune was used more on the television special, but I just don't hear it on the cd folks. I'm not sure what the above posts are referencing about its overuse and songs being "unsalvageable." On first listen in my truck I thought there might have been some use of auto-tune on "That's What Breaking Hearts Do," but on second listen with headphones I can't hear it. Suffice to say, I think the producers of the CMT special might have possibly overused auto-tune to provide a certain sound for the television audience, but on the cd it isn't there. Moving on...

Second, let me get out my long time fan opinion. I knew a live cd was going to get released, however I was hoping it would more or less cover live songs encompassing the two year tour with songs from each different city. I was wanting only George on a lot of these songs and some of the duets on the live version ("Lovebug" with Vince Gill and "Here For A Good Time" with Sheryl Crow) just don't quite do these songs justice, and frankly Sheryl doesn't sound all that great on this live track unfortunately. On that note, the acoustics of the AT&T Stadium are not optimal for concerts nor for that of a live cd recording. Chuck Ainlay (George's longtime audio engineer) did a good job, however, with what he had to work with I'm sure.

Oh, I can CLEARLY hear pitch-correction (autotune) through the entire CD. The songs weren't ever 'unsalvageable' but you can definitely hear the computerized processing through the project. The problem with the autotune for me is the fact that his guests didn't need it and THAT's where you hear it most, like Sheryl Crow and Martina McBride.

Glad to see it sold well though.

[jdbowman]

So this counts as album number one of that new 5 album deal he signed?

[Kentucky25]

Sept 24, 2014 18:18:47 GMT -5 jdbowman said:

So this counts as album number one of that new 5 album deal he signed?

REALLY hope not, I'd prefer five albums of NEW material!

[rsmatto]

Sept 24, 2014 18:18:47 GMT -5 jdbowman said:

So this counts as album number one of that new 5 album deal he signed?

Not likely. They usually add things like "Live" and "greatest hits" options to such contracts. This was actually just smart by MCA and George's team to capitalize on the massive promo and good will for his tour.

[Uncle Lumpy]

I'm not sure Strait needed it either though. To me the entire idea of a live record is a little roughness in quality.I'd rather hear a pitchy spot here and there then this overly processed computerized mess. I turned off the CMT special thirty minutes in because of this same reason and was hoping the disc wouldn't be so heavy handed. Sampling some of the itunes clips , I couldn't even recognize some of the artists. While my dad has never had any high dollar Auto-tune software for his studio , he does have a similar knock off harmonizer software with pitch correction. Apparently if one voice is corrected , they ALL have to be corrected , so maybe that's the explanation. Its a pity in any case , cause I was looking forward to this album.

[onebuffalo]

Sept 25, 2014 12:38:34 GMT -5 Uncle Lumpy said:

I'm not sure Strait needed it either though. To me the entire idea of a live record is a little roughness in quality.I'd rather hear a pitchy spot here and there then this overly processed computerized mess. I turned off the CMT special thirty minutes in because of this same reason and was hoping the disc wouldn't be so heavy handed. Sampling some of the itunes clips , I couldn't even recognize some of the artists. While my dad has never had any high dollar Auto-tune software for his studio , he does have a similar knock off harmonizer software with pitch correction. Apparently if one voice is corrected , they ALL have to be corrected , so maybe that's the explanation. Its a pity in any case , cause I was looking forward to this album.

That's why I am not a fan of live CDs. I only have one in my collection and that is Double Live by Garth Brooks (I got that one courtesy of his second Limited Series box set from 2005). I know that one culled different performances from different concerts. With the Brooks CD, you are NOT getting a whole concert per se, only bits and pieces of quite a few others. You certainly are not getting a cohesive performance there.

[tim]

Sept 25, 2014 12:47:50 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

]That's why I am not a fan of live CDs. I only have one in my collection and that is Double Live by Garth Brooks (I got that one courtesy of his second Limited Series box set from 2005). I know that one culled different performances from different concerts. With the Brooks CD, you are NOT getting a whole concert per se, only bits and pieces of quite a few others. You certainly are not getting a cohesive performance there.

I have quite a few live cd's in my collection and actually quite enjoy listening to them. Some of my favorites include:
Dwight Yoakam's Dwight Live
Don Williams' An Evening With Don Williams and Live Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Top of The World Tour Live by the Dixie Chicks
Alison Krauss & Union Stations Live
Kenny's Live: Live Those Songs Again
Randy's Live: It Was Just A Matter of Time
Live At Texas Stadium by George, Jimmy, and Alan
Lyle Lovett's Live In Texas
Alabama's Alabama Live

I do have Garth's Double Live but it rates down at the bottom of my list due to its highly over-produced and edited selections.

Anyways, to each their own but I quite enjoy live cd's. I still am not hearing the overuse of auto-tune on George's latest live cd (although I do hear it on the CMT special), so I guess my ears are missing something.

[rbundy1987]

Deluxe Edition FORTHCOMING this November!!! Walmart is giving George Deluxe Treatment with a 2 CD set along with a DVD of the final show!!!!

November 11th

28 tracks on 2 cds, 1 DVD of the final show.



Source: www.walmart.com/ip/39506856