Cold Beer Conversation
Cold Beer Conversation is the twenty-ninth studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on September 25, 2015 via MCA Nashville. The album's first single, "Let It Go", was released to radio on April 20, 2015.
Commercial performance
Cold Beer Conversation debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 4 and Top Country Albums at No. 1, selling 86,000 units, 83,000 of which are pure album sales. It reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart in its second week, with another 30,000 units sold, making it Strait's 26th No. 1 on this chart. The album has sold 231,500 copies in the US as of April 2016.Personnel
From Cold Beer Conversation liner notes.Musicians
- George Strait – lead vocals
- Mike Rojas – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers, accordion
- J. T. Corenflos – electric guitars
- Stuart Duncan – acoustic guitar, fiddle, mandolin
- Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, ukulele, backing vocals
- Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
- Greg Morrow – drums, percussion
- Buddy Cannon – backing vocals
- Perry Coleman – backing vocals
- Ace [in the Hole Band|Thom Flora] – backing vocals
- Wes Hightower – backing vocals
- Jamey Johnson – backing vocals
- Marty Slayton – backing vocals
- George Strait – producer
- Chuck Ainlay – producer, recording, mixing
- Brandon Schexnayder – recording, assistant engineer
- T. W. Cargile – additional engineer
- Keith Harter – additional engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering
- Brittany Hamlin – production coordinator
- Craig Allen – design
- Karen Naff – art direction
- Wayne Brezinka – original cover artwork, interior collage artwork
- Erv Woolsey – management