Cutting to the chase in a greatest-hits offering is always the best way to go. There's a reason this disc is called
22 More Hits
, and that's because
George Strait
has laid out single after single after single since the early 1980s, and has become the most consistently top-selling artist in the
contemporary country
books.
Strait
continues to top polls, issue new albums, and tour with astonishing regularity and has ridden a wave that no one could have foreseen in this fickle industry. From
"Amarillo Morning,"
and
"When Did You Stop Loving Me,"
to
"Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You,"
"If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger,"
they are all here. The inclusion of so many number ones on a single disc make this the de facto best-of in the catalog of this most impressive and consistent artist who embodies not only the tradition, but what's best about the contemporary sound as well. ~ Thom Jurek