Here for a Good Time
Studio album by George Strait
Released	September 6, 2011 (2011-09-06)
Studio	Shrimpboat Sound (Key West, Florida) Sound Stage (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Neotraditional country[1]
Length	41:13
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Tony Brown George Strait
George Strait chronology
Twang (2009) Here for a Good Time (2011) Icon (2011)
Singles from Here for a Good Time
"Here for a Good Time" Released: June 13, 2011 "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" Released: November 7, 2011 "Drinkin' Man" Released: April 30, 2012

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(74/100)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
American Songwriter	[1]
The Boston Globe	(positive)[4]
Country Weekly	(favorable)[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[6]
Los Angeles Times	[7]
The New York Times	(positive)[8]
PopMatters	[9]
Slant Magazine	[10]
Taste of Country	[11]
USA Today	[12]

Here for a Good Time is the twenty-seventh studio album by Americancountry music artistGeorge Strait. It was released on September 6, 2011, viaMCA Nashville. Strait co-produced the album with his long-time producerTony Brown.^[13] The title track and lead-off single, "Here for a Good Time", co-written with son Bubba and songwriterDean Dillon, was released in June 2011. The album sold 91,414 copies in its first week.On November 30, 2011, the album received a nomination at the54th Grammy Awards forBest Country Album.

Strait co-wrote seven of the album's eleven tracks with his son, Bubba Strait, and songwriter Dean Dillon.^[14] "Here for a Good Time," the lead off single, debuted at number 29 on theBillboardHot Country Songs charts, making the second-highest debut of his career.^[15]

Here for a Good Time was recorded at Shrimpboat Sound Studio inKey West, Florida, the same studio where Strait recorded his last three albums.^[16]

"Lone Star Blues" was originally recorded byDelbert McClinton on his 2002 album,Room to Breathe. "A Showman's Life" was originally recorded by the songwriter,Jesse Winchester, on his 1978 album,A Touch on the Rainy Side and byGary Allan on his 2003 album,See If I Care.

• George Strait – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano,Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers
• Matt Rollings – acoustic piano,Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar,gut-string guitar
• Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Paul Franklin –steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan –fiddle,mandolin
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar,upright bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Thom Flora – backing vocals
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals
• Marty Slayton – backing vocals
• Chris Stapleton – backing vocals
• Faith Hill – backing vocals (8)

• Brian White – A&R
• Tony Brown – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing, additional recording
• Jim Cooley – recording assistant
• Brandon Schexnayder – additional recording, mix assistant
• Brian David Willis – digital editing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
• Amy Garges – production assistant
• Craig Allen – design
• Terry Calonge – photography
• Kelley Fromme-May – booklet back cover photography
• Vanessa Gavalya – inside front and back cover photography
• Erv Woolsey – management

Here for a Good Time debuted at No.3 on theBillboard 200 chart and No.1 on the Country Albums chart with 91,000 copies.^[17] As of December 21, 2011, the album had sold 298k copies.

• Here for a Good Time atMetacritic

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