| It Just Comes Natural | ||||
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| Released | October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03) | |||
| Studio | Shrimpboat Sound (Key West, Florida); Starstruck Studios, The Compound and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee). | |||
| Genre | Honky-tonk[1] | |||
| Length | 53:08 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | George Strait Tony Brown | |||
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| Singles from It Just Comes Natural | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [2] |
| Allmusic | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| The Music Box |  [1] |
| People | [5] |
| PopMatters |   [6] |
| Stylus Magazine | B[7] |
It Just Comes Natural is the twenty-fourth studio album by American country music singer George Strait. The album produced Strait's 41st Number One Billboard Hot Country Songs) hit in its lead-off single "Give It Away". Also released from this album were the title track (also #1 on Hot Country Songs), "Wrapped" (#2), and "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls" (#3). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA. "It Just Comes Natural" was nominated for Best Country Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
"Give It Away" is the album's first single. Released in mid-2006, this song reached Number One on the Billboard country charts, becoming Strait's 41st Number One hit on that chart, and breaking Conway Twitty's record for the most Billboard Number One hits by a country music artist. Following this song was the title track, his 42nd Number One. "Wrapped" was the third single, and finishing out the releases was "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls".
Three of the album's tracks had been previously recorded by other artists, including one of the singles. "Wrapped" was originally recorded by Bruce Robison on his 1998 album Wrapped, making it the second single of Strait's career that was written and originally recorded by Robison, the first being "Desperately" on his 2003 album Honkytonkville, which was also from the album Wrapped. "She Told Me So" was originally recorded by George Jones on his 1974 album The Grand Tour. "Texas Cookin'" was originally recorded by Guy Clark on his 1976 album of the same name.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Give It Away" | Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson | 3:30 |
| 2. | "She Told Me So" | Bobby Braddock | 3:04 |
| 3. | "That's My Kind of Woman" | Dean Dillon, Tammy Hyler | |
| 4. | "Wrapped" | Bruce Robison | 4:09 |
| 5. | "It Just Comes Natural" | Marv Green, Jim Collins | 2:58 |
| 6. | "He Must Have Really Hurt You Bad" | Tim Johnson | 2:42 |
| 7. | "A Heart Like Hers" | Tony Martin, Mark Nesler | 3:27 |
| 8. | "Why Can't I Leave Her Alone" | Trent Tomlinson, Danny Wells, Ashe Underwood, Mark Kerr | 4:16 |
| 9. | "One Foot in Front of the Other" | Lee Roy Parnell, Cris Moore | 4:16 |
| 10. | "I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore" | Dillon, Scotty Emerick, Marla Cannon-Goodman | 4:56 |
| 11. | "Texas Cookin'" | Guy Clark | 4:25 |
| 12. | "A Better Rain" | David Lee, Tony Lane | 3:39 |
| 13. | "How 'bout Them Cowgirls" | Ed Hill, Casey Beathard | 3:57 |
| 14. | "What Say" | Leslie Satcher, Bobby Carmichael | 3:54 |
| 15. | "Come On Joe" | Tony Romeo | 3:49 |
As listed in liner notes.
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[15] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
