Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind is the fourth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on September 26, 1984 by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the U.S. The title track, "The Cowboy Rides Away", and "The Fireman" were all released as singles from this album. "Honky Tonk Saturday Night" was previously recorded by John Anderson on his 1982 album, Wild & Blue.
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| Released | September 26, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | June 1984 | |||
| Studio | Sound Stage Studio Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 25:55 | |||
| Label | MCA MCAD-31032 | |||
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| Singles from Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [2] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" | Sanger D. Shafer, Darlene Shafer | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Any Old Time" | Jeff Dayton, Katherine Elizabeth Nicoll | 2:03 |
| 3. | "I Need Someone Like Me" | S. Shafer | 2:46 |
| 4. | "You're Dancin' This Dance All Wrong" | John Porter McMeans, Ron Moore | 3:57 |
| 5. | "Honky Tonk Saturday Night" | S. Shafer | 2:29 |
| 6. | "I Should Have Watched That First Step" | Wayne Kemp | 2:57 |
| 7. | "Love Comes from the Other Side of Town" | Fred J. Freiling | 2:17 |
| 8. | "The Cowboy Rides Away" | Sonny Throckmorton, Casey Kelly | 3:20 |
| 9. | "What Did You Expect Me to Do" | S. Shafer | 2:38 |
| 10. | "The Fireman" | Mack Vickery, Kemp | 2:34 |
| Total length: | 25:55[1] | ||
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Larry Byrom – electric guitar
- Hank DeVito – steel guitar
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
- John Hobbs – keyboards
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
- Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
- George Strait – lead vocals, background vocals
- Curtis Young – background vocals
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
Production
- Jeff Adamoff – art direction
- Jimmy Bowen – producer
- Mark Coddington – second recording engineer
- Dave Hassinger – first recording engineer
- Tim Kisch – second recording engineer
- Glenn Meadows – Mastering
- Jim Shea – photography
- George Strait – producer
- Steve Tillisch – first recording engineer
- Ron Treat – first recording engineer
Chart positions
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 150 |
References
- Jurek, Thom. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind at AllMusic
- Christgau, Robert. "CG: George Strait". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
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