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1279:Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
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1177:Somewhere Down in Texas
772:US Top Country Albums (
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1163:The Road Less Traveled
1093:Chill of an Early Fall
670:Bob Bullock – engineer
664:Jimmy Bowen – producer
597:John Hobbs – keyboards
108:Neotraditional country
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1272:Strait Out of the Box
1184:It Just Comes Natural
1149:Always Never the Same
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529:"Dance Time in Texas"
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1233:Cowboys and Dreamers
1205:Here for a Good Time
1079:Beyond the Blue Neon
1065:Ocean Front Property
952:Ace in the Hole Band
673:Ron Treat – engineer
613:Billy Joe Walker Jr.
474:"Blue Is Not a Word"
275:Professional ratings
95:Nashville, Tennessee
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355:MCA Records
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