Chill of an Early Fall

Chill of an Early Fall is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer George Strait. It was released by MCA Records. The album produced the singles "If I Know Me" and "You Know Me Better Than That", both of which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1991. Also released from this album were the title track (#3 on the country charts) and a cover of Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" (#24), Strait's first single since "Down and Out" in 1981 to miss Top Ten.

Chill of an Early Fall
Studio album by George Strait
Released	March 19, 1991
Recorded	September 1990
Studio	Emerald Studios and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN).
Genre	Neotraditional country[1][2] honky-tonk[1][2] Texas country[1]
Length	31:03
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimmy Bowen George Strait
George Strait chronology
Livin' It Up (1990) Chill of an Early Fall (1991) Ten Strait Hits (1991)
Singles from Chill of an Early Fall
"If I Know Me" Released: March 12, 1991 "You Know Me Better Than That" Released: June 11, 1991 "The Chill of an Early Fall" Released: September 23, 1991 "Lovesick Blues" Released: January 7, 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Chicago Tribune	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A+[1]
Los Angeles Times	[2]
Q	[5]

"Her Only Bad Habit Is Me" was recorded by Ty England on his 1995 self-titled debut.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Chill of an Early Fall"	Green Daniel, Gretchen Peters	3:29
2.	"I've Convinced Everybody but Me"	Buddy Cannon, L. David Lewis, Kim Williams	3:19
3.	"If I Know Me"	Pam Belford, Dean Dillon	2:42
4.	"You Know Me Better Than That"	Anna Lisa Graham, Tony Haselden	3:01
5.	"Anything You Can Spare"	Harlan Howard	2:18
6.	"Home in San Antone"	Floyd Jenkins	2:24
7.	"Lovesick Blues"	Cliff Friend, Irving Mills	2:55
8.	"Milk Cow Blues"	Kokomo Arnold	4:51
9.	"Her Only Bad Habit Is Me"	Don Cook, Howard	3:17
10.	"Is It Already Time"	Aaron Barker	2:47

Personnel

• George Strait – lead vocals
• Floyd Domino – acoustic piano
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitars
• Brent Rowan – electric guitars
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Joe Chemay – bass
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Jim Horn – saxophone
• Liana Manis – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Ace in the Hole Band On "Home in San Antone", "Lovesick Blues" and "Milk Cow Blues".

• George Strait – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Ronnie Huckaby – acoustic piano
• David Anthony – acoustic guitar
• Benny McArthur – electric guitars
• Rick McRae – electric guitars
• Mike Daily – steel guitar
• Terry Hale – bass
• Phil Fisher – drums
• Gene Elders – fiddle

Production

• Jimmy Bowen – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Bob Bullock – recording
• Tim Kish – recording, mixing
• Chuck Ainlay – mixing
• David Boyer – second engineer
• Russ Martin – second engineer
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Jim Kemp – art direction
• Katherine DeVault – art direction, design
• Mike Rutherford – photography
• Erv Woolsey – management

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peak position US Billboard 200[6] 45 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 23 Chart (1992) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 69