Cold Beer Conversation

Cold Beer Conversation is the twenty-ninth studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on September 25, 2015 via MCA Nashville.^[2] The album's first single, "Let It Go", was released to radio on April 20, 2015.

Cold Beer Conversation
Studio album by George Strait
Released	September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
Recorded	2015
Studio	Shrimpboat Sound (Key West, Florida); Sound Stage Studios and Big Gassed Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); Harter Sound (San Antonio, Texas).
Genre	Country
Length	46:09
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Chuck Ainlay George Strait[1]
George Strait chronology
The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium (2014) Cold Beer Conversation (2015) Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 (2016)
Singles from Cold Beer Conversation
"Let It Go" Released: April 20, 2015 "Cold Beer Conversation" Released: September 23, 2015 "Goin' Goin' Gone" Released: September 26, 2016

Commercial performance

Cold Beer Conversation debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 4 and Top Country Albums at No. 1, selling 86,000 units, 83,000 of which are pure album sales.^[3] It reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart in its second week, with another 30,000 units sold, making it Strait's 26th No. 1 on this chart.^[4] The album has sold 231,500 copies in the US as of April 2016.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Was Love"	Keith Gattis	3:31
2.	"Cold Beer Conversation"	Al Anderson, Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary	3:49
3.	"Let It Go"	George Strait, Bubba Strait, Gattis	3:33
4.	"Goin' Goin' Gone"	Wyatt Earp, Gattis	4:14
5.	"Something Going Down"	Jamey Johnson, Tom Shapiro	3:13
6.	"Take Me to Texas"	Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally	3:30
7.	"It Takes All Kinds"	G. Strait, B. Strait, Bob Regan, Wil Nance	2:52
8.	"Stop and Drink"	Dale Dodson, Troy Jones	3:58
9.	"Everything I See"	G. Strait, B. Strait, Dean Dillon, Gattis	3:49
10.	"Rock Paper Scissors"	Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell, B. Strait	3:05
11.	"Wish You Well"	Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, Brice Long	3:36
12.	"Cheaper Than a Shrink"	Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Johnson	3:33
13.	"Even When I Can't Feel It"	Dillon, Hayslip, Lee Thomas Miller	3:34
Total length:			46:17

Personnel

From Cold Beer Conversation liner notes.^[6]

Musicians

• George Strait – lead vocals
• Mike Rojas – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers, accordion
• J. T. Corenflos – electric guitars
• Stuart Duncan – acoustic guitar, fiddle, mandolin
• Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
• Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, ukulele, backing vocals
• Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
• Greg Morrow – drums, percussion
• Buddy Cannon – backing vocals
• Perry Coleman – backing vocals
• Thom Flora – backing vocals
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals
• Jamey Johnson – backing vocals
• Marty Slayton – backing vocals

Production

• George Strait – producer
• Chuck Ainlay – producer, recording, mixing
• Brandon Schexnayder – recording, assistant engineer
• T. W. Cargile – additional engineer
• Keith Harter – additional engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
• Brittany Hamlin – production coordinator
• Craig Allen – design
• Karen Naff – art direction
• Wayne Brezinka – original cover artwork, interior collage artwork
• Erv Woolsey – management

Chart positions

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 74 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[8] 15 US Billboard 200[9] 4 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position US Billboard 200[11] 178 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] 25 Chart (2016) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[13] 40

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Country Airplay	US	CAN Country
2015	"Let It Go"	29	46	118	—
	"Cold Beer Conversation"	36	33	—	43
2016	"Goin' Goin' Gone"	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart