Ocean Front Property

Ocean Front Property is the seventh studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on January 12, 1987, by MCA Records. It is certified 2× Multi-platinum by the RIAA. It is the first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart. It was ranked #5 on CMT's list of 40 Greatest Albums in Country Music in 2006.

Ocean Front Property
Studio album by George Strait
Released	January 12, 1987 (1987-01-12)
Recorded	September 1986
Studio	Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Neotraditional country[1][2][3]
Length	29:55
Label	MCA MCAD-5913
Producer	Jimmy Bowen George Strait
George Strait chronology
Merry Christmas Strait to You! (1986) Ocean Front Property (1987) Greatest Hits Volume Two (1987)
Singles from Ocean Front Property
"Ocean Front Property" Released: December 22, 1986 "All My Ex's Live in Texas" Released: April 10, 1987 "Am I Blue" Released: August 3, 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	(favorable)[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All My Ex's Live in Texas"	Sanger D. Shafer, Lyndia J. Shafer	3:17
2.	"Someone's Walkin' Around Upstairs"	David Anthony, Paul A. Maloy	2:47
3.	"Am I Blue"	David Chamberlain	3:04
4.	"Ocean Front Property"	Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran, Royce Porter	3:06
5.	"Hot Burning Flames"	Cochran, Mack Vickery, Wayne Kemp	2:19
6.	"Without You Here"	Dillon, Porter	2:46
7.	"My Heart Won't Wander Very Far from You"	Annette Cotter, Buddy Carvalhe	2:21
8.	"Second Chances"	S. Shafer, Tommy Collins	4:13
9.	"You Can't Buy Your Way Out of the Blues"	Larry Cordle, Mike Anthony	2:49
10.	"I'm All Behind You Now"	Dillon	3:13
Total length:			29:55[1]

Personnel

Tracks 1–4 & 6–10

• George Strait – lead vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano
• Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar
• Reggie Young – electric guitar
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
• Leland Sklar – bass guitar
• Owen Hale – drums
• Curtis Young – harmony vocals

Ace in the Hole Band (Track 5)

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

Production

• Jimmy Bowen – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Steve Tillisch – recording, mixing
• Chuck Ainlay – overdub recording
• Willie Pevear – overdub recording
• Tim Kish – second engineer
• Marty Williams – second engineer
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Mickey Braithwaite – design
• Jerry Smith – photography
• Erv Woolsey – management

Chart positions

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	117

Certifications

Certifications for Ocean Front Property

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[4]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[5]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.