Something Special is the fifth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on August 29, 1985, by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA. The album produced singles in the track "You're Something Special to Me" (#4 on Hot Country Singles) and "The Chair" (#1 on the same chart). It was the first album for the MCA label to be issued on both LP album and compact disc. "Blue is Not a Word" was previously recorded by Kari Pickett in 1978.
Contents
Personnel
George Strait – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
John Hobbs – keyboards
Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar
Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
David Hungate – bass guitar
Matt Betton – drums
Johnny Gimble – fiddle
Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – backing vocals
Production
Jimmy Bowen – producer
George Strait – producer
Bob Bullock – engineer
Ron Treat – engineer
Mark Coddington – second engineer
Tim Kish – second engineer
Russ Martin – second engineer
Chuck Ainlay – mixing at GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee)
Glenn Meadows – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
Peter Brill Nash – photography
Simon Levy – art direction
Brown, Wallace & Associates, Inc. – design and production
Erv Woosley – management