The title track is one of George's most famous songs but, perhaps surprisingly, is the only number one country hit from this chart (based on Billboard). The two other singles (The cowboy rides away, The fireman) both made the top five in the country charts.

Overall, this album is typical of George's early albums with its mix of ballads and western swing-influenced up-tempo songs. Instrumentation consists of steel, electric and acoustic guitars together with fiddle, mandolin, keyboards, bass and drums. Apart from the three tracks released as singles, I particularly like Any old time, You're dancing this dance all wrong and Honky tonk Saturday night.

If you enjoy George's music enough to want more than just the hits, you will derive a lot of enjoyment from this album.

One of George's stronger albums, "Fort Worth" features a fresh and clear-voiced singer who has finally been allowed to follow his heart and make the kind of music he has always wanted to make. The result-his first "album of the year" award from the CMA. This album is lean and mean honky-tonk at its best and you should treat yourself to a copy of it.

This is top notch George, and there is not a bad song on it. "Honky Tonk Saturday Night" is a real highlight here because you can't get it on "Strait Out Of The Box". With country classics like "The Fireman", and the title track, on it, it should be viewed as one of his best CDs. Something else great about it, is that you cannot get most of the other songs, anywhere else. So if you are a GS fan, you should have it in your collection.

Are you a fan of hard core, honky tonkin country? Then this is the album for you!!! It was the first time that George co-produced an album and he had complete control over material as well as arrangements. The CMA & ACM agree with me, they both honored this work with Album Of The Year, the first time George received that particular award. It may be over 10 years old now, but still sounds great today. A must for any country lovers collection!!!

I've had the cassette version of this album for 10 years and I finally gave in and bought the CD. In my mind the best album ever made, I can listen to it over and over without getting sick of it unlike most albums. Some say that there are a lot of filler songs on this album, but it is actually the only album I've listened to that doesn't have any - they're all good! This album was so great that When George Strait released a concert DVD in 2002 - 18 years and albums later, out of the 18 songs that he sang, 3 were from this album! I read that for years he opened his concerts with 'The Fireman' and ended them with 'The Cowboy Rides Away' (Which along with Amarillo By Morning' make up my top 3 all-time favorite songs) While all George Strait Albums deserve a 5 star rating, this one deserves six.

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Gasping for breath and trying to regain control of his emotions :-)