Best of George Strait

George Strait’s titanic catalogue contains more country classics than can be captured by anything smaller than a box set, but this package does a good job of wrangling the essentials. Every side of Strait makes an appearance: the Western swing stomper (“Right or Wrong”), the hardcore honky-tonker (“If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)”), the heart-on-sleeve crooner (“Amarillo By Morning”), and everything else that’s made him the standard-bearer for tried-and-true country since the early ‘80s.