Track Listing

1. Deep In The Heart Of Texas
2. Write This Down
3. I Can Still Make Cheyenne
4. Heartland
5. Love Without End, Amen
6. Check Yes Or No
7. The Fireman
8. Run
9. Murder On Music Row
10. The Chair
11. She'll Leave You With A Smile
12. Amarillo By Morning
13. Living and Living Well
14. Take Me Back To Tulsa
15. Blue Clear Sky
16. The Cowboy Rides Away

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41126 in Music
• Released on: 2003-02-11
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
It's nothing short of amazing that it's taken George Strait 22 years, 29 albums, countless awards, and a few dozen No. 1 singles to record a live album. This concert, recorded at Houston's legendary Astrodome in 2002, finally fills that void. A straightforward set of hits from across two decades, For the Last Time covers the ones one might expect: early-1980s hits like "The Fireman" and "Amarillo by Morning" through 21st-century cuts such as "Run" (a bit less ponderous here than the studio version) and "She'll Leave You with a Smile." Though he's occasionally downplayed "Murder on Music Row," his controversial, radio-unfriendly duet with Alan Jackson protesting Nashville's paving over country traditions, he sings it here with no apologies. His presence is so consistent throughout that it might have been nice to include a few more deviations from the hits, like the sparkling version of Bob Wills's "Take Me Back to Tulsa" that showcases members of his outstanding Ace in the Hole band. The quality of his studio work notwithstanding, the stage remains Strait's true milieu. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews

This is George Strait
This album lives up to everything I had hoped it would. Although it is a live performance, there is no noise which over-rides any parts of any of the songs. I'd say if you don't own any George Strait album, and you like George Strait, this is the album to get.

Must have for fans!
I bought this album b/c it included some of my favorite songs by George Strait such as Amarillo by Morning, Run, and Love without End, Amen. I was pleasantly surprised with songs like Murder on Music Row and Take me Back to Tulsa, which I had never heard before. Those songs are fantastic and the way George sings them makes you put the disc on repeat!

George Strait's voice sounds delightful throughout the show. One of my favorite parts about the album is that you can hear the audience's excitement throughout the cd; you can't help but wish you were there!

This is a must purchase disc, not only for Country Music fans, for anybody that can recognize good music!!

great cd
A few years ago I was in Nashville and I was just getting to like George Strait. I walked into one of the stores to see what they had.This cd was there and I decided to buy it. It was my first, and certanly not my last, GS cd.
I loved all the songs ,a few I had heard (at the time) before, and I loved the talking parts, almost like I was there.
The song "The cowboy rides away" I found out was shortend yet lengthend.If you have heard the cd you know what I am talking about. Needless to say, this cd was the cd that kicked off my love for GS songs and music. If you have not heard it get it. It is a part of history.