Strait Out of the Box is the first box set album by American country music artist George Strait. It contains four albums' worth of music, dating from 1976 to 1995. It mainly consists of Strait's singles, except for a select few that he decided to exclude. They were replaced by his choice of album cuts and several studio outtakes. It also contains his three singles recorded in the 1970s for indie label D Records, one of which, "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This", was re-recorded for Strait's 2013 album Love Is Everything. "Check Yes or No" and "I Know She Still Loves Me" were both released from this set as singles. Respectively, they reached number 1 and number 5 on the Billboard country charts. The album was certified 8× platinum by the RIAA on July 29, 2003, indicating shipment of 2 million copies. This made the album at the time the best-performing country music box set of all time, and it was second only to the Live 1975–85 box set by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band overall. It had sold 1,525,100 copies in the United States as of October 2019. Track listing Personnel Tim Alexander – piano on "Big Ball's in Cowtown" David Anthony – acoustic guitar Ron Anthony – acoustic guitar Joe Barnhill – acoustic guitar Eddie Bayers – drums Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar Ray Benson – acoustic guitar and background vocals on "Big Ball's in Cowtown" Chuck Berghofer – upright bass Matt Betton – drums George Binkley III – strings Pete Bordonali – electric guitar John David Boyle – strings Clyde Brooks – drums Ronnie Brooks – acoustic guitar Larry Byrom – electric guitar Sandra Callaway – background vocals Buddy Cannon – background vocals Jimmy Capps – acoustic guitar Jerry Carrigan – drums Cindy Cashdollar – steel guitar on "Big Ball's in Cowtown" Marcy Cates – background vocals Margie Cates – background vocals Marvin Chantry – strings Steve Chapman – acoustic guitar Joe Chemay – bass guitar Gene Chrisman – drums Roy Christenson – strings Virginia Christenson – strings Doug Clements – background vocals Mike Daily – steel guitar Hank DeVito – steel guitar Floyd Domino – piano Steve Dorff – conductor, string arrangements Glen Duncan – fiddle Stuart Duncan – fiddle Gene Elders – fiddle Buddy Emmons – steel guitar Mark Feldman – fiddle Gregg Field – drums Rito Figlio – background