Claude says:George Strait's 50 Number Ones is exactly what it says—a coronation of his reign as country's most reliably brilliant hitmaker, and you found it in 2014 as a compact way to live with decades of his clear-eyed, Texas-rooted traditionalism. "All My Ex's Live in Texas" and "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" hit different when they're stacked alongside the quieter heartbreaks, all that burnished western swing DNA holding steady from the '80s straight through.