Heroes is the third studio album by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. The album was released by RCA Nashville in 1991. The album reached #17 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and charted at #21 on the Top Christian Albums chart. This album produced three top ten singles including Overstreet's first and only number 1 song, "Daddy's Come Around". Other singles and their peaks on the chart were "Heroes" (#4), "Ball and Chain" (#5), "If I Could Bottle This Up" (#30), and "Billy Can't Read" (#57).
| Heroes | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:31 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Brown Bannister Paul Overstreet | |||
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| Singles from Heroes | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Content
editPaul Overstreet wrote or co-wrote every track on the album, most of them with Don Schlitz. Fellow country artists Pam Tillis and Trisha Yearwood sing background vocals as well as Christian Music singer Chris Rodriguez. On the LP release of the album, the songs "I'm So Glad I was Dreaming" and "Straight and Narrow" were not included, leaving the album with nine tracks.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ball and Chain" | Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz | 3:38 |
| 2. | "If I Could Bottle This Up" | Overstreet, Dean Dillon | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Daddy's Come Around" | Overstreet, Schlitz | 3:33 |
| 4. | "Love Lives On" | Overstreet, Taylor Dunn | 3:08 |
| 5. | "Heroes" | Overstreet, Claire Cloninger | 4:28 |
| 6. | "I'm So Glad I was Dreaming" | Overstreet, Schlitz | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Straight and Narrow" | Overstreet, Schlitz | 3:21 |
| 8. | "Billy Can't Read" | Overstreet, Jerry Michael | 3:49 |
| 9. | "She Supports Her Man" | Overstreet | 4:01 |
| 10. | "'Til the Mountains Disappear" | Overstreet, Schlitz | 2:37 |
| 11. | "The Calm at the Center of My Storm" | Overstreet, Schlitz | 3:23 |
Personnel
editAs listed in liner notes.[2]
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, pedabro
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Christopher Harris – background vocals
- Shane Keister – keyboards
- Jana King – background vocals
- Janie Lambert – background vocals
- Paul Leim – drums
- Terry McMillan – percussion, harmonica, tambourine
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar, tremolo guitar, E-bow, gut string guitar
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle
- Paul Overstreet – lead vocals, background vocals
- Don Potter – acoustic guitar
- Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
- Lisa Silver – background vocals
- Pam Tillis – background vocals
- Bergen White – background vocals
- Bob Wray – bass guitar
- Trisha Yearwood – background vocals
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
Charts
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Sources
edit- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Paul Overstreet - Heroes review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
- ^ Heroes (LP). Paul Overstreet. RCA Records. 1991. 150526.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Paul Overstreet Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Paul Overstreet Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Paul Overstreet Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2021.