The Boys Are Back (Sawyer Brown album)

The Boys Are Back
The Boys Are Back
Studio album by Sawyer Brown
Released	September 19, 1989
Recorded	Scruggs Sound Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).
Genre	Country
Length	38:24
Label	Capitol/Curb
Producer	Mark Miller; Randy Scruggs
Sawyer Brown chronology
Singles from The Boys Are Back
	"The Race Is On"; Released: September 2, 1989; "Did It for Love"; Released: March 3, 1990; "Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night"; Released: May 26, 1990;

The Boys Are Back is the sixth studio album released by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. Released in 1989 on Capitol Records, it features three singles: "The Race Is On" (a cover of a George Jones song), "I Did It for Love", and "Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Miller, unless otherwise noted

CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night"		3:08
2.	"Rosie Knows"	Mark Miller, Gregg Hubbard	3:47
3.	"Did It for Love"		4:35
4.	"The Race Is On"	Don Rollins	2:53
5.	"Hey, Hey"	Jennifer Kimball, Ed Arkin	2:47
6.	"Good While It Lasted"	Don Cook, Bill LaBounty	2:56
7.	"Locomotive"		3:34
8.	"The Heartland"	Miller, Randy Scruggs	4:05
9.	"I'm Gonna Miss You After All"	Tony Haselden, Keith Worsham	3:19
10.	"Gettin' Tough (Good Ol' Boy)"	Steve Earle, Richard Bennett	4:01
11.	"Passing Train"	Hubbard	3:19
Total length:			38:24

Personnel

Sawyer Brown

Mark Miller – lead vocals, prempensua
Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, backing vocals
Bobby Randall – lead guitars, backing vocals
Jim Scholten – bass
Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards, acoustic piano
Mike Lawler – synthesizers
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Don Potter – acoustic guitar
Randy Scruggs – guitars
Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
Jerry Kroon – drums, percussion
Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
Mark O'Connor – fiddle
Mac McAnally – vocal arrangements

Production

Mark Miller – producer
Randy Scruggs – producer
Ron "Snake" Reynolds – recording, mixing
John Kliner – backing engineer
Milan Bogdan – digital editing
Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Bonnie Rasmussen – art coordinator
Bill Brunt Designs – art direction
Greg Gorman – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)	85
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[1]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	9

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[3]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Sawyer Brown – The Boys Are Back". Music Canada. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

External links

The Boys Are Back at Allmusic

[ac_BillboardCountry_Sawyer_Brown-1] "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[2] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[CanadaSawyer_BrownThe_Boys_Are_BackalbumCertRef-3] "Canadian album certifications – Sawyer Brown – The Boys Are Back". Music Canada. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

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