Young Man is the debut studio album by American country music artist Billy Dean, released in 1990 by Capitol Nashville. It produced two hit singles: "Only Here for a Little While" and "Somewhere in My Broken Heart". Both of these songs peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, with the latter also reaching No. 18 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts in both the United States and Canada. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA for U.S. sales of 500,000 copies.
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| Released | August 21, 1990 | |||
| Studio | Emerald Studio, Recording Arts, Sound Stage Studio, Studio W Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 32:38 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Chuck Howard, Tom Shapiro | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
The track "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" was previously recorded by Randy Travis on his 1989 album No Holdin' Back. Also, "Brotherly Love" was recorded by Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley on Whitley's posthumous 1991 album Kentucky Bluebird, from which it was released as a single.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Young Man" | Billy Dean, Austin Gardner | 3:32 |
| 2. | "I Won't Let You Walk Away" | Keith Follesé, Adrienne Follesé, Chuck Jones | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Only Here for a Little While" | Wayland Holyfield, Richard Leigh | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Lowdown Lonely" | Tom Shapiro, Bucky Jones | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" | Dean, Leigh | 3:21 |
| 6. | "How Can I Hold You" | Chris Waters, Shapiro, Dean | 3:17 |
| 7. | "She's Taken" | Dean, Tim Nichols | 3:48 |
| 8. | "What Have You Got Against Love" | Waters, Shapiro | 2:50 |
| 9. | "Tear the Wall Down" | Dean, Bill Kenner | 2:56 |
| 10. | "Brotherly Love" | Nichols, Jimmy Alan Stewart | 3:18 |
Personnel
editAs adapted from liner notes:[3]
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Barry Beckett - piano
- Michael Black - backing vocals
- Jessica Boucher - backing vocals
- Bruce Bouton - pedal steel guitar
- Billy Dean - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
- Jerry Douglas - dobro
- Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar
- Rick Giles - backing vocals
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards, piano
- Mike Lawler - keyboards
- Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion
- Mark O'Connor - mandolin
- Dave Pomeroy - bass guitar
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Brent Rowan - acoustic and electric guitars
- Pat Severs - pedal steel guitar
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - acoustic and electric guitars
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar, keyboards
- Dennis Wilson - backing vocals
- Lonnie Wilson - drums
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
- Reggie Young - electric guitar
Chart performance
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References
edit- ^ Hopkin, Kenyon. Young Man at AllMusic
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Young Man (cassette). Billy Dean. Liberty Records. 1991. C4-94302.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Billy Dean Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "Billy Dean Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
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