Billy Dean (album)

Billy Dean
Studio album by Billy Dean
Released	September 24, 1991
Genre	Country
Length	34:32
Label	Capitol
Producer	Chuck Howard Tom Shapiro
Billy Dean chronology
Young Man (1990) Billy Dean (1991) Fire in the Dark (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	C+ link

Billy Dean is the second studio album by American country music artist Billy Dean, released in 1991 by Capitol Records. Like his debut album Young Man, it was certified gold by the RIAA. "You Don't Count the Cost", "Only the Wind", "Billy the Kid" and "If There Hadn't Been You". "If There Hadn't Been You" was the highest-peaking of these, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts; all the other singles reached #4 on the same chart.

Track listing

1. "Billy the Kid" (Billy Dean, Paul Nelson) – 3:09
2. "Simple Things" (B. Dean, Steve Dean) – 3:06
3. "Hammer Down" (Bob Regan, George Teren) – 4:08
4. "Only the Wind" (Tom Shapiro, Chuck Jones) – 3:40
5. "Small Favors" (B. Dean, Tim Nichols) – 3:01
6. "I Shoulda Listened" (Shapiro, Ron Hellard) – 3:54
7. "You Don't Count the Cost" (Bucky Jones, Shapiro, Chris Waters) – 3:15
8. "Gone but Not Forgotten" (Wayland Holyfield, Verlon Thompson) – 2:50
9. "If There Hadn't Been You" (Shapiro, Hellard) – 3:19
10. "Intro to Daddy's Will" (B. Dean, S. Dean) – 0:31
11. "Daddy's Will" (B. Dean, S. Dean) – 3:41

Personnel

• Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar, Dobro
• Billy Dean – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bruce Dees – background vocals
• Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar
• Chuck Jones – acoustic guitar
• Julie King – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Steve Nathan – piano, keyboards
• Bob Regan – electric guitar
• Tom Shapiro – background vocals
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, piano, keyboards
• John Willis – electric guitar
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	22
U.S. Billboard 200	88
Canadian RPM Country Albums	8

References

• Billy Dean (cassette). Billy Dean. Liberty Records. 1992. C4-96728.