Young Man (Billy Dean album)

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Young Man
Young Man cover
Studio album by Billy Dean
Released 1991
Genre Country
Length 32:38
Label SBK/Liberty
Producer Chuck Howard
Tom Shapiro
Professional reviews

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Billy Dean chronology
Young Man
(1990)
Billy Dean
(1991)

Young Man is the debut album of American country music artist Billy Dean. Released on SBK/Liberty Records in 1991, the album produced two hit singles: "Only Here for a Little While" and "Somewhere in My Broken Heart". Both of these songs peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts; the latter also reached #18 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies.

The track "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" was previously recorded by Randy Travis on his 1989 album No Holdin' Back; "Brotherly Love" was recorded by Earl Thomas Conley and Keith Whitley on Conley's 1991 album Yours Truly and released as a single that year.

[edit] Track listing

  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" (Billy 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 Stewart) – 3:18

[edit] References

  • (1991) Album notes for Young Man by Billy Dean [cassette]. Liberty Records (C4-94302).