Young Man (Billy Dean album)

Young Man
Studio album by Billy Dean
Released	August 21, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	32:38
Label	Capitol
Producer	Chuck Howard Tom Shapiro
Billy Dean chronology
Young Man (1990) Billy Dean (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(B) [2]

Young Man is the debut album of American country music artist Billy Dean, released in 1990 by Capitol Records. It 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, with the latter also reaching #18 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA for U.S. 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. 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

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

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers - drums
• Barry Beckett - piano
• Michael Black - background vocals
• Jessica Boucher - background vocals
• Bruce Bouton - pedal steel guitar
• Billy Dean - lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Jerry Douglas - dobro
• Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar
• Rick Giles - background 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 guitar, electric guitar
• Pat Severs - pedal steel guitar
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar, keyboards
• Dennis Wilson - backing vocals
• Lonnie Wilson - drums
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar
• Reggie Young - electric guitar

Chart performance

References

• Young Man (cassette). Billy Dean. Liberty Records. 1991. C4-94302.