Released August 21, 1990 Young Man
(1990) Billy Dean
(1991) Release date 21 August 1990 Label Liberty | Length 32:38 Artist Billy Dean Producer Tom Shapiro Genre Country music | |
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Young Man is the debut album of 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 #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.
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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
- "Young Man" (Billy Dean, Austin Gardner) – 3:32
- "I Won't Let You Walk Away" (Keith Follesé, Adrienne Follesé, Chuck Jones) – 2:56
- "Only Here for a Little While" (Wayland Holyfield, Richard Leigh) – 3:34
- "Lowdown Lonely" (Tom Shapiro, Bucky Jones) – 3:13
- "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" (Billy Dean, Leigh) – 3:21
- "How Can I Hold You" (Chris Waters, Shapiro, Dean) – 3:17
- "She's Taken" (Dean, Tim Nichols) – 3:48
- "What Have You Got Against Love" (Waters, Shapiro) – 2:50
- "Tear the Wall Down" (Dean, Bill Kenner) – 2:56
- "Brotherly Love" (Nichols, Jimmy Stewart) – 3:18
Personnel
Songs
1Young Man3:33
2I Won't Let You Walk Away2:57
3Only Here for a Little While3:34