Men'll Be Boys is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Billy Dean. It was released in 1994 on Liberty Records as his final album for the label before Liberty's country music division was merged with Capitol Records Nashville. The album produced only two singles in "Cowboy Band" and "Men Will Be Boys", which respectively reached #24 and #60 on the Billboard country singles chart.
The album includes two cover songs: "I Will Be Here" had been released by Steven Curtis Chapman on his 1989 album More to This Life, and "Misery and Gin" had been released by Merle Haggard on his 1980 album Back to the Barrooms.
Track listing
Credits Album produced by Jimmy Bowen for Lynwood Productions and Billy Dean; "Starting Over Again" and "I Will Be Here" produced by Chuck Howard.
Musicians Billy Dean – lead vocals, electric guitars John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano Steve Nathan – synthesizers Matt Rollings – acoustic piano Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitars, gut string guitar Biff Watson – acoustic guitars John Willis – electric guitars Dan Dugmore – steel guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar Glenn Worf – bass Lonnie Wilson – drums Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion, congas, shaker, tambourine, cowbell, wind chimes Glen Duncan – fiddle Rob Hajacos – fiddle John Catchings – cello Kris Wilkinson – viola Eric Silver – violin
Background vocalists Michael Black Carol Chase Billy Dean Timothy Hedge Doc Hollister Cindy Richardson Harry Stinson Dennis Wilson Curtis Young
Production Stephen Tillisch – recording, additional recording Francis Buckley – additional recording, mixing Brian Hardin – recording assistant, additional recording assistant, mix assistant Glenn Meadows – digital editing, mastering Sherri Halford – creative director Butch Adams – photography Claudia Fowler – wardrobe Debra Wingo – hair, make-up
Chart performance Chart (1994) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 51
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