Young Man (Billy Dean album)

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 in both the United States and Canada. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA for U.S. sales of 500,000 copies.

Young Man
Studio album by
Billy Dean
ReleasedAugust 21, 1990
StudioEmerald Studio, Recording Arts, Sound Stage Studio, Studio W Nashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length32:38
LabelCapitol Nashville
ProducerChuck Howard
Tom Shapiro
Billy Dean chronology
Young Man
(1990)		 Billy Dean
(1991)
Singles from Young Man
  1. "Only Here for a Little While"
    Released: November 11, 1990
  2. "Somewhere in My Broken Heart"
    Released: May 4, 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly(B) [2]

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

As adapted from linear notes:[3]

Chart performance
Chart (1990) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 12
U.S. Billboard 200 99
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References
  1. Hopkin, Kenyon. Young Man at AllMusic
  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. Young Man (cassette). Billy Dean. Liberty Records. 1991. C4-94302.CS1 maint: others (link)
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