It's What I Do
It's What I Do is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Billy Dean. It was his first album since Men'll Be Boys two years previous. This was also his first release for Capitol Records Nashville, as the Nashville division of Liberty Records had been merged into Capitol. The album produced three singles: the title track at #5, followed by "That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me" at #4 and "I Wouldn't Be a Man" at #45. (The latter was originally a Top Ten country hit for Don Williams, in 1987.) The album also reunited him with Tom Shapiro, who had co-produced his first two albums.
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| Released | April 2, 1996 | |||
| Studio | Dark Horse Recording, Franklin, TN, Javalina Recording Studios, and Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:15 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Tom Shapiro Nancy H. Williams | |||
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| Allmusic |   link |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "It's What I Do" | Tom Shapiro, Chuck Jones | 3:22 |
| 2. | "That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me" | Shapiro, Max T. Barnes | 3:44 |
| 3. | "In the Name of Love" | Skip Ewing, Doug Stone | 3:39 |
| 4. | "Down to Your Last One More" | Gary Burr | 3:13 |
| 5. | "I Wouldn't Be a Man" | Mike Reid, Rory Bourke | 4:24 |
| 6. | "When Our Backs Are Against the Wall" | Billy Dean, Tim Nichols | 4:01 |
| 7. | "Play Something We Can Dance To" | Dean, Dennis Morgan | 4:04 |
| 8. | "The Mountain Moved" | Bob Regan, George Teren | 2:53 |
| 9. | "Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time" | Kostas, Bobby Boyd, Don Mealer | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Leavin' Line" | Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch | 4:41 |
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
- Bruce Bouton – lap steel guitar
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Linda Davis – background vocals
- Billy Dean – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
- Thom Flora – background vocals
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Dobro
- Terry McMillan – shaker, tambourine, cowbell, harmonica
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
- Nicol Sponberg- background vocals
- Tina Clark-Vallejo – background vocals
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Curtis Wright – background vocals
- Curtis Young – background vocals
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
Synthesizer strings performed by Carl Marsh, arranged by Carl Marsh and Tom Shapiro.
Chart performance
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 143 |
References
- Allmusic (see infobox)
- It's What I Do (CD liner notes). Billy Dean. Nashville, Tennessee: Capitol Records Nashville. 1996. 30525.
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