Real Man

Real Man
Studio album by Billy Dean
Released	August 25, 1998
Genre	Country
Length	35:58
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Billy Dean David Gates
Billy Dean chronology
It's What I Do (1996) Real Man (1998) Let Them Be Little (2005)

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Real Man is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Billy Dean. It was released August 25, 1998 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes two singles: the title track and "Innocent Bystander", which respectively reached #33 and #68 on the U.S. Billboard country singles charts. Dean co-produced the album with David Gates, formerly of Bread, and co-wrote several of its songs with him. "Voices Singing," features the St. Nicholas School Children's Choir of Chattanooga, as well as Dean's son, Eli.

Track listing

1. "A Fall in Tennessee" (Billy Dean, David Gates) – 3:23
2. "Innocent Bystander" (Dean, Gates) – 2:57
3. "Real Man" (Dean) – 3:44
4. "I'm a Fool Too" (Dean, Kenny Lewis) – 3:32
5. "I'm Not Needed Here" (Dean, Gates) – 3:51
6. "If I Could Find the Heart (To Love Again)" (Dean, Gates) – 3:34
   • duet with Gina Jeffreys
7. "Big Sister" (Dean, Bruce Burch) – 3:56
8. "Voices Singing" (Dean, Richard Leigh) – 4:38
9. "By My Song" (Dean, Leigh) – 3:07
10. "She Gets What She Wants" (Dean, Lewis, Tim Nichols) – 3:16
11. "Im a Kewl Kid" (Dean, Lewis, Nichols) – 1:29
12. "Real Men Don't Care" (Dean, Lewis, Nichols) – 3:01

Personnel

• Barry Bales – bass guitar
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Ron Block – banjo
• Sam Bush – fiddle
• Billy Dean – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, percussion, lead vocals, background vocals
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Dave Dunseath – drums
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• David Gates – bass guitar, keyboards, string arrangements, background vocals
• Doc Hollister – piano
• Gina Jeffreys – duet vocals on "If I Could Find the Heart (To Love Again)"
• Kenny Lewis – bass guitar
• Renee Martin – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Terry McMillan – percussion
• Andy Most – electric guitar
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• David Pack – background vocals
• Matt Rollings – piano
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• St. Nicholas School Children's Choir – choir
• Steuart Smith – electric guitar
• Dan Tyminsky – mandolin
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	41

References

• Allmusic