Heroes (Paul Overstreet album)

Heroes
Studio album by Paul Overstreet
Released	1991
Genre	Country
Length	39:31
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Brown Bannister Paul Overstreet
Paul Overstreet chronology
Sowin' Love (1989) Heroes (1991) Love Is Strong (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Heroes is the third album released by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. The album was released by RCA Nashville in 1991 (see 1991 in country music). The album reached #17 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and charted at #21 on the Top Christian Albums chart. This album produced three top ten singles including Overstreet's first and only number 1 song, "Daddy's Come Around". Other singles and their peaks on the chart were "Heroes" (#4), "Ball and Chain" (#5), "If I Could Bottle This Up" (#30), and "Billy Can't Read" (#57).

Content

Paul Overstreet wrote or co-wrote every track on the album, most of them with Don Schlitz. Fellow country artists Pam Tillis and Trisha Yearwood sing background vocals as well as Christian Music singer Chris Rodriguez. On the LP release of the album, the songs "I'm So Glad I was Dreaming" and "Straight and Narrow" were not included, leaving the album with nine tracks.

Track listing

1. "Ball and Chain" (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz) - 3:38
2. "If I Could Bottle This Up" (Overstreet, Dean Dillon) - 3:49
3. "Daddy's Come Around" (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 3:33
4. "Love Lives On" (Overstreet, Taylor Dunn) - 3:08
5. "Heroes" (Overstreet, Claire Cloninger) - 4:28
6. "I'm So Glad I was Dreaming" (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 3:45
7. "Straight and Narrow" (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 3:21
8. "Billy Can't Read" (Overstreet, Jerry Michael) - 3:49
9. "She Supports Her Man" (Overstreet) - 4:01
10. "'Til the Mountains Disappear" (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 2:37
11. "The Calm at the Center of My Storm" (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 3:23

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, pedabro
• Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• Christopher Harris - background vocals
• Shane Keister - keyboards
• Jana King - background vocals
• Janie Lambert - background vocals
• Paul Leim - drums
• Terry McMillan - percussion, harmonica, tambourine
• Jerry McPherson - electric guitar, tremolo guitar, E-bow, gut string guitar
• Mark O'Connor - fiddle
• Paul Overstreet - lead vocals, background vocals
• Don Potter - acoustic guitar
• Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
• Lisa Silver - background vocals
• Pam Tillis - background vocals
• Bergen White - background vocals
• Bob Wray - bass guitar
• Trisha Yearwood - background vocals
• Reggie Young - electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	17
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums	21
U.S. Billboard 200	163

Sources

1. Ankeny, Jason. "Paul Overstreet - Heroes review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
2. Heroes (LP). Paul Overstreet. RCA Records. 1991. 150526.