It's What I Do

It's What I Do
Studio album by Billy Dean
Released	April 2, 1996
Genre	Country
Length	37:15
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Tom Shapiro Nancy H. Williams
Billy Dean chronology
Men'll Be Boys (1994) It's What I Do (1996) Real Man (1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

It's What I Do is the title of the fifth studio album released 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.

Track listing

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
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.