Billy Dean is the second studio album by American country music artist Billy Dean, released in 1991 by Capitol Nashville. Like his debut album Young Man, it was certified gold by the RIAA. Four singles were released from the album: "You Don't Count the Cost", "Only the Wind", "Billy the Kid" and "If There Hadn't Been You". "If There Hadn't Been You" was the highest-peaking of these, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts; all the other singles reached #4 on the same chart.

Billy Dean
Studio album by Billy Dean
Released	September 24, 1991
Genre	Country
Length	34:32
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Chuck Howard Tom Shapiro
Billy Dean chronology
Young Man (1990) Billy Dean (1991) Fire in the Dark (1993)
Singles from Billy Dean
"You Don't Count the Cost" Released: September 9, 1991 "Only the Wind" Released: December 30, 1991 "Billy the Kid" Released: May 18, 1992 "If There Hadn't Been You" Released: August 17, 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	C+ link

Track listing

1. "Billy the Kid" (Billy Dean, Paul Nelson) – 3:09
2. "Simple Things" (B. Dean, Steve Dean) – 3:06
3. "Hammer Down" (Bob Regan, George Teren) – 4:08
4. "Only the Wind" (Tom Shapiro, Chuck Jones) – 3:40
5. "Small Favors" (B. Dean, Tim Nichols) – 3:01
6. "I Shoulda Listened" (Shapiro, Ron Hellard) – 3:54
7. "You Don't Count the Cost" (Bucky Jones, Shapiro, Chris Waters) – 3:15
8. "Gone but Not Forgotten" (Wayland Holyfield, Verlon Thompson) – 2:50
9. "If There Hadn't Been You" (Shapiro, Hellard) – 3:19
10. "Intro to Daddy's Will" (B. Dean, S. Dean) – 0:31
11. "Daddy's Will" (B. Dean, S. Dean) – 3:41

Personnel

• Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar, Dobro
• Billy Dean – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bruce Dees – background vocals
• Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar
• Chuck Jones – acoustic guitar
• Julie King – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Steve Nathan – piano, keyboards
• Bob Regan – electric guitar
• Tom Shapiro – background vocals
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, piano, keyboards
• John Willis – electric guitar
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

References

• Billy Dean (cassette). Billy Dean. Liberty Records. 1992. C4-96728.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)