Heroes (Paul Overstreet album)
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:31 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Brown Bannister Paul Overstreet | |||
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Heroes is the third studio album by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. The album was released by RCA Nashville in 1991. 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
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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- percussion, harmonica, tambourine
- Jerry McPherson - 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
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Sources
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Paul Overstreet - Heroes review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
- ^ Heroes (LP). Paul Overstreet. RCA Records. 1991. 150526.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Paul Overstreet Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Paul Overstreet Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Paul Overstreet Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2021.