It's What I Do Explained

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

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 . Billy Dean . 1996 . CD liner notes . Capitol Records Nashville . 30525 . Nashville, Tennessee.