| It's What I Do | ||||
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| Released | April 2, 1996 | |||
| Studio | Dark Horse Recording, Franklin, TN, Javalina Recording Studios, and Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:15 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Tom Shapiro Nancy H. Williams | |||
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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.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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 |
Synthesizer strings performed by Carl Marsh, arranged by Carl Marsh and Tom Shapiro.
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 143 |
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