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{{Infobox album
| name = It's What I Do
| type = studio
| artist = [[Billy Dean]]
| cover = itswhatido.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 2, 1996
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
* Dark Horse Recording ([[Franklin, Tennessee]])
* [[Javelina Studios]], Sound Stage Studios and [[Woodland Sound Studios]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 37:15
| label = [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]]
| producer =
* [[Tom Shapiro]]
| prev_title = [[Men'll Be Boys]]
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = [[Real Man]]
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = It's What I Do
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[It's What I Do (song)|It's What I Do]]
| single1date = January 8, 1996
| single2 = [[That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me]]
| single2date = June 10, 1996
| single3 = [[I Wouldn't Be a Man]]
| single3date = October 21, 1996
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r233470|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''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.

==Track listing==

{{Track listing
| headline = ''It's What I Do'' track listing<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=It's What I Do |others=Billy Dean |year=1996 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Capitol Records Nashville |id=30525 |location=Nashville, Tennessee}}</ref>
| total length =

| title1 = [[It's What I Do (song)|It's What I Do]]
| writer1 = [[Tom Shapiro]], Chuck Jones
| length1 = 3:22

| title2 = [[That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me]]
| writer2 = Shapiro, [[Max T. Barnes]]
| length2 = 3:44

| title3 = In the Name of Love
| writer3 = [[Skip Ewing]], [[Doug Stone]]
| length3 = 3:39

| title4 = Down to Your Last One More
| writer4 = [[Gary Burr]]
| length4 = 3:13

| title5 = [[I Wouldn't Be a Man]]
| writer5 = [[Mike Reid (singer)|Mike Reid]], [[Rory Bourke]]
| length5 = 4:24

| title6 = When Our Backs Are Against the Wall
| writer6 = [[Billy Dean]], [[Tim Nichols]]
| length6 = 4:01

| title7 = Play Something We Can Dance To
| writer7 = Dean, [[Dennis Morgan (songwriter)|Dennis Morgan]]
| length7 = 4:04

| title8 = The Mountain Moved
| writer8 = [[Bob Regan]], George Teren
| length8 = 2:53

| title9 = Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time
| writer9 = [[Kostas (songwriter)|Kostas]], Bobby Boyd, Don Mealer
| length9 = 3:14

| title10 = Leavin' Line
| writer10 = [[Pam Rose]], [[Mary Ann Kennedy (American singer)|Mary Ann Kennedy]], [[Pat Bunch]]
| length10 = 4:41
}}

== Personnel ==
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* [[Billy Dean]] – lead vocals, backing vocals
* [[Steve Nathan]] – keyboards
* Carl Marsh – synth strings, synth string arrangements
* [[Tom Shapiro]] – synth string arrangements
* [[Larry Byrom]] – acoustic guitar
* [[Brent Rowan]] – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
* [[Biff Watson]] – acoustic guitar
* [[Bruce Bouton]] – [[lap steel guitar]]
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] – [[steel guitar]], [[dobro]]
* [[Glenn Worf]] – bass
* [[Eddie Bayers]] – drums, percussion
* [[Terry McMillan (musician)|Terry McMillan]] – [[Shaker (musical instrument)|shaker]], [[tambourine]], [[Cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]], [[harmonica]]
* Joe Spivey – [[fiddle]], [[mandolin]]
* [[Jonathan Yudkin]] – fiddle
* [[Linda Davis]] – backing vocals
* [[Ace in the Hole Band|Thom Flora]] – backing vocals
* [[Nicol Sponberg|Nicol Smith]] – backing vocals
* Tina Clark-Vallejo – backing vocals
* [[Curtis Wright]] – backing vocals
* [[The Jordanaires|Curtis Young]] – backing vocals
{{div col end}}

=== Production ===
* Tom Shapiro – producer
* Brian Tankersley – recording, additional recording, mixing
* John Kunz – recording assistant, additional recording assistant, mix assistant, additional mix engineer, project coordinator
* Greg Parker – recording assistant
* Sandy Jenkins – mix assistant
* Eric Legg – additional mix engineer
* Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Nancy H. Williams – production manager
* Cindy Owen – art direction, design
* Mark Tucker – photography
* Sandi Spika – stylist
* Mary Beth Felts – hair, make-up
* [[Narvel Blackstock]] with Starstruck Entertainment – management

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1996)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|143|artist=Billy Dean|access-date=March 7, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|18|artist=Billy Dean|access-date=March 7, 2025}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Billy Dean}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:1996 albums]]
[[Category:Billy Dean albums]]
[[Category:Capitol Records Nashville albums]]

It's What I Do - Revision history

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