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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Men'll Be Boys<br />
| type = studio<br />
| artist = [[Billy Dean]]<br />
| cover = menllbeboys.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = June 14, 1994<br />
| recorded =<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio = <br />
* Emerald Sound Studios, Masterfonics, and Sound Stage Studios ([[Nashville, Tennessee]])<br />
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]<br />
| length = 36:14<br />
| label = [[SBK Records|SBK]], [[Liberty Records|Liberty]]<br />
| producer = <br />
* [[Jimmy Bowen]]<br>Billy Dean<br>Chuck Howard<br />
| prev_title = [[Fire in the Dark]]<br />
| prev_year = 1993<br />
| next_title = [[It's What I Do]]<br />
| next_year = 1996<br />
| misc = {{Singles<br />
| name = Men'll Be Boys<br />
| type = Studio<br />
| single1 = [[Cowboy Band]]<br />
| single1date = June 4, 1994<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Music ratings<br />
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]<br />
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Owens |first=Thom |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r205703 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Men'll Be Boys - Billy Dean : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-06-18}}</ref><br />
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''<br />
| rev2Score = C<ref>{{cite web|author=Alanna Nash |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,303300,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421094822/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,303300,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 21, 2009 |title=Men'll Be Boys Review |publisher=EW.com |date=1994-08-12 |accessdate=2012-06-18}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''''Men'll Be Boys''''' is the fourth studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Billy Dean]]. It was released in 1994 on [[Liberty Records]] as his final album for the label before Liberty's country music division was merged with [[Capitol Records]] Nashville. The album produced only two singles in "Cowboy Band" and "Men Will Be Boys", which respectively reached #24 and #60 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country singles chart.<br />
<br />
The album includes two cover songs: "I Will Be Here" had been released by [[Steven Curtis Chapman]] on his 1989 album ''[[More to This Life]]'', and "Misery and Gin" had been released by [[Merle Haggard]] on his 1980 album ''Back to the Barrooms''.<br />
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==Track listing==<br />
<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| collapsed =<br />
| headline = <br />
| total length =<br />
<br />
| title1 = [[Cowboy Band]] <br />
| writer1 = Jule Medders, [[Monty Powell]] <br />
| length1 = 3:38<br />
<br />
| title2 = Wish You Were Here <br />
| writer2 = [[Tim Menzies|Tim Mensy]], Tony Haselden <br />
| length2 = 4:03<br />
<br />
| title3 = I Can't Find the Words to Say Goodbye <br />
| writer3 = [[Billy Dean]], [[David Gates]] <br />
| length3 = 3:27<br />
<br />
| title4 = Men Will Be Boys <br />
| writer4 = [[Guy Clark]], [[Verlon Thompson]]<br />
| length4 = 2:47<br />
<br />
| title5 = Pay Attention <br />
| writer5 = [[Suzi Ragsdale]]<br />
| length5 = 3:38<br />
<br />
| title6 = Starting Over Again <br />
| writer6 = Dean, [[John Barlow Jarvis]]<br />
| length6 = 4:11<br />
<br />
| title7 = Love and Bide <br />
| writer7 = Gates <br />
| length7 = 3:10<br />
<br />
| title8 = Indian Head Penny <br />
| writer8 = Clark, Thompson <br />
| length8 = 3:27<br />
<br />
| title9 = I Will Be Here <br />
| writer9 = [[Steven Curtis Chapman]] <br />
| length9 = 3:35<br />
<br />
| title10 = [[Misery and Gin]] <br />
| writer10 = John Durrill, [[Snuff Garrett]] <br />
| length10 = 3:55<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Album produced by [[Jimmy Bowen]] for Lynwood Productions and Billy Dean; "Starting Over Again" and "I Will Be Here" produced by Chuck Howard.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Men'll Be Boys |others=Billy Dean |year=1994 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Liberty Records |id=27760}}</ref><br />
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'''Musicians'''<br />
* [[Billy Dean]] – lead vocals, electric guitars<br />
* [[John Barlow Jarvis]] – acoustic piano<br />
* [[Steve Nathan]] – synthesizers<br />
* [[Matt Rollings]] – acoustic piano<br />
* Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitars, [[gut string guitar]]<br />
* [[Biff Watson]] – acoustic guitars<br />
* [[John Willis (musician)|John Willis]] – electric guitars<br />
* [[Dan Dugmore]] – [[steel guitar]]<br />
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] – steel guitar<br />
* [[Glenn Worf]] – bass <br />
* [[Lonnie Wilson]] – drums<br />
* [[Terry McMillan (musician)|Terry McMillan]] – [[harmonica]], percussion, [[congas]], [[Shaker (musical instrument)|shaker]], [[tambourine]], [[Cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]], [[wind chimes]]<br />
* Glen Duncan – [[fiddle]]<br />
* Rob Hajacos – fiddle<br />
* John Catchings – cello<br />
* Kris Wilkinson – viola<br />
* Eric Silver – violin<br />
<br />
'''Background vocalists'''<br />
* Michael Black<br />
* Carol Chase<br />
* Billy Dean<br />
* Timothy Hedge<br />
* Doc Hollister<br />
* Cindy Richardson<br />
* [[Harry Stinson (musician)|Harry Stinson]]<br />
* Dennis Wilson<br />
* [[The Jordanaires|Curtis Young]]<br />
<br />
=== Production ===<br />
* Stephen Tillisch – recording, additional recording<br />
* Francis Buckley – additional recording, mixing <br />
* Brian Hardin – recording assistant, additional recording assistant, mix assistant <br />
* Glenn Meadows – digital editing, mastering <br />
* Sherri Halford – creative director <br />
* Butch Adams – photography <br />
* Claudia Fowler – wardrobe <br />
* Debra Wingo — hair, make-up<br />
<br />
==Chart performance==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Chart (1994)<br />
! Peak<br />position<br />
|-<br />
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums<br />
| style="text-align:center;"| 51<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Billy Dean}}<br />
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{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:1994 albums]]<br />
[[Category:Albums produced by Jimmy Bowen]]<br />
[[Category:Billy Dean albums]]<br />
[[Category:Liberty Records albums]]</div>
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