Let Them Be Little

For the song, see Let Them Be Little (song).

Let Them Be Little
Studio album by Billy Dean
Released	March 29, 2005 (2005-03-29)
Genre	Country
Length	35:58
Label	Curb
Producer	Ray Barnette Billy Dean Lari White
Billy Dean chronology
Real Man (1998) Let Them Be Little (2005) The Christ (A Song for Joseph) (2005)
Singles from Let Them Be Little
"Let Them Be Little" Released: August 30, 2004

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Let Them Be Little is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Billy Dean. His first album since Real Man seven years previous, it is also his first release on Curb Records. The album was originally to have been released in 2003, on View 2 Records, which promoted the first two singles ("I'm in Love with You" and a cover of John Denver's "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"). Asylum-Curb promoted the third single, "Let Them Be Little", which was co-written by Richie McDonald, lead singer of Lonestar, and recorded by the band on their 2004 album Let's Be Us Again. After this song came "This Is the Life", "Race You to the Bottom" and "Swinging for the Fence". Also included on the album are re-recordings of "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" and "Billy the Kid", two of Dean's early singles from 1991 and 1992.

Dean produced the entire album, working with Lari White on tracks 3-7 and Ray Barnette for the rest.

Track listing

1. "This Is the Life" (Billy Dean, Chuck Cannon) – 2:43
2. "Eyes" (Dean, Ray Barnette) – 3:35
3. "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (John Sommers) – 2:54
4. "I'm in Love with You" (Dean, Cannon) – 3:38
5. "Slow Motion" (Dean, Cannon, Chuck Jones) – 3:50
6. "Let Them Be Little" (Dean, Richie McDonald) – 3:43
7. "Good Love Gone Bad" (Dean, Cannon, Stephanie Paisley) – 3:05
8. "Race You to the Bottom" (Dean, Barnette) – 3:21
9. "Shelfer Street" (Dean) – 2:39
10. "Swinging for the Fence" (Dean, Barnette) – 3:02
11. "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" (Dean, Richard Leigh) – 3:22
12. "Billy the Kid" (Dean, Paul Nelson) – 3:08

Personnel

• Tim Akers- keyboards, organ, piano
• Ray Barnette- bass guitar, background vocals
• Mike Brignardello- bass guitar
• Sam Bush- mandolin
• Billy Dean- acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Glen Duncan- fiddle, mandolin
• Stuart Duncan- fiddle
• Shannon Forrest- drums
• Paul Franklin- steel guitar
• David Harvey- mandolin
• Aubrey Haynie- fiddle
• Kevin Haynie- banjo
• Wes Hightower- background vocals
• Joe Hogue- keyboards, programming
• Jim Hoke- harmonica
• John Barlow Jarvis- piano
• Jeff King- electric guitar
• Paul Leim- drums
• Jerry McPherson- electric guitar
• Dan Needham- drums
• Kim Parent- background vocals
• Marcia Ramirez- background vocals
• Michael Rhodes- bass guitar
• Matt Rollings- piano
• Scotty Sanders- steel guitar
• Marty Slayton- background vocals
• Bryan Sutton- acoustic guitar
• Biff Watson- acoustic guitar
• John Willis- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin- fiddle

Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8
U.S. Billboard 200	50

References

• Allmusic