It's What I Do
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 album also reunited him with Tom Shapiro, who had co-produced his first two albums.
Personnel
- 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 – steel guitar, dobro
- Glenn Worf – bass
- Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
- Terry McMillan – shaker, tambourine, cowbell, harmonica
- Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
- Linda Davis – backing vocals
- Thom Flora – backing vocals
- Nicol Smith – backing vocals
- Tina Clark-Vallejo – backing vocals
- Curtis Wright – backing vocals
- Curtis Young – backing vocals
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
- 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