Heroes is the third studio album by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. The album was released by RCA Nashville in 1991. The album reached #17 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and charted at #21 on the Top Christian Albums chart. This album produced three top ten singles including Overstreet's first and only number 1 song, "Daddy's Come Around". Other singles and their peaks on the chart were "Heroes" (#4), "Ball and Chain" (#5), "If I Could Bottle This Up" (#30), and "Billy Can't Read" (#57).
Content Paul Overstreet wrote or co-wrote every track on the album, most of them with Don Schlitz. Fellow country artists Pam Tillis and Trisha Yearwood sing background vocals as well as Christian Music singer Chris Rodriguez. On the LP release of the album, the songs "I'm So Glad I was Dreaming" and "Straight and Narrow" were not included, leaving the album with nine tracks.
Track listing
Personnel As listed in liner notes. Mike Brignardello – bass guitar Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, pedabro Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, mandolin Rob Hajacos – fiddle Christopher Harris – background vocals Shane Keister – keyboards Jana King – background vocals Janie Lambert – background vocals Paul Leim – drums Terry McMillan – percussion, harmonica, tambourine Jerry McPherson – electric guitar, tremolo guitar, E-bow, gut string guitar Mark O'Connor – fiddle Paul Overstreet – lead vocals, background vocals Don Potter – acoustic guitar Chris Rodriguez – background vocals Lisa Silver – background vocals Pam Tillis – background vocals Bergen White – background vocals Bob Wray – bass guitar Trisha Yearwood – background vocals Reggie Young – electric guitar
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 43
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