Fire in the Dark is the title of the third studio album recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Billy Dean

Billy Dean

William Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search...

. It was released in 1993 on SBK

SBK Records

SBK Records was a record label of the EMI Group that was founded in 1988.Stephen Swid, Martin Bandier, and Charles Koppelman formed the production company SBK in 1989 after they purchased the music publishing division of CBS Records in 1986....

/Liberty Records

Liberty Records

Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...

 and like his previous two albums, it was certified gold by the RIAA. Unlike his first two albums, which were produced by Tom Shapiro

Tom Shapiro

Tom Shapiro is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters...

, this one was produced by Liberty Records' then-president Jimmy Bowen

Jimmy Bowen

Jimmy Bowen is an American record producer and former pop music performer.Bowen was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He began as a teenage recording star in 1957 with "I'm Stickin' With You," originally the flip side of the hit record "Party Doll" by Buddy Knox, but ultimately a Top 20 recording...

, with Dean as co-producer. Singles from this album include "Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark", "I Wanna Take Care of You", "I'm Not Built That Way" and a cover of Dave Mason

Dave Mason

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's 1977 pop hit "We Just Disagree". Also covered here is James Taylor

James Taylor

James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....

's "Steamroller Blues." Of these singles, "Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark" and "We Just Disagree" were both Top Ten hits on the country music charts.

Track listing

1. "Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark
   Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark
   "Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Billy Dean. It was released in November 1992 as the first single from Dean's album Fire in the Dark. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March...
   
   " (Billy Dean, Tim Nichols
   Tim Nichols
   Tim Nichols Tim Nichols Tim Nichols (born in Portsmouth, Virginia is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since the late 1980s, Nichols has written for several country music singers, including Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messina, and Alan Jackson...
   
   ) - 3:37
2. "When a Woman Cries" (Joshua Kadison
   Joshua Kadison
   Joshua Kadison is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and writer.- Early life :Joshua grew up in and around Los Angeles, California, the younger of two sons. His mother was of Mexican-American Indian descent. At age 12 he started playing the piano and subsequently started to write songs...
   
   ) - 3:46
3. "That's What I Like About Love" (Mark D. Sanders
   Mark D. Sanders
   Mark Daniel Sanders is an American Country Music songwriter. He has written 14 No. 1 hits, 50 singles, and over 200 cuts, including the famous Lee Ann Womack single “I Hope You Dance,” co-written with Tia Sillers.-Early life:...
   
   , Verlon Thompson) - 3:30
4. "I Wanna Take Care of You
   I Wanna Take Care of You
   "I Wanna Take Care of You" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Billy Dean. It was released in March 1993 as the second single from Dean's album Fire in the Dark. The song reached #22 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 9 on the...
   
   " (Dean, J.K. Jones) - 3:54
5. "Only a Woman Knows" (Billy Henderson, Steve Jones) - 2:48
6. "We Just Disagree
   We Just Disagree
   "We Just Disagree" is a song by English singer-guitarist Dave Mason, written by Jim Krueger.-Dave Mason version:Released in August 1977 as the second single from the album Let It Flow, the ballad about no-fault divorce featured Krueger's 12-string guitar prominently; the author also sang the...
   
   " (Jim Krueger) - 3:24
7. "Two of the Lucky Ones" (Dean, Nichols) - 2:59
8. "I'm Not Built That Way" (Don Pfrimmer, George Teren) - 2:52
9. "Give Me All the Pieces" (Chuck Jones, Chris Waters
   Chris Waters
   Christopher Waters Dunn is an American country music singer and songwriter, known professionally as Chris Waters. The brother of singer Holly Dunn, Waters has co-written singles for other artists, including Number Ones for Tim McGraw and Cyndi Thomson.-Biography:Christopher Waters Dunn was born in...
   
   ) - 3:26
10. "Steamroller
    Steamroller Blues
    "Steamroller Blues", often labelled just "Steamroller", is a song written by James Taylor, that first appeared on his 1970 breakthrough album Sweet Baby James. The song title comes from the first line: "I'm a steamroller baby, I'm bound to roll all over you..."...
    
    " (James Taylor
    James Taylor
    James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
    
    ) - 5:37

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	14
U.S. Billboard 200	83
Canadian RPM Country Albums	4