Heroes is the third album released by American country music

Country music

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 artist Paul Overstreet

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. The album was released by RCA Records

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 in 1991 (see 1991 in country music

1991 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1991.-Events:* March 16 — The country music world is stunned when seven members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager are killed in a plane crash in California...

). The album reached #17 on Billboard

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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

Don Schlitz

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. Fellow country artists Pam Tillis

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 and Trisha Yearwood

Trisha Yearwood

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 sing background vocals as well as Christian Music

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 singer Chris Rodriguez

Chris Rodriguez

-Biography:Rodriguez was born on March 7, 1960, in Bronx New York, and moved to Nashville, becoming a veteran of the scene in the early 1990s. His debut album, Beggar's Paradise, was released by Sony in 1999, by which time he had collaborated on projects with country and CCM acts such as Amy Grant,...

. 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

1. "Ball and Chain
   Ball and Chain (Paul Overstreet song)
   "Ball and Chain" is a single by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. Released in June 1991, it was the second third from his album Heroes. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1991....
   
   " (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz
   Don Schlitz
   Donald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...
   
   ) - 3:38
2. "If I Could Bottle This Up" (Overstreet, Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon
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   ) - 3:49
3. "Daddy's Come Around
   Daddy's Come Around
   "Daddy's Come Around" is a 1990 track from Paul Overstreet's third album, Heroes. "Daddy's Come Around" was written by Paul Overstreet along with Don Schlitz and was Paul Overstreet's only number one country hit as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of...
   
   " (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 3:38
4. "Love Lives On" (Overstreet, Taylor Dunn) - 3:08
5. "Heroes
   Heroes (Paul Overstreet song)
   "Heroes" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. Released in February 1991, it was the second single from his album Heroes. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1991.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Overstreet, Claire Cloninger) - 4:28
6. "I'm So Glad I was Dreaming" (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 3:45
7. "Straight and Narrow" (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 3:21
8. "Billy Can't Read" (Overstreet, Jerry Michael) - 3:49
9. "She Supports Her Man" (Overstreet) - 4:01
10. "'Til the Mountains Disappear" (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 2:37
11. "The Calm at the Center of My Storm" (Overstreet, Schlitz) - 3:23

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
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• Paul Franklin
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   - pedal steel guitar
  Pedal steel guitar
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  , acoustic lap steel guitar
  Lap steel guitar
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  , pedabro
• Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar
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  , mandolin
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• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
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• Christopher Harris - background vocals
• Shane Keister
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   - keyboards
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• Jana King - background vocals
• Janie Lambert - background vocals
• Paul Leim - drums
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• Terry McMillan - percussion, harmonica
  Harmonica
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  , tambourine
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• Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
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  , tremolo
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   guitar, E-bow
  E-Bow
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   guitar, gut string guitar
• Mark O'Connor
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   - fiddle
• Paul Overstreet - lead and background vocals
• Don Potter
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   - acoustic guitar
• Chris Rodriguez
  Chris Rodriguez
  -Biography:Rodriguez was born on March 7, 1960, in Bronx New York, and moved to Nashville, becoming a veteran of the scene in the early 1990s. His debut album, Beggar's Paradise, was released by Sony in 1999, by which time he had collaborated on projects with country and CCM acts such as Amy Grant,...
  
   - background vocals
• Lisa Silver - background vocals
• Pam Tillis
  Pam Tillis
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   - background vocals
• Bergen White - background vocals
• Bob Wray - bass guitar
• Trisha Yearwood
  Trisha Yearwood
  Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood , is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA...
  
  - background vocals
• Reggie Young - electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	17
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums	21
U.S. Billboard 200	163