Measure of a Man is the title of the debut album of American

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 artist Kevin Sharp. The debut single, "Nobody Knows" went to number one on both the American and Canadian country charts. The next two singles, "She's Sure Taking It Well" and If You Love Somebody" both charted in the top ten while the last single, "There's Only You" failed to reach the top 40. The album has been certified gold by both the RIAA and CRIA. John Batdorf of the 1970s duo Batdorf & Rodney performs background vocals on this album.

Track listing

1. "Measure of a Man" (Larry Boone
   Larry Boone
   Larry Eugene Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. His highest-charting single, "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", reached #10 in 1988...
   
   , Rick Bowles) - 3:07
2. "Nobody Knows" (Don DuBose, Joseph Richards) - 3:27
3. "If You Love Somebody
   If You Love Somebody
   "If You Love Somebody" is the title of a song written by Chris Farren and Jeffrey Steele, and recorded by American country music artist Kevin Sharp. It was released in 1997 as the third single from his debut album, Measure of a Man...
   
   " (Chris Farren, Jeffrey Steele
   Jeffrey Steele
   Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...
   
   ) - 2:30
4. "There's Only You" (Skip Ewing
   Skip Ewing
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   , Donny Kees) - 3:10
5. "She's Sure Taking It Well
   She's Sure Taking It Well
   "She's Sure Taking It Well" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Kevin Sharp. It was released in February 1997 as the second single from his debut album, Measure of a Man. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in June 1997...
   
   " (Tim Buppert, Don Pfrimmer, George Teren) - 3:20
6. "The Strength to Love" (Farren, John Hobbs, Steele) - 3:21
7. "Love Bomb" (Angelo, Robert Ellis Orrall
   Robert Ellis Orrall
   Robert Ellis Orrall is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to RCA Records in 1980, Orrall debuted that year with the album "Fixation". His first Top 40 single was "I Couldn't Say No", a duet with Carlene Carter...
   
   ) - 3:03
8. "I'm Already Loving You Too Much" (Farren, Larry Park, Steele) - 3:16
9. "Population 4000 Minus 1" (Farren, Kevin Sharp) - 4:28
10. "Somebody's Baby" (Zack Turner, Lonnie Wilson) - 3:41
11. "Love at the End of the Road" (Annie Tate, Sam Tate) - 3:47

Personnel

As listed in liner notes

• John Batdorf - background vocals
• Joe Chemay - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• David Foster
  David Foster
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   - keyboards
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• Chris Farren - background vocals, keyboards, mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , nylon string guitar
• Larry Franklin - fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
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   - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• John Hobbs - keyboards
• Dann Huff
  Dann Huff
  Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
  
   - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Paul Leim - drums
• Greg Leisz
  Greg Leisz
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   - lap steel, Dobro
  Dobro
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• Greg Mathieson - organ
• Cary Park - electric guitar
• Kevin Sharp - lead vocals, background vocals, hand claps
• Jeffrey Steele
  Jeffrey Steele
  Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...
  
   - background vocals
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Scott Wojahn - background vocals

Album

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	4
U.S. Billboard 200	40
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1
Canadian RPM Country Albums	2
Canadian RPM Top Albums	79

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
1996	"Nobody Knows"	1	1
1997	"She's Sure Taking It Well"	3	4
	"If You Love Somebody"	4	7
1998	"There's Only You"	43	—