Dean Miller (album)

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Dean Miller
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Studio album by
Dean Miller
ReleasedAugust 26, 1997 (1997-08-26)
RecordedCastle Recording Studios, Inc., Franklin, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length39:16
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Gregg Brown
Dean Miller chronology
Dean Miller
(1997)
Platinum
(2005)
Professional ratings
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Dean Miller is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Dean Miller. It was released in 1997 on Capitol Records Nashville. Three singles were released from it: "Nowhere, USA", "My Heart's Broke Down (But My Mind's Made Up)", and "Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey", which was previously recorded by Brett James on his 1995 self-titled debut. Respectively, these three songs reached numbers 54, 67, and 57 on the Hot Country Songs charts. The track "I Feel Bad" features a spoken-word intro by radio host Ralph Emery.

Contents

Following this album's release, Miller left Capitol and signed in 2002 to Universal South Records, where he released three more singles for an unreleased album, entitled Just Me. His third album, Platinum, was finally issued in 2005 on Audium Entertainment.

Track listing

  1. "Nowhere, USA" (Dean Miller) – 3:22
  2. "Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey" (Miller, Brett James) – 2:51
  3. "I Used to Know Her" (Miller, Sharon Rice) – 4:19
  4. "My Heart's Broke Down (But My Mind's Made Up)" (Miller, Sarah Majors) – 2:38
  5. "Broke Down in Birmingham" (Conley White, Brian Tabor, Tammy Dodge) – 3:41
  6. "I Feel Bad" (Miller, Kelli Owens) – 3:28
  7. "Missing You" (Miller, Stacy Dean Campbell) – 3:18
  8. "If I Was Your Man" (Miller, Campbell) – 4:37
  9. "The Long Way Home" (Miller, Campbell, Daniel Keyes Tashian) – 3:45
  10. "Dreams" (Miller) – 3:14
  11. "The Running Side of Me" (Miller, Campbell) – 4:03

Personnel

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