Fire in the Dark

Fire in the Dark
Studio album by Billy Dean
Released	January 26, 1993
Recorded	1992
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	35:53
Label	SBK/Liberty
Producer	Jimmy Bowen Billy Dean
Billy Dean chronology
Billy Dean (1991) Fire in the Dark (1993) Greatest Hits (1994)
Singles from Fire in the Dark
"Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark" Released: November 30, 1992 "I Wanna Take Care of You" Released: March 29, 1993 "I'm Not Built That Way" Released: August 21, 1993 "We Just Disagree" Released: November 1, 1993

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C [2]

Fire in the Dark is the third studio album by American country music artist Billy Dean. It was released in 1993 on SBK/Liberty Records and like his previous two albums, it was certified gold by the RIAA. Unlike his first two albums, which were produced by Tom Shapiro, this one was produced by Liberty Records' then-president Jimmy Bowen, 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's No. 12 1977 pop hit "We Just Disagree". Also covered here is James Taylor'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 chart.

Track listing

Fire in the Dark track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark"	Billy Dean, Tim Nichols	3:37
2.	"When a Woman Cries"	Joshua Kadison	3:46
3.	"That's What I Like About Love"	Mark D. Sanders, Verlon Thompson	3:30
4.	"I Wanna Take Care of You"	Dean, J.K. Jones	3:54
5.	"Only a Woman Knows"	Billy Henderson, Steven Dale Jones	2:48
6.	"We Just Disagree"	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	3:26
10.	"Steamroller"	James Taylor	5:37

Personnel

• Billy Dean – vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards, synthesizers
• Biff Watson – synthesizers, acoustic guitars
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitars
• Dan Mahar – electric guitars
• John Willis – electric guitars
• Dan Dugmore – dobro, steel guitar
• John Rich – steel guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, bells, ride cymbal, percussion
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
• Donna McElroy – backing vocals
• Cindy Richardson Walker – backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Jimmy Gilmer – executive producer
• Jimmy Bowen – producer
• Billy Dean – producer
• Bob Bullock – digital recording, digital mixing, overdub recording
• Tim Kish – overdub recording
• Brian Hardin – recording assistant, mix assistant, overdub assistant
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Glenn Meadows – digital editing, mastering
• Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Sherri Halford – creative director
• Buddy Jackson – art direction
• Sam Knight – design
• Randee St. Nicholas – photography
• Claudia McConnell – stylist
• Vanessa Ware – stylist
• June Arnold – hair, make-up
• Teri Brown and TBA Management Group – management

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [3]	83
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4]	14
Canadian RPM Country Albums	4

References

1. Owens, Thom. Billy Dean – Fire in the Dark: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
2. Nash, Alanna (February 19, 1993). "Music Review: Fire in the Dark". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved March 7, 2025.
3. "Billy Dean Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
4. "Billy Dean Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2025.