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| Out of the Shadows | ||||
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| Released | June 1990 | |||
| Recorded | January 1990 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:34 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Nelson Larkin | |||
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| Singles from Out of the Shadows | ||||
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Out of the Shadows is the eighth studio album by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal, which was released in 1990.
The album landed on the Country Albums chart, reaching #24 in 1990.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue" | Donny Kees, Nelson Larkin, Pal Rakes | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Before the Night Is Over" | Ben Peters | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Old Friends Don't Make Good Lovers" | Ron Reynolds | 3:08 |
| 4. | "There's a Method to My Sadness" | Kye Fleming, William Davidson | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Free Me" | Walt Aldridge | 4:16 |
| 6. | "From Lover to Lover" | Reynolds | 3:35 |
| 7. | "How Could You Leave Me" | Bruce Channel, Ricky Ray Rector, Delbert McClinton | 3:01 |
| 8. | "We Had Love" | Rakes, John Alexander | 3:09 |
| 9. | "A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be" | Bob Moulds, Kris Bergsnes, Gordon Etherly | 3:25 |
| 10. | "How Hard Can It Be" | Reynolds, John Easterling | 2:59 |
| 11. | "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops" | Don Goodman, Larkin, Easterling, Michael Graham | 3:34 |
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