★★★★★
A former finalist in the nationwide Wrangler Country Star Search talent contest, Dean is an impressive newcomer, writing sophisticated country-pop with a strong sense of melody and rhythm and a definite point of view. He's an impassioned vocalist, best at capturing the restlessness and anxiety of youth and romance. Dean infuses his intelligent ballads on Young Man, including the bittersweet "Somewhere in My Broken Heart," with a believable sense of angst...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
On his third album, Fire in the Dark, Billy Dean
squanders his considerable writing and singing talents on limp
ballads (''When a Woman Cries'') and tepid rhythm numbers (''Tryin' to
Hide a Fire in the Dark'') designed to feed the fantasies of hormonal
housewives. C
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Earlier this year,his first time out of the chute, Billy Dean bagged a No. 1 hit,"Somewhere in My Broken Heart," a sentimental country-folk ballad inwhich he sounded more like Dan Fogelberg than a Nashville wannabe.Now, on his follow-up album, Dean wastes his solid, commandingbaritone on material so full of straight-backed advice about home,family, and country that it's a wonder George Bush didn't nab it andburst into song on the Country Music Association awards...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Nashville launched so many new acts from 1989-1992 that many who deserved a shot went overlooked. Thanks in part to his own songwriting skills, and to signing with SBK Records, which had just one country act to push, he got a good listen and was able to capitalize with a strong debut. His vocals aren't unique, but he sings with strength and conviction, regardless of the style. You can't go wrong with "Somewhere in My Broken Heart."
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Award-winning country singer Billy Dean grew a huge fan base in the early '90s with hit songs like "A Fire in the Dark," "Billy the Kid," and "Somewhere in My Broken Heart," and then he kind of slipped from the spotlight. Then he put his best foot forward again with the release of this emotional and thought-provoking 1998 album, Real Man...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Billy Dean's second album follows the same pattern that made his first so popular: a strong emphasis on the ballads on which his supple baritone thrives. The rollicking "Hammer Down" flies in the face of everything else, but even there the message remains the same: obvious but effective.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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