The Boys Are Back (Sawyer Brown album) explained

The Boys Are Back
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sawyer Brown
Cover:	sawyerboys.jpg
Released:	September 19, 1989
Studio:	Scruggs Sound (Berry Hill, Tennessee)
Genre:	Country
Length:	38:24
Label:	Capitol/Curb
Producer:	Mark Miller Randy Scruggs
Prev Title:	Wide Open
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Greatest Hits
Next Year:	1990

The Boys Are Back is the sixth studio album released by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. Released in 1989 on Capitol Records, it features three singles: "The Race Is On" (a cover of a George Jones song), "I Did It for Love", and "Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night".

Personnel

Sawyer Brown

• Mark Miller – lead vocals, prempensua
• Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, backing vocals
• Bobby Randall – lead guitars, backing vocals
• Jim Scholten – bass
• Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Mike Lawler – synthesizers
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar
• Randy Scruggs – guitars
• Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
• Jerry Kroon – drums, percussion
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Mac McAnally – vocal arrangements

Production

• Mark Miller – producer
• Randy Scruggs – producer
• Ron "Snake" Reynolds – recording, mixing
• John Kliner – backing engineer
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Bonnie Rasmussen – art coordinator
• Bill Brunt Designs – art direction
• Greg Gorman – photography

Charts

Year-end charts

External links

• [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r93991|pure_url=yes}} ''The Boys Are Back''] at Allmusic

Notes and References

1. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990. Billboard. January 3, 2021.