Out of the Shadows (Billy Joe Royal album)

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1990 studio album by Billy Joe Royal

Out of the Shadows

Released

June 1990

Recorded

January 1990

Length

36:34

Tell It Like It Is
(1989)

Out of the Shadows
(1990)

Greatest Hits
(1991)

Singles from Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows is the eighth studio album by American Country Artist Billy Joe Royal, which was released in 1990.

The album landed on the Country Albums chart, reaching #24 in 1990.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Chart (1990)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	24

Chart (1990)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	73

v t e Billy Joe Royal
Studio albums	Down in the Boondocks Cherry Hill Park Looking Ahead The Royal Treatment Tell It Like It Is Out of the Shadows
Other albums	Greatest Hits
Singles	"Down in the Boondocks" "I Knew You When" "I've Got to Be Somebody" "Yo-Yo" "Hush" "Cherry Hill Park" "Every Night" "Under the Boardwalk" "Burned Like a Rocket" "I Miss You Already" "Old Bridges Burn Slow" "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" "Out of Sight and on My Mind" "It Keeps Right On Hurtin'" "Tell It Like It Is" "Love Has No Right" "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue"
B-Sides	"Oh, What a Night"
Cover Songs	"Amanda" "Bring It On Home to Me" "Crying" "Funny How Time Slips Away" "I'm Sorry" "Kiss and Say Goodbye" "Making Believe" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Solitary Man" "Spanish Harlem" "Stand by Me" "To Love Somebody"
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