The Boys Are Back (Sawyer Brown album)

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".

The Boys Are Back
Studio album by Sawyer Brown
Released	September 19, 1989
Studio	Scruggs Sound (Berry Hill, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	38:24
Label	Capitol/Curb
Producer	Mark Miller Randy Scruggs
Sawyer Brown chronology
Wide Open (1988) The Boys Are Back (1989) Greatest Hits (1990)
Singles from The Boys Are Back
"The Race Is On" Released: September 2, 1989 "Did It for Love" Released: March 3, 1990 "Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night" Released: May 26, 1990

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night"		3:08
2.	"Rosie Knows"	Mark Miller, Gregg Hubbard	3:47
3.	"Did It for Love"		4:35
4.	"The Race Is On"	Don Rollins	2:53
5.	"Hey, Hey"	Jennifer Kimball, Ed Arkin	2:47
6.	"Good While It Lasted"	Don Cook, Bill LaBounty	2:56
7.	"Locomotive"		3:34
8.	"The Heartland"	Miller, Randy Scruggs	4:05
9.	"I'm Gonna Miss You After All"	Tony Haselden, Keith Worsham	3:19
10.	"Gettin' Tough (Good Ol' Boy)"	Steve Earle, Richard Bennett	4:01
11.	"Passing Train"	Hubbard	3:19
Total length:			38:24

All tracks are written by Mark Miller, unless otherwise noted.

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

Weekly charts Chart (1989) Peak position Canadian Albums (RPM) 85 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[1] 5

Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2] 9

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[3]	Platinum	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.