Icon (Billy Ray Cyrus album)

Icon is an album released on March 1, 2011, from country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus. The album was released via Universal Music Group Nashville's Mercury Nashville division. The album features 12 songs that were featured on Cyrus' first three studio albums.

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Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 1, 2011
GenreCountry
Length44:45
LabelMercury Nashville
ProducerVarious original producers
Billy Ray Cyrus chronology
The Very Best of Billy Ray Cyrus
(2009)
Icon
(2011)
I'm American
(2011)

Reception

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Critical

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Thom Jurek of Allmusic gave the album a "3-star rating". He noted the fact that the compilation only features songs from Cyrus' first three albums, as well as picking successful songs from his debut album, Some Gave All.[1]

Track listing

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# Title Length Songwriter(s) Original album
1. "Achy Breaky Heart" 3:25 Don Von Tress Some Gave All
2. "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" 3:27 Billy Ray Cyrus, Buddy Cannon, Terry Shelton Some Gave All
3. "Wher'm I Gonna Live?" 3:30 B. R. Cyrus, Cindy Cyrus Some Gave All
4. "In the Heart of a Woman" 4:01 Keith Hinton, Brett Cartwright It Won't Be the Last
5. "Three Little Words" 4:14 Wayne Perkins, Jimmy Collins Trail of Tears
6. "Could've Been Me" 3:46 Monty Powell, Reed Nielsen Some Gave All
7. "Storm in the Heartland" 3:54 Billy Henderson, Donal Burns, Curt Ryle Storm in the Heartland
8. "Somebody New" 3:46 Alex Harvey, Mike Curtis It Won't Be the Last
9. "Harper Valley P.T.A." 4:11 Tom T. Hall Trail of Tears
10. "Words By Heart" 3:07 Reed Nielsen, Monty Powell It Won't Be the Last
11. "Truth Is, I Lied" 3:19 B. R. Cyrus, Von Tress, Carl Perkins Trail of Tears
12. "Some Gave All" 4:05 B. R. Cyrus, C. Cyrus Some Gave All

References

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  1. ^ Thom Jurek. "Icon - Billy Ray Cyrus: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 25, 2011.