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Brand New Man is the debut studio album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released on August 13, 1991, by Arista Records. Produced by Don Cook and Scott Hendricks, the album spawned four consecutive Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in "Brand New Man", "Boot Scootin' Boogie", "My Next Broken Heart", and "Neon Moon". Additionally, "Lost and Found" peaked at No. 6. The album was certified 7× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for sales of seven million copies.

Musical style and composition

Brand New Man has been described as a honky-tonk,^[3]^[4] neotraditional country record.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Brand New Man"	Kix Brooks Don Cook Ronnie Dunn	2:58
2.	"My Next Broken Heart"	Brooks Dunn Cook	2:55
3.	"Cool Drink of Water"	Brooks Cook	3:05
4.	"Cheating on the Blues"	Brooks Cook Chick Rains	2:51
5.	"Neon Moon"	Dunn	4:20
6.	"Lost and Found"	Brooks Cook	3:47
7.	"I've Got a Lot to Learn"	Brooks Dunn Cook	2:54
8.	"Boot Scootin' Boogie"	Dunn	3:17
9.	"I'm No Good"	Brooks Cook	3:08
10.	"Still in Love with You"	Brooks Dunn Cook	3:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991–1992)	Peak position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	5
US Billboard 200^[6]	10
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
US Billboard 200^[8]	42
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[9]	8
Chart (1993)	Position
US Billboard 200^[10]	34
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[11]	7
Chart (1994)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[12]	27
Chart (1995)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[13]	49
Chart (1996)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[14]	57

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[15]	3× Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[16]	7× Platinum	7,000,000^‡
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Brooks & Dunn

Kix Brooks – lead and backing vocals
Ronnie Dunn – lead and backing vocals

Additional musicians

Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, slide guitar
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, mandolin
Mike Chapman – bass guitar
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
John Barlow Jarvis – piano, keyboards
Brent Mason – electric guitar
John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
Harry Stinson – backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Glenn Worf – bass guitar

References

↑ Gioffre, Daniel. "Brand New Man Brooks & Dunn". AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
↑ Alanna Nash (November 1, 1991). "Brand New Man". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
↑ Graff, Gary (November 5, 2024). 501 Essential Albums of the '90s. Motorbooks. p. 75. ISBN 9780760389034. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
↑ Owen, Jof (August 13, 2021). "Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man - Review". Holler. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
↑ Hernandez, Gaby; Cole, Justin; Smith, Shannon. "New Country". The Country Music Project. University of Texas, Austin. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Canadian album certifications – Brooks and Dunn – Brand New Man". Music Canada. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
↑ "American album certifications – Brooks & Dunn – Brand New Man". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 14, 2024.

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Brooks & Dunn

Kix Brooks
Ronnie Dunn

Studio albums

Brand New Man
Hard Workin' Man
Waitin' on Sundown
Borderline
If You See Her
Tight Rope
Steers & Stripes
It Won't Be Christmas Without You
Red Dirt Road
Hillbilly Deluxe
Cowboy Town
Reboot
Reboot II

Compilations

The Greatest Hits Collection
Super Hits
The Greatest Hits Collection II
Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn
#1s… and Then Some

Singles

1990s

"Brand New Man"
"My Next Broken Heart"
"Neon Moon"
"Boot Scootin' Boogie"
"Lost and Found"
"Hard Workin' Man"
"We'll Burn That Bridge"
"She Used to Be Mine"
"Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
"That Ain't No Way to Go"
"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind"
"I'll Never Forgive My Heart"
"Little Miss Honky Tonk"
"You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
"Whiskey Under the Bridge"
"My Maria"
"I Am That Man"
"Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing"
"A Man This Lonely"
"Why Would I Say Goodbye"
"Honky Tonk Truth"
"He's Got You"
"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire)
"How Long Gone"
"Husbands and Wives"
"I Can't Get Over You"
"Missing You"
"Beer Thirty"

2000s

"You'll Always Be Loved by Me"
"Ain't Nothing 'bout You"
"Only in America"
"The Long Goodbye"
"My Heart Is Lost to You"
"Every River"
"Red Dirt Road"
"You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl"
"That's What She Gets for Loving Me"
"That's What It's All About"
"It's Getting Better All the Time"
"Play Something Country"
"Believe"
"Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill)
"Hillbilly Deluxe"
"Proud of the House We Built"
"God Must Be Busy"
"Put a Girl in It"
"Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)
"Indian Summer"
"Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

Other songs

"Against the Wind"
"Born and Raised in Black and White"
"Forever Country"

Discography
Awards and nominations

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