Highways & Heartaches (Ricky Skaggs album)
Highways & Heartaches is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1982 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[2]
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:55 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Ricky Skaggs | |||
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| Review scores | |
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Heartbroke" | Guy Clark | 3:16 |
| 2. | "You've Got a Lover" | Shake Russell | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Don't Think I'll Cry" | Wayland Patton | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die" | Zeke Manners, Clark VanNess | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Nothing Can Hurt You" | John Salz | 4:44 |
| 6. | "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" | Paul Jones, Arthur Q. Smith | 3:02 |
| 7. | "Can't You Hear Me Callin'" | Bill Monroe | 3:48 |
| 8. | "Highway 40 Blues" | Larry Cordle | 3:10 |
| 9. | "Let's Love the Bad Times Away" | Patton | 2:46 |
| 10. | "One Way Rider" | Rodney Crowell | 5:27 |
| Total length: | 36:48 | ||
Personnel
- Ernie Ball - bass guitar
- Eddie Bayers - percussion
- Bruce Bouton - pedal steel guitar
- Dennis Burnside - piano
- Jesse Chambers - bass guitar
- Jerry Douglas - dobro
- Ray Flacke - electric guitar
- Béla Fleck - banjo
- George Grantham - background vocals
- Lloyd Green - pedal steel guitar
- Bobby Hicks - fiddle, violin
- Lea Jane Singers - background vocals
- Jerry Kroon - drums
- Micky Merrett - piano
- Weldon Myrick - pedal steel guitar
- Joe Osborn - bass guitar
- Rodney Price - drums
- Ricky Skaggs - fiddle, acoustic guitar, mandocaster, mandolin, violin, lead vocals, background vocals
- Buck White - piano
- Sharon White-Skaggs - background vocals
Chart performance
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 61 |
References
- Campbell, Al. "Highways & Heartaches review". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- "Highways & Heartaches Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
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