Highways & Heartaches (Ricky Skaggs album)
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Audio Media Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:55 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Ricky Skaggs | |||
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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]
This album is cited in the 2023 book Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music, by the American academic Michael Streissguth.[3] The book covers the evolution of country music from the rural routes of 1970s Appalachia to the 1980s country music boom.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Van Ness | 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
[edit]- Guitar: Ray Flacke, Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs.
- Banjo: Béla Fleck.
- Steel Guitar: Bruce Bouton, Lloyd Green,
Weldon Myrick. - Mandolin: Ricky Skaggs
- Bass: Jesse Chambers, Joe Osborn
- Keyboards: Dennis Burnside, Mickey Merritt, Buck White
- Drums: Jerry Kroon, Rodney Price
- Percussion: Eddie Bayers
- Fiddle: Bobby Hicks, Ricky Skaggs
- Backing Vocals: Lea Jane Berinati, Janie Fricke, George Grantham, Ginger Holladay, Sharon White-Skaggs
Chart performance
[edit]| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
| US Billboard 200[5] | 61 |
References
[edit]- ^ Campbell, Al. "Highways & Heartaches review". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Highways & Heartaches Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs..." goodreads.com. Goodreads. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
