Don't Cheat in Our Hometown (album)

Don't Cheat in Our Hometown

Studio album by Ricky Skaggs

Released

1983

Genre

Country

Length

31:11

Label

Epic

Producer

Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs chronology

Highways & Heartaches
(1982)

Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
(1983)

Country Boy
(1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Don't Cheat in Our Hometown is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1983 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[2] It features guitar work from Albert Lee on five of the album's ten tracks and Dolly Parton harmonizes vocals on "A Vision Of Mother".

Track listing

"Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" (Ray Pennington, Roy Marcum) – 3:17
"Honey (Open That Door)" (Mel Tillis) – 3:28
"Wound Time Can't Erase" (Bill D. Johnson) – 3:40
"A Vision of Mother" (Carter Stanley, Ralph Stanley) – 3:19
"Uncle Pen" (Bill Monroe) – 2:23
"Head Over Heels in Love with You" (Lester Flatt) – 3:41
"Don't Step Over an Old Love" (Fred Stryker) – 3:34
"She's More to Be Pitied" (Ruby Rakes) – 2:48
"Keep a Memory" (C. Stanley) – 2:36
"Children, Go Where I Send Thee" (Traditional) – 2:25

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Top Albums	87

References

↑ Campbell, Al. "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown review". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
↑ "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

Preceded by Right or Wrong by George Strait	Top Country Albums number-one album February 25, 1984	Succeeded by Right or Wrong by George Strait
Preceded by none	RPM Country Albums number-one album August 4–11, 1984	Succeeded by Cafe Carolina by Don Williams
Preceded by Mountain Music by Alabama	Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 1984	Succeeded by 40-Hour Week by Alabama

Ricky Skaggs

Studio albums	That's It Sweet Temptation Waitin' for the Sun to Shine Family & Friends Highways & Heartaches Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Country Boy Love's Gonna Get Ya! Comin' Home to Stay Kentucky Thunder My Father's Son Solid Ground Life Is a Journey Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) Mosaic Country Hits Bluegrass Style

Collaborative albums	Second Generation Bluegrass One Way Track Skaggs & Rice Bluegrass Rules! Ancient Tones Soldier of the Cross History of the Future The Three Pickers Brand New Strings Instrumentals Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby Salt of the Earth Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 Music to My Ears Hearts Like Ours

Live albums	Live in London Live at the Charleston Music Hall Cluck Ol' Hen

Compilation albums	Favorite Country Songs Super Hits

Notable singles	"You May See Me Walkin'" "Crying My Heart Out Over You" "I Don't Care" "Heartbroke" "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" "Highway 40 Blues" "You've Got a Lover" "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" "Honey (Open That Door)" "Uncle Pen" "Something in My Heart" "Country Boy" "You Make Me Feel Like a Man" "Cajun Moon" "I've Got a New Heartache" "Love's Gonna Get You Someday" "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (with Sharon White) "Thanks Again" "Lovin' Only Me" "Let It Be You" "Heartbreak Hurricane" "Hummingbird" "He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)" "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)" "Same Ol' Love" "Cat's in the Cradle"

Related articles	Discography Epic Records Mark O'Connor

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