Highways & Heartaches (Ricky Skaggs album)

Highways & Heartaches

Studio album by Ricky Skaggs

Released

1982

Genre

Country

Length

36:55

Label

Epic

Producer

Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs chronology

Family & Friends
(1982)

Highways & Heartaches
(1982)

Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
(1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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]

Track listing

"Heartbroke" (Guy Clark) – 3:17
"You've Got a Lover" (Shake Russell) – 3:58
"Don't Think I'll Cry" (Wayland Patton) – 2:39
"Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die" (Zeke Manners, Clark VanNess) – 3:58
"Nothing Can Hurt You" (John Salz) – 4:44
"I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" (Paul Jones, Arthur Q. Smith) – 3:02
"Can't You Hear Me Callin'" (Bill Monroe) – 3:48
"Highway 40 Blues" (Larry Cordle) – 3:11
"Let's Love the Bad Times Away" (Patton) – 2:46
"One Way Rider" (Rodney Crowell) – 5:27

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
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.

Preceded by Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson	Top Country Albums number-one album November 20, 1982	Succeeded by Mountain Music 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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