Higher Ground (Joan Kennedy album)

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Higher Ground
HigherGround.jpg
Studio album by Joan Kennedy
Released 1992 (1992)
Genre Country
Length37:16
Label MCA
Producer Mike Francis
Joan Kennedy chronology
Candle in the Window
(1990) Candle in the Window1990
Higher Ground
(1992)
A Dozen Red Roses
(1996)A Dozen Red Roses1996

Higher Ground is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music artist Joan Kennedy. It was released by MCA Records in 1992. The album peaked at number 24 on the RPM Country Albums chart. [1]

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as folk music and blues.

Joan Kennedy is a female country music singer. She came to fame after winning the Canadian National Talent Contest in 1983 and issued her first album, I'm a Big Girl Now, the following year in 1984. After two more albums in 1985 and 1987, she signed with MCA Records and issued two albums, 1990's Candle in the Window and 1992's Higher Ground. In 2000, Kennedy released A Dozen Red Roses, a greatest hits album. During the early 90's, she had her own syndicated weekly television show in Canada. She now resides in Portland, Maine.

MCA Records US record label, imprint of MCA Records, Inc.

MCA Records was an American major record label owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group, which the label was part of until its dissolution in 2003. The label's country division MCA Nashville is a still active imprint of Universal Music Group Nashville.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "You Said It" – 3:08
  2. "I Need to Hear It from You" – 2:59
  3. "Dream On" – 3:57
  4. "I've Seen Enough to Know" – 3:20
  5. "Breakin' All Over Town" – 3:05
  6. "Countin' on You This Time" – 3:45
  7. "Talk to My Heart" – 3:34
  8. "Appalachian Gold" – 2:44
  9. "Circle of Love" – 4:03
  10. "Love Is a Leap of Faith" – 2:26
  11. "Higher Ground" – 4:15

Chart performance

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums 24

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References

  1. "RPM Country Albums for July 3, 1993". RPM . Retrieved 11 March 2011.