Highways & Heartaches (Ricky Skaggs album)

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Highways & Heartaches
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Studio album by
Ricky Skaggs
Released1982 (1982)
StudioAudio Media Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length36:55
Label Epic
Producer Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Family & Friends
(1982)		Highways & Heartaches
(1982)		 Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
(1983)
Singles from Highways & Heartaches
  1. "Heartbroke"
    Released: July 1982
  2. "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"
    Released: January 17, 1983
  3. "Highway 40 Blues"
    Released: March 1983
  4. "You've Got a Lover"
    Released: July 1983
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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]

Contents

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

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartbroke" Guy Clark 3:16
2."You've Got a Lover"Shake Russell3:58
3."Don't Think I'll Cry"Wayland Patton2:39
4."Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die" Zeke Manners, Clark Van Ness3:58
5."Nothing Can Hurt You"John Salz4:44
6."I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"Paul Jones, Arthur Q. Smith3:02
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"Patton2:46
10."One Way Rider" Rodney Crowell 5:27
Total length:36:48

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4] 1
US Billboard 200 [5] 61

References

  1. ↑ Campbell, Al. "Highways & Heartaches review". Allmusic . Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Highways & Heartaches Charts". Allmusic . Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs..." goodreads.com. Goodreads. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
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