The Highway (album)

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The Highway
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2013 (2013-02-05)
Genre Americana, Country
Length45:11
Label Georgiana
Producer Charlie Peacock [1]
Holly Williams chronology
Here with Me
(2009)
The Highway
(2013)

The Highway is the third studio album from recording artist Holly Williams. Released on February 5, 2013, the album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drinkin'"Holly Williams3:42
2."Gone Away from Me" (featuring Jackson Browne)Williams4:30
3."Railroads"Williams3:43
4."Happy"Williams, Chris Coleman4:08
5."The Highway"Williams4:23
6."Without You" (featuring Jakob Dylan)Williams, Lori McKenna 3:57
7."Let You Go"Williams, Coleman2:59
8."Giving Up"Williams3:53
9."A Good Man"Williams, Sarah Buxton 4:01
10."'Til It Runs Dry" (featuring Dierks Bentley)Williams, Cary Barlowe, Coleman3:08
11."Waiting on June" (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow)Williams6:47

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 146
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4] 18
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [5] 8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [6] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [7] 24

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