Highways & Heartaches (Ricky Skaggs album)

Highways & Heartaches
Studio album by Ricky Skaggs
Released	1982 (1982)
Studio	Audio Media Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee)
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)
Singles from Highways & Heartaches
"Heartbroke" Released: July 1982 "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" Released: January 17, 1983 "Highway 40 Blues" Released: March 1983 "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.

Track listing

CD

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

Personnel

• Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 6), mandolin (2, 4, 8), fiddle (2), electric guitar (6), mandocaster (10)
• Micky Merrett – acoustic piano (1, 8, 10)
• Dennis Burnside – acoustic piano (2, 5)
• Buck White – acoustic piano (3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
• Ray Flacke – electric guitars (1, 7, 8, 10), electric rhythm guitar (9)
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (1, 8, 10)
• Lloyd Green – steel guitar (2, 5)
• Weldon Myrick – steel guitar (3, 6, 9)
• Jerry Douglas – dobro (4, 7)
• Béla Fleck – banjo (8)
• Jesse Chambers – bass (1, 7, 10)
• Joe Osborn – bass (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), acoustic bass (4)
• Rodney Price – drums (1, 7, 10)
• Jerry Kroon – drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
• Eddie Bayers – percussion (7)
• Bobby Hicks – fiddle (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• George Grantham – backing vocals (1)
• Sharon White-Skaggs – backing vocals (4, 5, 6), harmony vocals (9)
• The Lea Jane Singers – backing vocals (5)

Production

• Ricky Skaggs – producer
• Marshall Morgan – assistant producer, engineer, mixing
• Pat McMakin – assistant engineer
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Virginia Team – art direction, design
• Beverly Parker – photography
• Chip Peay Enterprises – management

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	1
US Billboard 200	61