Highways & Heartaches (Ricky Skaggs album)

Highways & Heartaches
Studio album by
Ricky Skaggs
Released1982 (1982)
StudioAudio Media Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length36:55
LabelEpic
ProducerRicky 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

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 Clark3:16
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 Monroe3:48
8."Highway 40 Blues"Larry Cordle3:10
9."Let's Love the Bad Times Away"Patton2:46
10."One Way Rider"Rodney Crowell5:27
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 February 14, 2011.
  2. ^ "Highways & Heartaches Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  3. ^ "Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs..." goodreads.com. Goodreads. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  4. ^ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
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