Highways & Heartaches (Ricky Skaggs album)

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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

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 VanNess) – 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

Personnel

• Ernie Ball - bass guitar
• Eddie Bayers - percussion
• Bruce Bouton - pedal steel guitar
• Dennis Burnside - piano
• Jesse Chambers - bass guitar
• Jerry Douglas - dobro
• Ray Flacke - electric guitar
• Béla Fleck- banjo
• George Grantham - background vocals
• Lloyd Green - pedal steel guitar
• Bobby Hicks - fiddle, violin
• Lea Jane Singers - background vocals
• Jerry Kroon - drums
• Micky Merrett - piano
• Weldon Myrick - pedal steel guitar
• Joe Osborn - bass guitar
• Rodney Price - drums
• Ricky Skaggs - fiddle, acoustic guitar, mandocaster, mandolin, violin, lead vocals, background vocals
• Buck White - piano
• Sharon White-Skaggs - background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	61