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
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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.

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. The book covers the evolution of country music from the rural routes of 1970s Appalachia to the 1980s country music boom.

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