Jump to content

Life's Highway: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
add authority control
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
5,418,745 edits
Alter: template type. Add: magazine. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BorgQueen | Category:1985 albums | #UCB_Category 238/959
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 33: Line 33:
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lifes-highway-mw0000650949|title=''Life's Highway''|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=October 14, 2017}}</ref>}}
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lifes-highway-mw0000650949|title=''Life's Highway''|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=October 14, 2017}}</ref>}}


'''Life's Highway''' is an album released by [[country music]] artist [[Steve Wariner]]. It was released in 1985 by [[MCA Records|MCA]]. Three singles were released from it in 1986, and the first two singles, including the title track, went to number-one. This album peaked at #22. [[Rodney Crowell]] later recorded "She's Crazy for Leaving" on his 1989 album ''[[Diamonds & Dirt]]''.
'''Life's Highway''' is the fourth studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Steve Wariner]]. It was released in 1985 by [[MCA Records|MCA]]. Three singles were released from it in 1986, and the first two singles, including the title track, went to number-one. This album peaked at #22. [[Rodney Crowell]] later recorded "She's Crazy for Leaving" on his 1989 album ''[[Diamonds & Dirt]]''.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

⚫
# "[[Life's Highway (song)|Life's Highway]]" ([[Richard Leigh (songwriter)|Richard Leigh]], [[Roger Murrah]]) – 3:17
{{Track listing
# "Back Up Grinnin' Again" (David Goodman) – 3:22
| collapsed =
# "I Let a Keeper Get Away" (Steve Wariner) – 3:03
| headline =
⚫
# "[[She's Crazy for Leavin']]" ([[Rodney Crowell]], [[Guy Clark]]) – 3:27
| total length =
⚫
# "In Love and Out of Danger" ([[Craig Bickhardt]], [[Wendy Waldman (songwriter)|Wendy Waldman]]) – 3:34

⚫
# "She's Leaving Me All Over Town" (Wariner, [[Robert Byrne (songwriter)|Robert Byrne]], Tom Brasfield) – 2:47
| title1 = [[Life's Highway (song)|Life's Highway]]
⚫
# "Natural History" (Wariner, [[Mac McAnally]]) – 3:19
⚫
| writer1 = [[Richard Leigh (songwriter)|Richard Leigh]], [[Roger Murrah]]
⚫
# "[[You Can Dream of Me]]" (Wariner, [[John Hall (New York politician)|John Hall]]) – 4:03
| length1 = 3:17
⚫
# "[[Starting Over Again (Steve Wariner song)|Starting Over Again]] (Don Goodman, [[John Wesley Ryles]]) – 4:19

⚫
# "The Heartland" (Wariner, [[Wood Newton]]) – 3:49
| title2 = Back Up Grinnin' Again"
| writer2 = David Goodman
| length2 = 3:22

| title3 = I Let a Keeper Get Away
| writer3 = [[Steve Wariner]]
| length3 = 3:03

| title4 = [[She's Crazy for Leavin']]"
⚫
| writer4 = [[Rodney Crowell]], [[Guy Clark]]
| length4 = 3:27

| title5 = In Love and Out of Danger"
⚫
| writer5 = [[Craig Bickhardt]], [[Wendy Waldman (songwriter)|Wendy Waldman]]
| length5 = 3:34

| title6 = She's Leaving Me All Over Town
⚫
| writer6 = Wariner, [[Robert Byrne (songwriter)|Robert Byrne]], Tom Brasfield
| length6 = 2:47

| title7 = Natural History
⚫
| writer7 = Wariner, [[Mac McAnally]]
| length7 = 3:19

⚫
| title8 = [[You Can Dream of Me]]
⚫
| writer8 = Wariner, [[John Hall (New York politician)|John Hall]]
| length8 = 4:03

⚫
| title9 = [[Starting Over Again (Steve Wariner song)|Starting Over Again]]
| writer9 = Don Goodman, [[John Wesley Ryles]]
| length9 = 4:19

| title10 = The Heartland
⚫
| writer10 = Wariner, [[Wood Newton]]
| length10 = 3:49
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
{{div col}}
{{div col}}
* [[Chet Atkins]] – [[Del Vecchio]] guitar solo (7)
* [[Chet Atkins]] – [[Del Vecchio (guitar maker)|Del Vecchio]] guitar solo (7)
* [[Eddie Bayers]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] (all tracks)
* [[Eddie Bayers]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] (all tracks)
* [[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]] – [[piano]] (9), [[synthesizer]] (1), truculent yell (4)
* [[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]] – [[piano]] (9), [[synthesizer]] (1), truculent yell (4)
Line 78: Line 114:
{{div col end}}
{{div col end}}


==Charts==
==Chart performance==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}


===Album===
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1985)
⚫
! Peak<br />position
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1986)
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
⚫
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
| align="center"| 22
⚫
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|22|artist=Steve Wariner|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 31, 2021}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Singles===
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="2"| Peak positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="50"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]
! width="50"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN Country]]
⚫
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1986
⚫
| align="left"| "You Can Dream of Me"
⚫
| 1
| 1
|-
|-
| align="left"| "Life's Highway"
! scope="col"| Chart (1986)
! scope="col"| Position
| 1
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 31, 2021}}</ref>
|-
⚫
| 44
| align="left"| "Starting Over Again"
| 4
| 11
|}
|}
{{col-end}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
<references />
*[http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wariner_steve/91451/album.jhtml ''Life's Highway'' album at CMT.com]

{{Steve Wariner}}
{{Steve Wariner}}


Latest revision as of 04:23, 30 July 2023

For the song, see Life's Highway (song). For the album by Jeannie Seely, see Life's Highway (Jeannie Seely album).
Life's Highway
Studio album by
Steve Wariner
Released1985
StudioThe Castle Franklin, TN Emerald Recording Studios Nashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length33.40
LabelMCA Records
ProducerJimmy Bowen, Tony Brown
Steve Wariner chronology
One Good Night Deserves Another
(1985) 		Life's Highway
(1985) 		It's a Crazy World
(1987)
Singles from Life's Highway
  1. "You Can Dream of Me"
    Released: November 16, 1985
  2. "Life's Highway"
    Released: March 15, 1986
  3. "Starting Over Again"
    Released: August 16, 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Life's Highway is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in 1985 by MCA. Three singles were released from it in 1986, and the first two singles, including the title track, went to number-one. This album peaked at #22. Rodney Crowell later recorded "She's Crazy for Leaving" on his 1989 album Diamonds & Dirt.

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Life's Highway"Richard Leigh, Roger Murrah3:17
2."Back Up Grinnin' Again""David Goodman3:22
3."I Let a Keeper Get Away"Steve Wariner3:03
4."She's Crazy for Leavin'""Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark3:27
5."In Love and Out of Danger""Craig Bickhardt, Wendy Waldman3:34
6."She's Leaving Me All Over Town"Wariner, Robert Byrne, Tom Brasfield2:47
7."Natural History"Wariner, Mac McAnally3:19
8."You Can Dream of Me"Wariner, John Hall4:03
9."Starting Over Again"Don Goodman, John Wesley Ryles4:19
10."The Heartland"Wariner, Wood Newton3:49

Personnel

[edit]

Charts

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Life's Highway". Allmusic. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Steve Wariner Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  3. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Life%27s_Highway&oldid=1167832362"