Life's Highway

For the song, see Life's Highway (song).

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Life's Highway is an album released by 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

1. "Life's Highway" (Richard Leigh, Roger Murrah) – 3:17
2. "Back Up Grinnin' Again" (David Goodman) – 3:22
3. "I Let a Keeper Get Away" (Steve Wariner) – 3:03
4. "She's Crazy for Leavin'" (Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark) – 3:27
5. "In Love and Out of Danger" (Craig Bickhardt, Wendy Waldman) – 3:34
6. "She's Leaving Me All Over Town" (Wariner, Robert Byrne, Tommy Brasfield) – 2:47
7. "Natural History" (Wariner, Mac McAnally) – 3:19
8. "You Can Dream of Me" (Wariner, John Hall) – 4:03
9. "Starting Over Again (Don Goodman, John Wesley Ryles) – 4:19
10. "The Heartland" (Wariner, Wood Newton) – 3:49

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – Del Velvechio guitar solo (track 7)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (all tracks)
• Tony Brown – piano (track 9), synthesizer (track 1), truculent yell (track 4)
• Paul Davis – background vocals (tracks 5,10)
• Jerry Douglas – dobro (track 1)
• Emory Gordy Jr. - bass guitar (all tracks)
• John Hall – background vocals (track 8)
• Lance Hoppen – background vocals (track 8)
• Larry Hoppen - background vocals (track 8)
• Carl Jackson – background vocals (track 1)
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards (tracks 1,10), piano (tracks 3,4,5,6), electric piano (tracks 2,5,7,8,9)
• Shane Keister – organ (track 9), synthesizer (tracks 2,5), vocoder (track 7)
• Doana Kuper - truculent yell (track 4)
• Allyn Love – steel guitar (tracks 1,2,4)
• Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar (tracks 4,7), background vocals (tracks 1,7,10)
• Farrell Morris – percussion (tracks 2,5,7)
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle (tracks 6,10), mandolin (track 1)
• Keith Odle - truculent yell (track 4)
• Giles Reaves - truculent yell (track 4)
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals (track 9)
• Gove Scrivenor - autoharp (track 10)
• Harry Stinson – background vocals (tracks 2,3)
• Wendy Waldman – background vocals (track 5)
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar (tracks 1,2,3,8,10), electric guitar (tracks 4,5,6,7,9)
• Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar (track 2), guitar solo (tracks 3,6), lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (track 7)
• Terry Wariner – background vocals (tracks 4,6,10)
• Reggie Young – electric guitar (all tracks), wham bar (track 2)

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	22

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1986	"You Can Dream of Me"	1	1
	"Life's Highway"	1	2
	"Starting Over Again"	4	11

References

• Life's Highway album at CMT.com