Highways and Heartaches

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If every barroom in the world but one burned down, it's easy to imagine Wade Hayes standing in it long after midnight, belting out hard-hitting, alcohol- and despair-drenched honky-tonk laments like "Life After Lovin' You" and "That's What Honky Tonks Are For" from this fourth album. The Oklahoma-born Hayes possesses a choked-down, throbbing baritone that's delightfully reminiscent of Waylon Jennings. On swaggering barnburners like "What's It Gonna Take," pleading laments like "Goodbye Is the Wrong Way to Go," and his dazzling rendition of "She Used to Say That to Me," this Telecaster-toting cowboy serves up an eerie, compelling hard-country mix of macho nonchalance and painful vulnerability. On "I'm Lonesome Too," which has all the markings of a showstopper, Hayes serves up a tortured, yearning Chris Isaak-style falsetto that showcases yet another winning dimension of his rock-solid talents and stalwart neo-honky-tonk sensibilities. --Bob Allen

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Average customer rating: EXCELLENT! Add this to your collection! Another vote for Emmylou's voice.... To touch the heart. One fault---this needed to be a two-disk set!

The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways Emmylou Harris Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Heroes | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: All the Roadrunning Trio Duets Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris Trio II (Two) ASIN: B0009NR7YU Release Date: 2005-07-19

Tracks:

1. Love Hurts -- with Gram Parsons
2. Boulder to Birmingham
3. Making Believe
4. Pancho & Lefty
5. One of These Days
6. (Lost His Love) On Our Last Date (Live)
7. Born to Run
8. Beneath Still Waters
9. If I Could Only Win Your Love
10. Together Again
11. That Lovin' You Feelin' Again -- with Roy Orbison
12. To Know Him Is To Love Him -- with Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt
13. Two More Bottles of Wine
14. Wayfaring Stranger
15. Calling My Children Home
16. Green Pastures
17. Orphan Girl
18. Michaelangelo
19. Here I Am
20. Connection

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Less than two years after the death of her mentor, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris recorded her first album for Reprise. Pieces of the Sky inaugurated a suite of four mid-'70s albums and a surprising number of hits: her sound was clearly traditional, but also tastefully up-to-date with folk-rock and singer/songwriter styles, and her crystalline, febrile vocals took standards such as "Love Hurts" and "If I Could Only Win Your Love" back up the charts. This compilation brings together her biggest hits, and shows why Harris is important and why she continues to make adventurous country music. Through unfailingly tasteful song selection, brilliant occasional songwriting, and her cool, velvety soprano, Harris extended Gram Parsons's vision of "cosmic American music" and made it her own. --Roy Kasten

Album Description

Masterful at rock, country, folk, bluegrass, and more, Emmylou Harris is one of the most distinctive and visionary voices in contemporary music. The artist's lucid, achingly gorgeous vocals and a string of celebrated albums-many featuring her acclaimed "Hot Band"-have earned Harris eleven Grammys and made this alt-country/roots-rock innovator a legend in her own time.

Customer Reviews:

EXCELLENT!.......2007-06-14

I thoroughly enjoy every song on this CD, and listen to it often.

Add this to your collection!.......2007-01-13

I originally bought this CD for 1 or 2 songs. I saw her perform with Elvis Costello singing "Love Hurts" and I thought it was fantastic. I was disappointed when I couldn't find this duo singing; but, decided to purchase this CD. It really is very good. I am amazed by her talent.

Another vote for Emmylou's voice...........2006-08-25

I definitely agree, that listening to the best of this CD, is pure heaven...and to my ears, if you buy this beautiful album, just enable the following cuts and listen to them over.....and over...that's heaven....

Boulder to Birmingham
Pancho and Lefty
To Know Him is to Love Him
Orphan Girl
Michaelangelo
The Connection

Of course, if you buy this CD, you will probably have some different cuts that you also love. Emmylou Harris, we all love you and your voice, and your music...

Heavenly Heartaches & Highways...

To touch the heart........2006-07-18

The fact that Emmylou Harris is breathtakingly beautiful distracts only very slightly from her amazing grace as a singer. She is truly touched and truly moving.

One fault---this needed to be a two-disk set!.......2006-05-30

Otherwise, it's wonderful. Really does span the years, but I think there are some places where more emphasis is needed and would have preferred to see a second disk to do it.

Average customer rating: Brian Burns is the Real Deal

Highways, Heartaches & Honky-Tonks Brian Burns Manufacturer: Bandera ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Heavy Weather Angels & Outlaws Border Radio Strikin Matches Simply Traditional ASIN: B00003GPR6 Release Date: 1999-11-23

Tracks:

1. Highways, Heartaches, & Honky Tonks
2. Lucy & Desi
3. Montgomery Street (Where Did The Good Ones Go?)
4. Whiskey-O
5. If You Don't Believe I Love You (Ask My Wife)
6. I Don't Live Here Anymore
7. Mexico In Mind
8. Little Angel Comes A-Walkin
9. Commerce & Pearl
10. Dallas After Midnight
11. Fire Ants
12. The Haunted Jukebox

Customer Reviews:

Brian Burns is the Real Deal.......2000-11-17

In this era when what currently passes for country music is what we used to call, well, rock'n'roll, with nary a decent songwriter on the horizon, Brian Burns is the Real Deal. You can hear the influences of Lefty Frizzell, Willie Nelson and the other greats of a bygone era, but with a fresh sound and lyrics. If you love the honkytonk sound that seems to have vanished, stop crying in your beer and get this CD!

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Waitin' for the Sun to Shine/Highways & Heartaches Ricky Skaggs Manufacturer: Gottdiscs ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sweet Temptation Highways & Heartaches Comin' Home to Stay Country Gentleman: The Best Of Ricky Skaggs [2-CD SET] Family & Friends ASIN: B000AOVKW8 Release Date: 2005-10-17

Tracks:

1. If That's The Way You Feel
2. Don't Get Above Your Raising
3. Your Old Love Letters
4. Low And Lonely
5. Waitin' For The Sun To Shine
6. You May See Me Walkin'
7. Crying My Heart Out Over You
8. Lost To A Stranger
9. I Don't Care
10. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
11. Heartbroke
12. You've Got A Lover
13. Don't Think I'll Cry
14. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
15. Nothing Can Hurt You
16. I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
17. Can't You Hear Me Callin'
18. Highway 40 Blues
19. Let's Love The Bad Times Away
20. One Way Rider

Album Description

Originally released in 1981 & 1982 on the Epic record label and now appearing for the first time as this 2-on-1 CD. Two number 1 hits came out of his 1981 album 'Waitin' For The Sun To Shine', and the awards started arriving. Ricky Skaggs is largely responsible for a back-to-basics movement in country music. Waitin' For The Sun To Shine was Ricky's first album to be released after signing to the Epic Record label and brought him into the mainstream. The album has a straightforward mountain approach with one of the best songs being the title track, recently covered by Lee Ann Womack on her There's More Where That Came From LP. On 1982's Highways & Heartaches, Skaggs developed his bluegrass roots with new traditionalist sensibilities and catchy pop tunes, making this album one of his best. Four of the tracks, 'Heartbroke', 'You've Got A Lover', 'I Wouldn't Change You If I Could' & 'Highway 40 Blues', were chart-toppers. The remainder of the decade found Skaggs often at the top of both the country single and album charts. Includes full sleeve notes by John Tobler. 19 total tracks. Gottdiscs. 2005.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition that Combines the Tracks of Two Original LPs on to a Single Compact Disc. Epic Records Originally Released These in 1981 and 1982. Skaggs Jumped from the Indie Sugar Hill Label to Epic Following Attention Paid to Him as an Integral Part of Emmylou Harris' Hot Band. By Moving to Epic, He Furthered the Back-to-basics Movement in Country Music Into the Mainstream. "Waitin' for the Sun to Shine" Adapted Bluegrass for Country Pop Radio with Straightforward Approach that Blended Well with Other Hits on the Chart. On 1982's "Highways and Heartaches", Skaggs Continued to Cultivate his Bluegrass Roots with New Traditionalist Sensibilities and Catchy Pop Tunes, Making this Album One of his Best. Four of the Tracks - "Heartbroke", "You've Got a Lover", "i Wouldn't Change You If I Could" and "Highway 40 Blues" - were Chart-toppers. Both These Albums Represent a Golden Era for Country Music.

Average customer rating: A country music milestone! Country Traditionalsit Perfection One of the man's best highways and heartaches

Highways & Heartaches Ricky Skaggs Manufacturer: Dcc Compact Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Contemporary Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sweet Temptation Country Gentleman: The Best Of Ricky Skaggs [2-CD SET] Waitin' for the Sun to Shine/Highways & Heartaches Ancient Tones Bluegrass Rules! ASIN: B00004R95X Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

1. Heartbroke
2. You've Got A Lover
3. Don't Think I'll Cry
4. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
5. Nothing Can Hurt You
6. I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
7. Can't You Hear Me Callin'
8. Highway 40 Blues
9. Let's Love The Bad Times Away
10. One Way Rider

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Already a country music veteran by age 25, Ricky Skaggs wasn't content to have his passion for traditional country music and bluegrass confined to small independent labels. Between 1979 and 1982, Skaggs was somehow able to force-feed his taste for country's roots to the Nashville mainstream. Sweet Temptation, his 1979 solo debut for tiny Sugar Hill Records, impressed listeners with its old-school blend of honky-tonk and bluegrass and served as an alternative to the popular Urban Cowboy style of the day. Skaggs followed that the next year with his exquisite close-harmony duet album with Tony Rice, not exactly a move toward the center. Still, Epic rewarded him with a major-label deal and even allowed him to produce his own stuff. Highways & Heartaches, released in 1982, was his second Epic effort, and it spawned three No. 1 singles. Though it deftly fused traditional country with a touch of modern polish, the record wasn't as much a departure sonically for Skaggs as it was a departure psychologically for mainstream Nashville. Reissued in 2000, it's now considered one of the first neo-traditionalist triumphs, and it remains Skaggs's most successful merging of artistic and commercial concerns. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

A country music milestone!.......2005-09-11

With this album, Ricky Skaggs pointed the way out of the cheesy, overly processed, disco-diseased quagmire that country music had become by the early Eighties. Using the best elements from bluegrass, traditional country and modern country, he and his band created a sound that truly jumped out of the radio. Excellent musicianship, beautiful vocal work, and memorable songs that deal with timeless and universal human situations. This music is now 23 years old, but like all great works, it doesn't sound dated in the least. A masterpiece from one of country's greatest.

Country Traditionalsit Perfection.......2000-12-04

Highways & Heartaches is truly a treasured classic. Thank goodness they have reissued it. Skaggs' vocal talent soars in all 10 tracks including the monster #1 hits Heartbroke, I Wouldn't Change You If I Could, and Highway 40 Blues. This is Ricky Skaggs at the peak of his career. Possibly his best stuff ever recorded. This album led the traditionalist movement of the 1980's, which is often neglected by many on music row!

One of the man's best.......2000-05-09

Glad to see this album back in print; it's one of Skagg's best country albums and was the one that really set his solo career flying. "Heartbroke" is a great rouser and the honky-tonk rhythm of "Don't Think I'll Cry,"the strong dollup of bluegrass in "Highway 40 Blues" and "Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die" and the interplay between Skaggs and the other players here---especially The Whites and most especially the terrific Buck White on the 88s---makes this a great country outing all around. It's a shame that Ricky Skaggs decided to pack in the country side of his music and just stick to bluegrass, but at least this album's back out on the market, where it belongs. Now, if Sony'll get WAITIN' FOR THE SUN TO SHINE back in print, life would be grand!

highways and heartaches.......2000-04-09

To keep it short and sweet... this is the best Ricky Skaggs album out there. I've been waiting for this one to become availible on CD. You'll love it!

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Highways & Heartaches Ricky Skaggs Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000008KRZ Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Heartbroke
2. You've Got a Lover
3. Don't Think I'll Cry
4. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
5. Nothing Can Hurt You
6. I Wouldn't Change You if I Could
7. Can't You Hear Me Callin'
8. Highway 40 Blues
9. Let's Love the Bad Times Away
10. One Way Rider

Average customer rating: Best yet The Best Album Yet WADE HAYES DOES IT AGAIN! Honkey Tonk Pipes Hayes' best since his first

Highways and Heartaches Wade Hayes Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: When the Wrong One Loves You Right On a Good Night Old Enough to Know Better What Livin's All About Goodnight Sweetheart ASIN: B00004XSX6 Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

1. Up North (Down South, Back East, Out West)
2. Life After Lovin' You
3. Goodbye Is The Wrong Way To Go
4. What's It Gonna Take
5. She Used To Say That To Me
6. Up And Down
7. You Just Keep On
8. That's What Honky Tonks Are For
9. You Were, You Are, You'll Always Be
10. I'm Lonesome Too

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If every barroom in the world but one burned down, it's easy to imagine Wade Hayes standing in it long after midnight, belting out hard-hitting, alcohol- and despair-drenched honky-tonk laments like "Life After Lovin' You" and "That's What Honky Tonks Are For" from this fourth album. The Oklahoma-born Hayes possesses a choked-down, throbbing baritone that's delightfully reminiscent of Waylon Jennings. On swaggering barnburners like "What's It Gonna Take," pleading laments like "Goodbye Is the Wrong Way to Go," and his dazzling rendition of "She Used to Say That to Me," this Telecaster-toting cowboy serves up an eerie, compelling hard-country mix of macho nonchalance and painful vulnerability. On "I'm Lonesome Too," which has all the markings of a showstopper, Hayes serves up a tortured, yearning Chris Isaak-style falsetto that showcases yet another winning dimension of his rock-solid talents and stalwart neo-honky-tonk sensibilities. --Bob Allen

Customer Reviews:

Best yet.......2005-08-09

I own all of Wade Hayes' cd's and in my opinion, this album is his best work yet. I love all of the songs on this one. His voice is awesome!

The Best Album Yet.......2001-01-22

Wade Hayes' music just keeps getting better and better! I've been a fan of Mr. Hayes ever since the release of his first hits "Old Enough to Know Better" and "I'm Still Dancing with You", but the Oklahoma native just keeps perfecting his talent with each new offering to the music world. His deep, sultry vocals and seemingly effortless guitar picking is amazing, and with his latest release, his maturity as both a singer and a guitarist is evident. The album has just the right balance of fast and slow country tunes. "What's It Gonna Take" and "Life After Lovin' You" will get you up and dancing, while "I'm Lonesome Too" and "Goodbye Is The Wrong Way To Go" will transport you to the bar where you can cry in your beer. I would have to say that this is Wade's best album yet,and I dearly hope he continues to enrich the country music genre with his fine talent. Thank you, Wade, for sharing your love of music with the world!

WADE HAYES DOES IT AGAIN!.......2000-11-18

I have loved Wade's music since the first time I heard him sing the early hits: "Don't Stop"; "Old Enough to Know Better"; and all the rest. He released a single awhile back with "Wichita Lineman" on it that left me asking, "Glen who?". What a great voice. HIGHWAYS & HEARTACHES is no different in that respect. The selections are great. Wade's voice is so distinctive. From start to finish, this CD keeps you wanting to hear even more. I play it over and over again. I have seen Wade in person 5 times now and he just never ceases to amaze me because he performs every one of his songs EXACTLY like they are on his CD's and they seem to come straight from his heart! He has such integrity. A true COUNTRY singer. This guy may have been around a few years already, but give him some more time. When some of the soft pop in country music isn't so trendy anymore, Wade will still be singing great traditional Country music. It took awhile for folks like Willie Nelson and John Anderson to be popular. It'll happen for Wade Hayes too. The more often you hear him sing, the more you will believe it's true.......

Honkey Tonk Pipes.......2000-10-10

In a world full of POP country, it is so nice to hear the sounds of traditional country music. With a voice that can put you in the mood for anything. As an avid Wade fan, i was extremely upset that Monument didn't let Wade write any of the songs on this cd, but there are so many politics involved. At least there are Chick Rains and Shawn Camp involved who are some of Wade's favorite songwriters.The album is definately full of some great music. "Goodbye is the Wrong Way to Go" shows off all of his tallents, espically that distinct voice'then there is "What's it gonna take" which will get ANYONE dancing,"Up North" once again, i can't say enough about the tallent that Wade has,you will just have to listen for yourself.It is well worth it.As far for how long it took to release, once again politics.Wade has appoligized over and over again for that.(and he has no control over it either!) I just think everyone should know how genuine and REAL Wade Hayes is.The album is GREAT and so is he as a person.Everyone should take the time to listen to ALL of his music.He is 100% tallent, writing,guitar, and singing.But most of all a very nice person and very deserving of the fame he should receive.Thank You,Debbie Rueve

Hayes' best since his first.......2000-10-05

With his fourth album, Wade Hayes puts forth a solid and addictive collection of country tunes.

There's nothing particularly new or different about "Highways and Heartaches," but that's part of the album's simple beauty.

Hayes is about as country as they come, and while his previous album, "When the Wrong One Loves You Right" had its hits, it also had its problems - namely too much percussion overshadowing some great guitar work. It's telling that the two hits off that album - "How Do You Sleep at Night?" and "The Day That She Left Tulsa" - were slower ballads. The faster stuff sounded like the producers trying to push Hayes toward Garth Brooks' cross-over audience.

With "Highways and Heartaches" - which counts Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn as one of its producers - Hayes returns to his earlier pure country sound. Dunn and fellow producers Terry McBride, Don Cook and Hayes' songwriting partner Chick Rains apparently realize that Hayes' isn't about pushing the musical envelope.

Hayes is better off going the route of George Strait, who can change without seeming to change, trying new things while keeping the surface sound a steady classic country.

With this in mind, Hayes' new album subtly shows a wider range of vocal emotion and musical style than his previous work. At the same time, with his authoritative baritone and accomplished guitar skills deeply entrenched in country roots, Hayes mirrors Strait's reliability.

Hayes said in an interview this summer that he doesn't disparage against other types of music, it's just that he'd feel ridiculous trying to play anything else. Simply put, "Highways and Heartaches" represents an artist fully aware of his own strengths and weaknesses, and thus it's Hayes' best album since his first.

But say, wasn't there another country album with the same title back in the early '80s...?

Yes indeed - Hayes' fellow traditionalist Ricky Skaggs, 1982.

But this title choice only goes to further prove how devoted Hayes is to his musical roots. Never mind that the title phrase appears in a song on Hayes' new album. The title, reportedly suggested to Hayes by a fan, most likely doubles as an homage to Skaggs - legend has it Hayes left Oklahoma for Nashville with only $450 in his pocket after seeing Skaggs on an awards show, urging young musicians to follow their dreams.

As for the individual songs on "Highways," they play like a country music primer. The songs don't appear in the following order, but programmed this way on your CD player, you could have fun turning "Highways and Heartaches" into the closest thing country music might ever see to a concept album.

Here's the "Highways and Heartaches" storyline as I see it:

1. Established love sung slow - "You Were, You Are, You'll Always Be."

2. A breaking heart sung even slower - "Goodbye Is the Wrong Way to Go."

3. A now-broken heart sung with a swing - "She Used to Say That to Me."

4. Recently lost love done pure country - "Life After Loving You."

5. Long lost love done countryfied rock n' roll - "Up North (Down South, Back East, Out West)."

6. Lonely folks meeting with a rockin' country yodel - "I'm Lonesome Too."

7. Potential new love rocking even more - "What's It Gonna Take?"

8. New love settling in and slowing it down - "You Just Keep On."

9. Found love heading for the line-dance - "Up and Down."

10. And finally, as if there's any question where all this losin', lookin' and longin' for lovin' takes place, there's a honky tonk tune called - what else? - "That's What Honky Tonks Are For."

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I Need Wheels Manufacturer: Mike Stack ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000BW8YDC Release Date: 2002-04-23

Tracks:

1. You'll Know When
2. Jonny Love
3. Je T'aime
4. Comin Home
5. I Need Wheels
6. Nice Fella
7. The Dance of Love
8. Cryin On My Knees
9. Doolin to Tralee
10. White Cross
11. Highway
12. His Mama's Face

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1. Horse Called Music
2. I Feel Like Singing Today
3. I'm Torn
4. I Need You [Extra tracks]
5. Insurgent Country, Vol. 2: Hell-Bent
6. Into the Twangy-First Century
7. Joe Ely/Honky Tonk Masquerade [Import] [Original recording remastered]
8. Jump 'n the Saddle Band
9. King of Nothing
10. La Musica De Baldemar Huerta

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