Highway 101 (album) explained
Highway 101 |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Highway 101 |
Cover: | Highway101Highway101.jpg |
Released: | July 1987 |
Genre: | Country |
Length: | 33:10 |
Label: | Warner Bros. |
Producer: | Paul Worley |
Next Title: | 101² |
Next Year: | 1988 |
Highway 101 is the self-titled debut studio album by American country music band Highway 101. It saw the group shoot straight to the top of the country music charts with two singles hitting the #1 spot on the Billboard Country charts, another rising to #2, and a fourth song at #4. The album itself was a #7 Country album. The #1 hits were "Somewhere Tonight" and "Cry, Cry, Cry." Also, "Whiskey, If You Were a Woman" rose to #2, and "The Bed You Made for Me" did almost as well, reaching #4. Track 4, "Woman Walk the Line" was redone by country singer Trisha Yearwood for her sophomore effort, released in 1992.
Charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Year | Single | Peak positions |
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US Country | CAN Country |
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1987 | "The Bed You Made for Me" | 4 | 8 |
"Whiskey, If You Were a Woman" | 2 | 1 |
"Somewhere Tonight" | 1 | 1 |
1988 | "Cry, Cry, Cry" | 1 | 1 | |
Personnel
Highway 101
Additional musicians
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Dennis Burnside – piano
- John Hobbs – piano
- Jay Dee Maness – steel guitar
- Tommy Spurlock – steel guitar
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Paul Worley – electric guitar
- Curtis Young – background vocals
Notes and References
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1987. Billboard. May 29, 2021.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988. Billboard. May 29, 2021.