Ricky Skaggs discography explained

Artist:Ricky Skaggs
Studio:32
Live:3
Compilation:1
Singles:42
Music Videos:16
2Option:11
2Option Name:No.1 Single

Ricky Skaggs is an American country music and bluegrass singer, musician, producer and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster and banjo.

Studio albums

1970s–1980s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions[1] Certifications[2]
(sales thresholds)
US CountryUSCAN CountryCAN
That's It
Sweet Temptation
Waitin' for the Sun to Shine 277
Family & Friends 52
Highways & Heartaches
  • Release date: September 1982
  • Label: Sugar Hill/Epic Records
161
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
  • Release date: October 1983
  • Label: Sugar Hill/Epic Records
1187
  • US: Gold
  • CAN: Platinum
Country Boy
  • Release date: October 1984
  • Label: Epic Records
1180
  • US: Gold
  • CAN: Gold
Love's Gonna Get Ya!
  • Release date: October 1986
  • Label: Epic Records
3
Comin' Home to Stay
  • Release date: March 28, 1988
  • Label: Epic Records
12
Kentucky Thunder
  • Release date: May 26, 1989
  • Label: Epic Records
1827
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2010s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US CountryUS GrassUS Indie
My Father's Son
  • Release date: September 10, 1991
  • Label: Epic Records
68
Solid Ground[A] 72
Life Is a Journey
  • Release date: July 29, 1997
  • Label: Atlantic Records
Solo (Songs My Dad Loved)
  • Release date: September 15, 2009
  • Label: Skaggs Family
39146
Mosaic
  • Release date: August 24, 2010
  • Label: Skaggs Family
50
Country Hits Bluegrass Style
  • Release date: July 19, 2011
  • Label: Skaggs Family
513
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaborative albums

TitleAlbum detailsArtistPeak chart positions
US CountryUSUS GrassUS Indie
Second Generation Bluegrass
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Rebel Records
Keith Whitley
That Down Home Feeling
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: Ridge Runner Records
Buck White & The Down Home Folks
One Way Track
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: Sugar Hill Records
Boone Creek
Skaggs & Rice
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Sugar Hill Records
Tony Rice
Bluegrass Rules!
  • Release date: October 21, 1997
  • Label: Rounder Records
Kentucky Thunder45
Ancient Tones
  • Release date: January 26, 1999
  • Label: Skaggs Family
46
Soldier of the Cross
  • Release date: September 14, 1999
  • Label: Skaggs Family
65
Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe
  • Release date: August 29, 2000
  • Label: Skaggs Family
Various Artists4234
History of the Future
  • Release date: September 11, 2001
  • Label: Skaggs Family
Kentucky Thunder3510
Ricky Skaggs and Friends
Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe
Various Artists3611
The Three Pickers
  • Release date: July 15, 2003
  • Label: Rounder Records
Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson241792
Brand New Strings
  • Release date: September 28, 2004
  • Label: Skaggs Family
Kentucky Thunder601
Instrumentals
  • Release date: August 1, 2006
  • Label: Skaggs Family
731
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby Bruce Hornsby371
Salt of the Earth
  • Release date: September 25, 2007
  • Label: Skaggs Family
The Whites45147
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass:
Tribute to 1946 and 1947
  • Release date: March 25, 2008
  • Label: Skaggs Family
Kentucky Thunder29191126
Music to My Ears
  • Release date: September 25, 2012
  • Label: Skaggs Family
522
Hearts Like Ours
  • Release date: September 30, 2014
  • Label: Skaggs Family
Sharon White
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Christmas albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Grass
A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume One
  • Release date: October 18, 2005
  • Label: Skaggs Family
A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume Two
  • Release date: September 27, 2011
  • Label: Skaggs Family
3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US CountryUS Grass
Live in London
  • Release date: October 1985
  • Label: Epic Records
1
  • US: Gold
Live at the Charleston Music Hall
(with Kentucky Thunder)
  • Release date: March 25, 2003
  • Label: Skaggs Family
322
Cluck Ol' Hen
(with Bruce Hornsby)
  • Release date: August 20, 2013
  • Label: Skaggs Family
381
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US CountryUS
Favorite Country Songs
  • Release date: February 1985
  • Label: Epic Records
24181
Personal Choice
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Epic Records
Super Hits
  • Release date: August 31, 1993
  • Label: Epic Records
Country Pride
  • Release date: April 12, 1995
  • Label: Sony Music Special Products
Country Gentleman: The Best of Ricky Skaggs[B]
  • Release date: January 27, 1998
  • Label: Epic Records
16 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: September 16, 2000
  • Label: Epic Records
The Essential Ricky Skaggs
  • Release date: April 1, 2003
  • Label: Epic Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1970s–1980s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions[3]
Album
US CountryCAN Country
1979"I'll Take the Blame"86Sweet Temptation
1981"Don't Get Above Your Raisin'"1647Waitin' for the Sun to Shine
"You May See Me Walkin'"916
"Crying My Heart Out Over You"13
1982"I Don't Care"12
"Heartbroke"11Highways and Heartaches
"I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"11
1983"Highway 40 Blues"11
"You've Got a Lover"21
"Don't Cheat in Our Hometown"11Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
1984"Honey (Open That Door)"11
"Uncle Pen"11
"Something in My Heart"21Country Boy
1985"Country Boy"11
"You Make Me Feel Like a Man"78Live in London
1986"Cajun Moon"11
"I've Got a New Heartache"107
"Love's Gonna Get You Someday"41Love's Gonna Get Ya
1987"I Wonder If I Care as Much"3021
"Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This"
107
"I'm Tired"186Comin' Home to Stay
1988"(Angel on My Mind) That's Why I'm Walkin'"3330
"Thanks Again"1710
"Old Kind of Love"30
1989"Lovin' Only Me"11Kentucky Thunder
"Let It Be You"53
"Heartbreak Hurricane"135
  • denotes unknown peak positions

1990s–2010s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US CountryCAN Country
1990"Hummingbird"2015Kentucky Thunder
"He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)"256
1991 "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)"3715My Father's Son
"Same Ol' Love"1223
1992"From the Word Love"4358
1995"Solid Ground"5756Solid Ground
1996"Back Where We Belong"[4]
"Cat's in the Cradle"4544
"When"[5]
2002"Halfway Home Cafe"56History of the Future
2003"A Simple Life"Live at the Charleston Music Hall
2004"Spread a Little Love Around"Brand New Strings
2005"Enjoy the Ride"
2010"Someday Soon"Mosaic
2014"Forever's Not Long Enough" Hearts Like Ours
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Guest singles

YearSingleArtistPeak chart
positions
Album
US CountryCAN CountryCAN
1991"Restless"Mark O'Connor (with Vince Gill
and Steve Wariner)
2519The New Nashville Cats
1998"Same Old Train"Various Artists59Tribute to Tradition
2014"Make You Mine"High Valley558County Line
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1981"Don't Get Above Your Raisin'"
1982"Heartbroke"
1984"Honey (Open That Door)"Martin Kahan
1985"Country Boy"
"You Make Me Feel Like a Man"
1986"Cajun Moon"
"New Star Shining" Jon Small
1989"Let It Be You"Jack Cole
1991"Restless"
"Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)"Doug Freel
1992"Same Ol' Love"Steve Gebhardt
"From the Word Love"Wayne Miller
1994"The Mind of Christ"Stan Strickland
1995"Solid Ground"John Lloyd Miller
1996"Step of Faith" Steve Yake
"Cat's in the Cradle"Daniel Pearl/Ricky Skaggs/Stan Strickland
1998"Same Old Train" (Various Artists)Steve Boyle
2005"Love Came Gently"Marie Najame
2008"Old Enough"
Autumn de Wilde
2011"Somebody's Prayin'

Notes

^ Solid Ground also peaked at number 11 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada. ^ Country Gentleman: The Best of Ricky Skaggs was re-released as The Essential Ricky Skaggs on March 15, 2011 via Legacy Recordings.

Notes and References

  1. allmusic (((Ricky Skaggs > Charts & Awards> Billboard Albums)))
  2. https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Ricky%20Skaggs&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Ricky Skaggs
  3. allmusic (((Ricky Skaggs > Charts & Awards> Billboard Singles)))
  4. Single Reviews. Billboard. February 10, 1996.
  5. Single Reviews. Billboard. August 3, 1996.