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Highway 101 is the debut album by the 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.

Highway 101
Studio album by Highway 101
Released	July 1987
Genre	Country
Length	33:10
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Worley
Highway 101 chronology
Highway 101 (1987) Highway 101² (1988)
Singles from Highway 101
"The Bed You Made for Me" Released: January 5, 1987 "Whiskey, If You Were a Woman" Released: May 23, 1987 "Somewhere Tonight" Released: September 21, 1987 "Cry, Cry, Cry" Released: January 1988

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic -	[1]

Track listing

1. "Whiskey, If You Were a Woman" (Mary W. Francis, Johnny MacRae, Bob Morrison) – 3:00
2. "Bridge Across Forever" (Matraca Berg, Ronnie Samoset) – 3:11
3. "Somewhere Tonight" (Harlan Howard, Rodney Crowell) – 3:15
4. "Woman Walk the Line" (Emmylou Harris, Paul Kennerley) – 4:06
5. "Good Goodbye" (Paulette Carlson, Bob DiPiero, Pat McManus) – 3:09
6. "Cry, Cry, Cry" (John Scott Sherrill, Don Devaney) – 2:28
7. "Are You Still Mine" (Carlson) – 3:30
8. "One Step Closer" (Scott "Cactus" Moser, Curtis Stone) – 2:55
9. "Someone Believed" (Johnny Pierce, Joanne Christy, Paul Solomon) – 3:44
10. "The Bed You Made for Me" (Carlson) – 3:28

Charts

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
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

• Paulette Carlson – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Cactus Moser – drums, background vocals
• Curtis Stone – bass guitar, background vocals
• Jack Daniels – electric guitar, background vocals

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

References

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