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Life's Highway is the fourth studio album by American 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.

Life's Highway

Studio album by

Steve Wariner

Released

1985

Studio

The Castle Franklin, TN Emerald Recording Studios Nashville, TN

Genre

Country

Length

33.40

Label

MCA Records

Producer

Jimmy Bowen, Tony Brown

Steve Wariner chronology

One Good Night Deserves Another
(1985)

Life's Highway
(1985)

It's a Crazy World
(1987)

Singles from Life's Highway

"You Can Dream of Me"
Released: November 16, 1985
"Life's Highway"
Released: March 15, 1986
"Starting Over Again"
Released: August 16, 1986

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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, Tom 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 Vecchio guitar solo (7)
Eddie Bayers – drums (all tracks)
Tony Brown – piano (9), synthesizer (1), truculent yell (4)
Paul Davis – background vocals (5,10)
Jerry Douglas – dobro (1)
Emory Gordy Jr. - bass guitar (all tracks)
John Hall – background vocals (8)
Lance Hoppen – background vocals (8)
Larry Hoppen - background vocals (8)
Carl Jackson – background vocals (1)
John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards (1,10), piano (3,4,5,6), electric piano (2,5,7,8,9)
Shane Keister – organ (9), synthesizer (2,5), vocoder (7)
Doana Kuper - truculent yell (4)
Allyn Love – steel guitar (1,2,4)
Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar (4,7), background vocals (1,7,10)
Farrell Morris – percussion (2,5,7)
Mark O'Connor – fiddle (6,10), mandolin (1)
Keith Odle - truculent yell (4)
Giles Reaves - truculent yell (4)
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals (9)
Gove Scrivenor - autoharp (10)
Harry Stinson – background vocals (2,3)
Wendy Waldman – background vocals (5)
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar (1,2,3,8,10), electric guitar (4,5,6,7,9)
Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar (2), guitar solo (3,6), lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (7)
Terry Wariner – background vocals (4,6,10)
Reggie Young – electric guitar (all tracks), wham bar (2)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2]	22

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3]	44

References

"Life's Highway". Allmusic. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
"Steve Wariner Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

v t e Steve Wariner
Studio albums	Steve Wariner Midnight Fire One Good Night Deserves Another Life's Highway It's a Crazy World I Should Be with You I Got Dreams Laredo I Am Ready Drive No More Mr. Nice Guy Burnin' the Roadhouse Down Two Teardrops Faith in You Steal Another Day
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1987)
Notable singles	"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" "Your Memory" "By Now" "All Roads Lead to You" "Kansas City Lights" "Midnight Fire" "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" "Why Goodbye" "What I Didn't Do" "Heart Trouble" "Some Fools Never Learn" "You Can Dream of Me" "Life's Highway" "Starting Over Again" "Small Town Girl" "The Weekend" "Lynda" "Baby I'm Yours" "I Should Be with You" "Hold On (A Little Longer) "Where Did I Go Wrong" "I Got Dreams" "When I Could Come Home to You" "The Domino Theory" "Precious Thing" "There for Awhile" "Leave Him Out of This" "The Tip of My Fingers" "A Woman Loves" "If I Didn't Love You" "Drivin' and Cryin'" "It Won't Be Over You" "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" "Two Teardrops" "I'm Already Taken" "Katie Wants a Fast One"
Guest singles	"That's How You Know When Love's Right" "That Hand That Rocks the Cradle" "What If I Said" "Been There"
Related articles	Discography "Longneck Bottle" "One Small Miracle" "Nothin' but the Taillights" "Where the Blacktop Ends"

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