Higher Ground (Tammy Wynette album)

Higher Ground
Studio album by Tammy Wynette
Released July 6, 1987
Recorded Mar. 1987
Genre Country
Length 32:23
Label Epic Records
Producer Steve Buckingham
Tammy Wynette chronology
Sometimes When We Touch
(1985)Sometimes When We Touch1985		 Higher Ground
(1987)		 Next to You
(1989)Next to You1989
Singles from Higher Ground
  1. "Your Love"
    Released: July 1987
  2. "Talkin' to Myself Again"
    Released: November 1987
  3. "Beneath a Painted Sky"
    Released: April 1988

Higher Ground is the twenty-seventh studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette. It was released on July 6, 1987, by Epic Records.[1][2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album's lead single, “Your Love” reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The second single from the album, “Talkin’ to Myself Again” peaked at No. 16, and the third and final single, “Beneath a Painted Sky” peaked at No. 25.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Your Love"Beckie Foster, Tommy Rocco3:06
2."Tempted"Al Turney3:18
3."Some Things Will Never Change" (duet with Vern Gosdin)Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals2:59
4."Beneath a Painted Sky"Joe Chambers, Bucky Jones2:56
5."I Wasn’t Meant to Live My Life Alone (duet with Vince Gill)"Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz3:25
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Higher Ground"Steve Buckingham3:17
2."Talkin’ to Myself Again"Jamie O'Hara3:24
3."A Slow Burning Fire"Jan Buckingham, Valerie Smith3:05
4."There’s No Heart So Strong"Don Schlitz, Paul Overstreet3:26
5."All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad"Guy Clark, Richard Leigh3:27

Personnel

  • Zane Ashton - guitar
  • Eddie Bayers - drums
  • Randy Best - assistant engineer
  • Steve Buckingham - producer, guitar
  • Joe Bogan - recording engineer
  • Mark Casstevens - guitar
  • Rodney Crowell - backing vocals, harmony
  • Jerry Douglas - dobro
  • Paul Franklin - steel guitar, dobro
  • Lary Gatlin - backing vocals, harmony
  • Rudy Gatlin - backing vocals, harmony
  • Steve Gatlin - backing vocals, harmony
  • Steve Gibson - guitar
  • Vince Gill - backing vocals, harmony
  • Emmylou Harris - backing vocals, harmony
  • Roy Huskey - upright bass
  • Michael Koreiba - assistant engineer
  • McGuire - album photography
  • Randy McCormick - piano
  • Mark O'Connor - fiddle, mandolin, guitar
  • The O’Kanes- backing vocals, harmony
  • Paul Overstreet - backing vocals, harmony
  • Denny Purcell - mastering
  • Dennis Richey - assistant engineer
  • George Richey - management
  • John Wesley Ryles - backing vocals, harmony
  • Tom Robb - bass
  • Teri Serletie - production assistant
  • Ricky Van Shelton - backing vocals, harmony
  • Ricky Skaggs - banking vocals
  • Jeanne Smith - backing vocals, harmony
  • Jay Spell - accordion
  • Harry Stinson - backing vocals, harmony
  • Lee Waters - assistant engineer
  • Gene Watson - backing vocals, harmony
  • Dennis Wilson - backing vocals, harmony

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Peak
position
1987 Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 43

Singles

Year Single Chart Peak
position
1987 "Your Love" Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[4] 12
"Talkin' to Myself Again" Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[5] 16
1988 "Beneath a Painted Sky" Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[6] 25

References

  1. ↑ "Higher Ground - Tammy Wynette". Tammy Wynette. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Higher Ground by Tammy Wynette on Apple Music". 1987. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Magazine - August 29, 1987" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Billboard Magazine - October 24, 1987" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Billboard Magazine - February 27, 1988" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Billboard Magazine - July 9, 1988" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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