Life's Highway

For the song, see Life's Highway (song). For the album by Jeannie Seely, see Life's Highway (Jeannie Seely album).

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

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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.

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)	22

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	44