Higher Ground (Tammy Wynette album)

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Higher Ground
File:Tammy+Wynette Higher+Ground.jpg
Studio album by Tammy Wynette
Released 1987
Genre Country
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

Higher Ground is a studio album by American country singer Tammy Wynette released in 1987 on the Epic Records label. It reached #43 in the US country charts. Three singles were released from the album, “Your Love” which reached #12 in the US and #13 in Canada, “Talkin’ to Myself Again” which reached #16 in the US and #23 in Canada, and “Beneath a Painted Sky” which reached #25 in the US and #28 in Canada (Country music charts).[1]

Track listing[2][3]

Side 1
  1. "Your Love" (Beckie Foster, Tommy Rocco) – 3:06
  2. "Tempted" (Al Turney) – 3:18
  3. "Some Things Will Never Change (Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals) – 2:59
  4. "Beneath a Painted Sky" (Joe Chambers, Bucky Jones ) – 2:56
  5. "I Wasn’t Meant to Live My Life Alone" (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz) – 3:25
Side 2
  1. "Higher Ground" (Steve Buckingham) – 3:17
  2. "Talkin’ to Myself Again" (Jamie O'Hara) – 3:24
  3. "A Slow Burning Fire" (Jan Buckingham, Valerie Smith) – 3:05
  4. "There’s No Heart So Strong" (Don Schlitz, Paul Overstreet) – 3:26
  5. "All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad" (Guy Clark, Richard Leigh) – 3:27

Additional Personnel[2]

  • Track 1:1 – Background harmony by Ricky Skaggs
  • Track 1:2 – Background harmony by Gene Watson
  • Track 1:3 – Duet with Vern Gosdin
  • Track 1:4 – Background harmony by Emmylou Harris
  • Track 1:5 – Background harmony by Vince Gill
  • Track 2:1 – Background harmonies by Lary Gatlin, Steve Gatlin & Rudy Gatlin
  • Track 2:2 – Background harmony by The O’Kanes
  • Track 2:3 - Background harmonies by Dennis Wilson, Harry Stinson, John Wesley Ryles & Ricky Van Shelton
  • Track 2:4 – Background harmony by Paul Overstreet
  • Track 2:5 – Background harmony by Rodney Crowell & Jeanne Smith

Musicians[2]

Production[2]

  • Producer: Steve Buckingham
  • Recording Engineer: Joe Bogan
  • Assistant Engineers: Randy Best, Dennis Richey, Michael Koreiba & Lee Waters
  • Mastered by: Denny Purcell at Georgetown Masters
  • Production Assistant: Teri Serletie
  • Management: George Richey
  • Album Photography: McGuire

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 43

References

  1. ↑ allmusic.com/album/higher-ground-mw0000192543/awards
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Original album sleeve notes
  3. ↑ allmusic.com/album/higher-ground-mw0000192543
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