Keys to the Highway
1989 studio album by Rodney Crowell
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Keys to the Highway is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell, released in 1989 by Columbia Records (see 1989 in country music). It peaked at number 15 on the Top Country Albums chart. The songs, "Many a Long & Lonesome Highway", "If Looks Could Kill", "My Past Is Present", "Now That We're Alone" and "Things I Wish I'd Said" were released as singles. The last single failed to reach the top 40.
ReleasedOctober 10, 1989[1]
StudiosEmerald Sound Studios, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length43:12
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| Released | October 10, 1989[1] | |||
| Studios | Emerald Sound Studios, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 43:12 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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Track listing
All songs written by Rodney Crowell except when noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "My Past Is Present" | Crowell, Steuart Smith | 2:49 |
| 2. | "If Looks Could Kill" | 3:25 | |
| 3. | "Soul Searchin'" | 3:57 | |
| 4. | "Many a Long & Lonesome Highway" | Crowell, Will Jennings | 4:16 |
| 5. | "We Gotta Go on Meeting Like This" | Crowell, Larry Willoughby | 2:54 |
| 6. | "The Faith Is Mine" | 4:29 | |
| 7. | "Tell Me the Truth" | Crowell, Jim Hanson, Vince Santoro, Smith | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Don't Let Your Feet Slow You Down" | 3:18 | |
| 9. | "Now That We're Alone" | 4:14 | |
| 10. | "Things I Wish I'd Said" | 4:08 | |
| 11. | "I Guess We've Been Together for Too Long" | Guy Clark, Crowell | 2:46 |
| 12. | "You Been on My Mind" | 3:28 |
Personnel
The Dixie Pearls
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Barry Beckett – piano, organ
- Rodney Crowell – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Hank DeVito – steel guitar, acoustic guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Jim Hanson – bass guitar, background vocals
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Vince Santoro – drums, background vocals
- Steuart Smith – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Guest musicians
- Rosanne Cash – background vocals
- Ashley Cleveland – background vocals
- Vince Gill – background vocals
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle, mandolin
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
Technical
- Tony Brown – production
- Donivan Coward – overdubbing
- Rodney Crowell – production, arrangement
- The Dixie Pearls – arrangement
- John Guess – mixing
- Glen Hardin – orchestra arrangement, conduction
- Steve Marcantonio – engineering, mixing
- Glenn Meadows – mastering
- Steuart Smith – arrangement
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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| 1989 | "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" | 3 | 1 |
| 1990 | "If Looks Could Kill" | 6 | 4 |
| "My Past Is Present" | 22 | 12 | |
| "'Now That We're Alone" | 17 | 13 | |
| 1991 | "Things I Wish I'd Said" | 72 | — |