High Notes
High Notes | ||||
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Studio album by Hank Williams Jr. | ||||
Released | April 1982 (1982-04) | |||
Genre | Country rock[1] | |||
Length | 29:12 | |||
Label | Elektra/Curb | |||
Producer | Jimmy Bowen | |||
Hank Williams Jr. chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
High Notes is the thirty-fourth studio album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Elektra/Curb Records in April 1982, making it Williams' eighth studio album for Elektra/Curb and his ninth overall for the label. While not as successful or acclaimed as some of Williams' more recent recordings, High Notes was still a commercial success. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart[2] and was certified Gold by the RIAA, becoming Williams' seventh album to do so.[3] The album also generated two hit singles, "If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie" and "Honky Tonkin'". "If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie" peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart while "Honky Tonkin'", a song that was originally a number 14 hit written and performed by his father, Hank, Sr., became Hank, Jr.'s sixth Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[4]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie" | Billy Maddox, David Moore | 2:43 |
2. | "Whiskey on Ice" | Bobby Keel, Tony Stampley, Hank Williams Jr. | 2:40 |
3. | "High and Pressurized" | Williams Jr., Merle Kilgore | 2:22 |
4. | "Can't Change My Tune" | Williams Jr. | 3:12 |
5. | "The South's Gonna Rattle Again" | "Wild" Bill Emerson, Jody Emerson, Vince Emerson | 3:26 |
6. | "Ain't Makin' No Headlines (Here Without You)" | Jessi Colter, Basil McDavid | 3:02 |
7. | "I've Been Down" | Keel, Stampley, Williams Jr. | 3:39 |
8. | "If You Wanna Get to Heaven" | Steve Cash, John Dillon | 2:19 |
9. | "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 3:27 |
10. | "Honky Tonkin'" | Hank Williams | 2:14 |
Personnel
- Kenny Bell - acoustic guitar
- Harold Bradley - classical guitar
- Roger Clark - drums
- Vernon Derrick - mandolin, fiddle
- Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
- Jim Glaser - backing vocals
- Paul Hatfield - keyboards
- David Hungate - bass
- Kieran Kane - mandolin
- Mike Lawler - organ
- Eddie Long - steel guitar
- Randy McCormick - synthesizer
- Terry McMillan - harmonica
- Terry Mead - trumpet
- Farrell Morris - percussion, congas
- Steve Nathan - keyboards
- Fred Newell - electric guitar
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboards
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Randy Scruggs - banjo, acoustic guitar
- Denis Solee - saxophone, flute
- Jo-El Sonnier - accordion
- Buddy Spicher - fiddle
- Bobby Thompson - banjo
- Harvey Thompson - saxophone
- Wayne Turner - electric guitar
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - electric guitar
- Tommy Williams - fiddle
- Reggie Young - electric guitar
- Hank Williams Jr. - vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
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References
- ^ a b Owens, Thom. "High Notes review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ "High Notes Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum
- ^ "Hank Williams, Jr. | Awards". AllMusic.
- ^ "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
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- That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection
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- "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)"
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- "The American Dream"
- "Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight"
- "Leave Them Boys Alone" (with Ernest Tubb and Waylon Jennings)
- "Queen of My Heart"
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- "Attitude Adjustment"
- "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"
- "Major Moves"
- "I'm for Love"
- "This Ain't Dallas"
- "Ain't Misbehavin'"
- "Country State of Mind"
- "Mind Your Own Business" (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson)
- "Born to Boogie"
- "Heaven Can't Be Found"
- "Young Country"
- "If the South Woulda Won"
- "Early in the Morning and Late at Night"
- "There's a Tear in My Beer" (with Hank Williams Sr.)
- "Finders Are Keepers"
- "Ain't Nobody's Business"
- "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'"
- "If It Will, It Will"
- "Devil in the Bottle"
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- "The Conversation" (with Waylon Jennings)
- "That Old Wheel" (with Johnny Cash)
- "Bartender Song (Sittin' at a Bar)" (with Rehab)
- Hank Williams (father)
- Audrey Williams (mother)
- Jett Williams (half-sister)
- Hank Williams III (son)
- Holly Williams (daughter)
- Coleman Williams (grandson)
- Discography
- Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story