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Higher Ground (Tammy Wynette album)

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]

Higher Ground

July 6, 1987

Mar. 1987

32:23

Recording[edit]

"A Slow Burning Fire" is a cover of a song recorded by country music artist George Jones on his 1984 album, Ladies' Choice.

Commercial performance[edit]

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.

- drums

Eddie Bayers

- guitar

Steve Buckingham

Mark Casstevens - guitar

- harmony vocals (track 10)

Rodney Crowell

- dobro

Jerry Douglas

- steel guitar, dobro

Paul Franklin

Lary Gatlin - harmony vocals (track 6)

Rudy Gatlin - harmony vocals (track 6)

Steve Gatlin - harmony vocals (track 6)

Steve Gibson - guitar

- harmony vocals (track 5)

Vince Gill

- duet vocals (track 3)

Vern Gosdin

- harmony vocals (track 4)

Emmylou Harris

- upright bass

Roy Huskey

Randy McCormick - piano

- fiddle, mandolin, guitar

Mark O'Connor

The O’Kanes- harmony vocals (track 7)

- harmony vocals (track 9)

Paul Overstreet

John Wesley Ryles - harmony vocals (track 8)

- bass guitar

Tom Robb

Ricky Van Shelton - harmony vocals (track 8)

- harmony vocals (track 1)

Ricky Skaggs

Jeanne Smith - harmony vocals (track 10)

Jay Spell - accordion

- harmony vocals (track 8)

Harry Stinson

Gene Watson - harmony vocals (track 2)

Dennis Wilson - harmony vocals (track 8)

- lead vocals

Tammy Wynette