The Road Goes On Forever (The Highwaymen album)

The Road Goes on Forever
Studio album by The Highwaymen
Released April 4, 1995 (1995-04-04)
Recorded 1995
Genre Country
Outlaw Country
Length 36:32
Label Liberty/Capitol Nashville/EMI
Producer Don Was
The Highwaymen chronology
Highwayman 2
(1990)
The Road Goes on Forever
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA-[2]

The Road Goes on Forever is the third and final studio album released by American country supergroup The Highwaymen. It was first released on April 4, 1995 on Liberty Records, then on November 8, 2005 the album was re-released on Capitol Nashville/EMI with bonus tracks and, in some versions, an extra DVD for the album's 10th anniversary. The DVD includes a music video for "It Is What It Is", as well as a short documentary entitled Live Forever - In the Studio with the Highwaymen.

The title track of this album was written by Robert Earl Keen, Jr. and originally recorded on his 1989 album, West Textures.

Track listing

Disc 1 (CD)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Devil's Right Hand"  Steve Earle3:14
2."Live Forever"  Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy Shaver2:49
3."Everyone Gets Crazy"  Kevin Welch2:55
4."It Is What It Is"  Stephen Bruton, John Fleming3:40
5."I Do Believe"  Waylon Jennings3:25
6."The End of Understanding"  Willie Nelson2:43
7."True Love Travels a Gravel Road"  Dallas Frazier, A.L. Owens3:22
8."Death and Hell"  Johnny Cash, John Carter Cash2:51
9."Waiting for a Long Time"  Bruton4:20
10."Here Comes That Rainbow Again"  Kris Kristofferson2:50
11."The Road Goes on Forever"  Robert Earl Keen4:42

Disc 2 (DVD)

  1. Live Forever – In the Studio with the Highwaymen (video)
  2. "It Is What It Is" (video)

Personnel

The Highwaymen
Additional musicians

Technical personnel
  • Produced by: Don Was
  • Recorded By: Rik Pekkonen at Ocean Way, Hollywood, CA
  • Assisted By: Young Dan Bosworth
  • Second Assistants: Trini Alveraz and Jeff Demorris
  • Additional Recording by Barry Taylor at Caravell, Branson, MO
  • Mixed By: Chuck Ainlay at Record Planet, Hollywood, CA
  • Assisted By: Brian Pollack
  • Minister of Information: Jane Oppenheimer
  • Album Production Coordinator: Carrie McConkey for The Marsha Burns Company
  • Consigliere: Mart Rothbaum
  • Art Direction: Sherri Halford and Buddy Jackson
  • Design: B. Middleworth for Jackson Design
  • Cover Photography: Frank Ockenfels
  • Additional Photography: Patrick Ockenfels
  • Makeup: Diane Weidenmann
Reissue Credits
  • Producer: Don Was
  • Reissue Producer: Rob Christie
  • Remastering: Ed Cherney and Ron McMaster @ Capitol Studios, Hollywood
  • Remixing: ("If He Came Back Home Again"): Don Was and Ed Cherney
  • Liner Notes: Chet Flippo, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson
  • Art Design: Shannon Ward for Den 45 @ EMI
  • Design: Rene Neri for Den 145 @ EMI
  • Photography: Frank Ockenfels, Patrick Simpson

Chart performance

Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 42[3]

References

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