The Road Goes on Forever
Studio album by
The Highwaymen
ReleasedApril 4, 1995 (1995-04-04)
RecordedOctober 31–November 9, 1994
StudioOcean Way, Hollywood
Genre
Length36:32
LabelLiberty/Capitol Nashville/EMI
ProducerDon Was
The Highwaymen chronology
Highwayman 2
(1990) 		The Road Goes on Forever
(1995)
Johnny Cash chronology
The Man in Black 1963–1969
(1995) 		The Road Goes on Forever
(1995) 		Unchained
(1996)
Waylon Jennings chronology
Waymore's Blues (Part II)
(1994) 		The Road Goes on Forever
(1995) 		Right for the Time
(1996)
Singles from The Road Goes on Forever
  1. "It Is What It Is"
    Released: April 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA−[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

The Road Goes on Forever is the third and final studio album by the American country music supergroup the Highwaymen. It was released on April 4, 1995, on Liberty Records and reached 45 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The title track of this album was written by Robert Earl Keen, Jr. and originally recorded on his 1989 album, West Textures.

Reissue

The album was re-released on November 8, 2005, 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.

Track listing

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
2005 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."If He Came Back Again"Barry Alfonso, Craig Bickhardt3:34
13."Live Forever"Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy Shaver2:12
14."I Ain't Song"Jennings1:56
15."Pick Up the Tempo"Nelson2:18
16."Closer to the Bone"Kris Kristofferson2:14
17."Back in the Saddle Again"Gene Autry, Ray Whitley0:50

2005 bonus disc (DVD)

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

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Top Country Albums 42[4]
ARIA Charts[5] (Australia) 46

Personnel

References

  1. ^ The Road Goes On Forever at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: highwaymen".
  3. ^ Relic, Peter (28 November 2005). "The Highwaymen - The Road Goes On Forever". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 16 December 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

External links

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