Super Hits

by The Highwaymen

Overview

Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson released two albums together on Columbia Records, 1985's chart-topping Highwayman and 1990's Highwayman 2. (For the sake of convenience, the quartet itself was sometimes referred to as Highwayman or even The Highwaymen, though they were never actually billed as such.) Three songs from those albums reached the country charts, "Highwayman," "Desperados Waiting for a Train," and "Silver Stallion." So, one wishes a better title than Super Hits could have been used for this budget-priced ten-track compilation, which draws five tracks from each album. Nevertheless, the combination of the four country superstars remains amazingly comfortable, as they trade off vocals on songs such as Cash's "Big River" and even harmonize. The first album, which used standards, was superior to the second, for which new material was written, but many of the songs on the first album did not feature all four singers, so the balance of tracks from the two albums here is reasonable. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/02/1999
Label:	Sbme Special Mkts. / Sony Music
UPC:	0886970528528
Rank:	44113

Tracks

1. Highwayman
2. Big River
3. Desperados Waiting for a Train
4. The Last Cowboy Song
5. The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over
6. Angels Love Bad Men
7. Silver Stallion
8. We're All in Your Corner
9. Songs That Make a Difference
10. American Remains

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Highwaymen   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Chips Moman   Compilation Producer,Producer
L. Clayton   Composer
Jimmy Webb   Composer
Ed Bruce   Composer
Eric Conn   Editing,Digital Editing
Lee Clayton   Composer
Waylon Jennings   Composer
Rivers Rutherford   Composer
Roger Murrah   Composer
Buddy Emmons   Composer
Guy Clark   Composer
Denny Purcell   Mastering
Margie Hunt   Executive Producer
Jonathan Russell   Mastering,Mastering Assistant
John Prine   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
Ron Peterson   Composer
Carlos Grier   Editing,Digital Editing
Lisa Sparagano   Design,Art Direction
Bill Johnson   Artwork
Rollow Welch   Artwork
Troy Seals   Composer
Steve Goodman   Composer