Don't Cheat in Our Hometown (album)

Summary

Don't Cheat in Our Hometown is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1983 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[2] It features guitar work from Albert Lee on five of the album's ten tracks and Dolly Parton harmonizes vocals on "A Vision Of Mother" and "Don't Step Over an Old Love".

Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
Studio album by
Released1983 (1983)
StudioAudio Media Recorders and Scruggs Sound Studio (Nashville, Tennessee); The Enactron Truck (North Hollywood, California).
GenreCountry
Length31:11
LabelEpic
ProducerRicky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Highways & Heartaches
(1982)
Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
(1983)
Country Boy
(1984)
Singles from Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
  1. "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown"
    Released: November 1983
  2. "Honey (Open That Door)"
    Released: February 1984
  3. "Uncle Pen"
    Released: June 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Cheat in Our Hometown"Ray Pennington, Roy Marcum3:17
2."Honey (Open That Door)"Mel Tillis3:28
3."A Wound Time Can't Erase"Bill D. Johnson3:40
4."A Vision of Mother"Carter Stanley, Ralph Stanley3:19
5."Uncle Pen"Bill Monroe2:23
6."I'm Head Over Heels in Love"Lester Flatt3:41
7."Don't Step Over an Old Love"Fred Stryker3:34
8."She's More to Be Pitied"Ruby Rakes2:48
9."Keep a Memory"C. Stanley2:36
10."Children Go Where I Send Thee"Traditional2:25

Personnel edit

Production edit

  • Ricky Skaggs – producer
  • Donivan Cowart – engineer
  • Marshall Morgan – engineer, mixing
  • Steve Scruggs – engineer
  • Hollis Halford – assistant engineer
  • Pat McMakin – assistant engineer
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Virginia Team – art direction
  • Jeff Morris – design
  • Jim "Señior" McGuire – photography
  • Chip Peay Enterprises – management

Chart performance edit

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums 1
Canadian RPM Top Albums 87
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 1

References edit

  1. ^ Campbell, Al. "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown review". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.