Ricky Skaggs discography

Ricky Skaggs discography
Ricky Skaggs discography
	Ricky Skaggs in 2007.
Studio albums	32
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	1
Singles	42
Music videos	16
No.1 Single	11

Ricky Skaggs is an American country music and bluegrass singer, musician, producer and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster and banjo.

Studio albums

1970s–1980s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions^[1]				Certifications^[2] (sales thresholds)
Title	Album details	US Country	US	CAN Country	CAN	Certifications^[2] (sales thresholds)
That's It!	Release date: 1975 Label: Rebel Records	—	—	—	—
Sweet Temptation	Release date: 1979 Label: Sugar Hill Records	—	—	—	—
Waitin' for the Sun to Shine	Release date: May 1981 Label: Sugar Hill/Epic Records	2	77	—	—	US: Gold CAN: Platinum
Family & Friends	Release date: June 1982 Label: Rounder Records	52	—	—	—
Highways & Heartaches	Release date: September 1982 Label: Sugar Hill/Epic Records	1	61	—	—	US: Platinum CAN: Platinum
Don't Cheat in Our Hometown	Release date: October 1983 Label: Sugar Hill/Epic Records	1	—	1	87	US: Gold CAN: Platinum
Country Boy	Release date: October 1984 Label: Epic Records	1	180	—	—	US: Gold CAN: Gold
Love's Gonna Get Ya!	Release date: October 1986 Label: Epic Records	3	—	—	—
Comin' Home to Stay	Release date: March 28, 1988 Label: Epic Records	12	—	—	—
Kentucky Thunder	Release date: May 26, 1989 Label: Epic Records	18	—	27	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2010s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions^[1]
Title	Album details	US Country	US Grass	US Indie
My Father's Son	Release date: September 10, 1991 Label: Epic Records	68	—	—
Solid Ground^[A]	Release date: November 7, 1995 Label: Atlantic Records	72	—	—
Life Is a Journey	Release date: July 29, 1997 Label: Atlantic Records	—	—	—
Solo (Songs My Dad Loved)	Release date: September 15, 2009 Label: Skaggs Family	39	1	46
Mosaic	Release date: August 24, 2010 Label: Skaggs Family	50	—	—
Country Hits Bluegrass Style	Release date: July 19, 2011 Label: Skaggs Family	51	3	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaborative albums

Title	Album details	Artist	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	Artist	US Country	US	US Grass	US Indie
Second Generation Bluegrass	Release date: 1971 Label: Rebel Records	Keith Whitley	—	—	—	—
That Down Home Feeling	Release date: 1977 Label: Ridge Runner Records	Buck White & The Down Home Folks	—	—	—	—
One Way Track	Release date: 1978 Label: Sugar Hill Records	Boone Creek	—	—	—	—
Skaggs & Rice	Release date: 1980 Label: Sugar Hill Records	Tony Rice	—	—	—	—
Bluegrass Rules!	Release date: October 21, 1997 Label: Rounder Records	Kentucky Thunder	45	—	—	—
Ancient Tones	Release date: January 26, 1999 Label: Skaggs Family		46	—	—	—
Soldier of the Cross	Release date: September 14, 1999 Label: Skaggs Family		65	—	—	—
Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe	Release date: August 29, 2000 Label: Skaggs Family	Various Artists	42	—	—	34
History of the Future	Release date: September 11, 2001 Label: Skaggs Family	Kentucky Thunder	35	—	10	—
Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe	Release date: February 26, 2002 Label: Lyric Street Records	Various Artists	36	—	11	—
The Three Pickers	Release date: July 15, 2003 Label: Rounder Records	Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson	24	179	2	—
Brand New Strings	Release date: September 28, 2004 Label: Skaggs Family	Kentucky Thunder	60	—	1	—
Instrumentals	Release date: August 1, 2006 Label: Skaggs Family	Kentucky Thunder	73	—	1	—
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby	Release date: March 20, 2007 Label: Legacy Recordings	Bruce Hornsby	37	—	1	—
Salt of the Earth	Release date: September 25, 2007 Label: Skaggs Family	The Whites	45	—	1	47
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947	Release date: March 25, 2008 Label: Skaggs Family	Kentucky Thunder	29	191	1	26
Music to My Ears	Release date: September 25, 2012 Label: Skaggs Family	Kentucky Thunder	52	—	2	—
Hearts Like Ours	Release date: September 30, 2014 Label: Skaggs Family	Sharon White	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Christmas albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
Title	Album details	US Grass
A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume One	Release date: October 18, 2005 Label: Skaggs Family	—
A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume Two	Release date: September 27, 2011 Label: Skaggs Family	3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications^[2] (sales thresholds)
Title	Album details	US Country	US Grass	Certifications^[2] (sales thresholds)
Live in London	Release date: October 1985 Label: Epic Records	1	—	US: Gold
Live at the Charleston Music Hall (with Kentucky Thunder)	Release date: March 25, 2003 Label: Skaggs Family	32	2
Cluck Ol' Hen (with Bruce Hornsby)	Release date: August 20, 2013 Label: Skaggs Family	38	1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US Country	US
Favorite Country Songs	Release date: February 1985 Label: Epic Records	24	181
Personal Choice	Release date: 1987 Label: Epic Records	—	—
Super Hits	Release date: August 31, 1993 Label: Epic Records	—	—
Country Pride	Release date: April 12, 1995 Label: Sony Music Special Products	—	—
Country Gentleman: The Best of Ricky Skaggs^[B]	Release date: January 27, 1998 Label: Epic Records	—	—
16 Biggest Hits	Release date: September 16, 2000 Label: Epic Records	—	—
The Essential Ricky Skaggs	Release date: April 1, 2003 Label: Epic Records	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1970s–1980s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions^[3]		Album
Year	Single	US Country	CAN Country	Album
1979	"I'll Take the Blame"	86	—	Sweet Temptation
1981	"Don't Get Above Your Raisin'"	16	47	Waitin' for the Sun to Shine
	"You May See Me Walkin'"	9	16
	"Crying My Heart Out Over You"	1	3
1982	"I Don't Care"	1	2
	"Heartbroke"	1	1	Highways and Heartaches
	"I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"	1	1
1983	"Highway 40 Blues"	1	1
	"You've Got a Lover"	2	1
	"Don't Cheat in Our Hometown"	1	1	Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
1984	"Honey (Open That Door)"	1	1
	"Uncle Pen"	1	1
	"Something in My Heart"	2	1	Country Boy
1985	"Country Boy"	1	1	Country Boy
1985	"You Make Me Feel Like a Man"	7	8	Live in London
1986	"Cajun Moon"	1	1
	"I've Got a New Heartache"	10	7
	"Love's Gonna Get You Someday"	4	1	Love's Gonna Get Ya!
1987	"I Wonder If I Care as Much"	30	21
	"Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (with Sharon White)	10	7
	"I'm Tired"	18	6	Comin' Home to Stay
1988	"(Angel on My Mind) That's Why I'm Walkin'"	33	30
	"Thanks Again"	17	10
	"Old Kind of Love"	30	*
1989	"Lovin' Only Me"	1	1	Kentucky Thunder
	"Let It Be You"	5	3
	"Heartbreak Hurricane"	13	5
* denotes unknown peak positions

1990s–2010s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions^[3]		Album
Year	Single	US Country	CAN Country	Album
1990	"Hummingbird"	20	15	Kentucky Thunder
1990	"He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)"	25	6	Kentucky Thunder
1991	"Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)"	37	15	My Father's Son
1991	"Same Ol' Love"	12	23
1992	"From the Word Love"	43	58
1995	"Solid Ground"	57	56	Solid Ground
1996	"Back Where We Belong"^[4]	—	—
	"Cat's in the Cradle"	45	44
	"When"^[5]	—	—
2002	"Halfway Home Cafe"	56	—	History of the Future
2003	"A Simple Life"	—	—	Live at the Charleston Music Hall
2004	"Spread a Little Love Around"	—	—	Brand New Strings
2005	"Enjoy the Ride"	—	—	Brand New Strings
2010	"Someday Soon"	—	—	Mosaic
2014	"Forever's Not Long Enough" (with Sharon White)	—	—	Hearts Like Ours
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak chart positions			Album
Year	Single	Artist	US Country	CAN Country	CAN	Album
1991	"Restless"	Mark O'Connor (with Vince Gill and Steve Wariner)	25	19	—	The New Nashville Cats
1998	"Same Old Train"	Various Artists	59	—	—	Tribute to Tradition
2014	"Make You Mine"	High Valley	—	5	58	County Line
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1981	"Don't Get Above Your Raisin'"
1982	"Heartbroke"
1984	"Honey (Open That Door)"	Martin Kahan
1985	"Country Boy" (with Bill Monroe)	Martin Kahan
1985	"You Make Me Feel Like a Man"
1986	"Cajun Moon"
1986	"New Star Shining" (with James Taylor)	Jon Small
1989	"Let It Be You"	Jack Cole
1991	"Restless" (with Mark O'Connor, Vince Gill, and Steve Wariner)
1991	"Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)"	Doug Freel
1992	"Same Ol' Love"	Steve Gebhardt
1992	"From the Word Love"	Wayne Miller
1994	"The Mind of Christ"	Stan Strickland
1995	"Solid Ground"	John Lloyd Miller
1996	"Step of Faith" (with Carman)	Steve Yake
1996	"Cat's in the Cradle"	Daniel Pearl/Ricky Skaggs/Stan Strickland
1998	"Same Old Train" (Various Artists)	Steve Boyle
2005	"Love Came Gently"	Marie Najame
2008	"Old Enough" (with The Raconteurs and Ashley Monroe)	Autumn de Wilde
2011	"Somebody's Prayin'

Notes

A^ Solid Ground also peaked at number 11 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.
B^ Country Gentleman: The Best of Ricky Skaggs was re-released as The Essential Ricky Skaggs on March 15, 2011 via Legacy Recordings.

References

^ ^a ^b allmusic ((( Ricky Skaggs > Charts & Awards> Billboard Albums )))
^ ^a ^b RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Ricky Skaggs
^ ^a ^b allmusic ((( Ricky Skaggs > Charts & Awards> Billboard Singles )))
^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. February 10, 1996.
^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. August 3, 1996.

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[RickySkaggsASearch-2] RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Ricky Skaggs

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[4] "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. February 10, 1996.

[5] "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. August 3, 1996.

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