Hit the Highway

For the Kate Cook song, see Hit the Highway (song). For the John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers song, see A Hard Road.

Hit the Highway
A close-up image of the Proclaimers wearing red dress shirts and glasses.
Studio album by
the Proclaimers
Released7 March 1994 (1994-03-07)[1]
StudioChipping Norton
Genre
Length42:34
Label
ProducerPete Wingfield, the Proclaimers
The Proclaimers chronology
Sunshine on Leith
(1988) 		Hit the Highway
(1994) 		Persevere
(2001)
Singles from Hit the Highway
  1. "Let's Get Married"
    Released: 7 February 1994[3]
  2. "What Makes You Cry?"
    Released: 5 April 1994[4]
  3. "These Arms of Mine"
    Released: 10 October 1994[5]

Hit the Highway is the third studio album by the Scottish folk rock duo the Proclaimers, released in March 1994 by Chrysalis Records. It took them six years to follow their second album, Sunshine on Leith. The album included three singles: "Let's Get Married", "What Makes You Cry?" and "These Arms of Mine". It topped the charts in Scotland, debuting in the top-10 in the UK while also charting in Austria, Canada and Sweden.

The album's sound continued in the band-based rock vein of its immediate predecessor Sunshine on Leith. Featuring elements of blues, country, gospel, R&B, rockabilly and soul, its style was compared favourably to traditional American music and to 1960s pop. The album's lyrics eschewed the political themes of previous works and instead had a heavy focus on spirituality.[6]

  1. ^ "Album Releases". Music Week. 5 March 1994. p. 20.
  2. ^ a b "Pick and Pans Review: Hit the Highway". People. 18 April 1994. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 5 February 1994. p. 29.
  4. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 2 April 1994. p. 21.
  5. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 8 October 1994. p. 25.
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