{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Highway Queen | type = studio | artist = Nikki Lane | cover =Highway Queen.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2017|02|17}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = the Echo Lab | genre = {{hlist|Americana|outlaw country}} | length = {{Duration|m=37|s=01}} | label = New West | producer = Jonathan Tyler | prev_title = All or Nothin{{'}} | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = Denim & Diamonds | next_year = 2022 }} {{Music ratings | MC = 78/100<ref name="Meta">{{cite web | url= http://www.metacritic.com/music/highway-queen/nikki-lane | title=Highway Queen by Nikki Lane | website=Metacritic | accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/highway-queen-mw0003000527 |title=Nikki Lane: Highway Queen |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |website=www.allmusic.com |access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Guardian'' | rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}} }} '''''Highway Queen''''' is the third studio album by American outlaw country singer Nikki Lane. It was released on February 17, 2017 on New West Records.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://theboot.com/nikki-lane-highway-queen-interview-2017/ |title=Interview: Nikki Lane Hits the Jackpot With New LP, 'Highway Queen' |work=The Boot |date=February 17, 2017 |accessdate=May 6, 2017 |author=Zaleski, Annie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nikkilane.bandcamp.com/|title=Highway Queen, by Nikki Lane|website=Nikki Lane|accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref>
== Background and recording == Lane's previous album ''All or Nothin''' suggests a more hipster side of her musical style. With the release of her third studio album, her traditional Americana styles are showcased. Lane co-produced the album with Jonathan Tyler, from Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Light.<ref name=":0" />
==Commercial performance== The album has sold 8,300 copies in the United States as of May 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2017/05/41804-top-10-country-albums-chart-may-9-2017 |title=Top 10 Country Albums Chart: May 9, 2017 |first=Matt |last=Bjorke |date=May 10, 2017 |work=Roughstock |archive-date=July 16, 2017 |access-date=May 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716042451/http://www.roughstock.com/news/2017/05/41804-top-10-country-albums-chart-may-9-2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
''Highway Queen'' was the 3rd most played americana album in 2017 according to the Americana Music Association's official Airplay Chart, coming in behind ''The Nashville Sound'' by Jason Isbell and ''From A Room: Volume 1'' by Chris Stapleton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pages.e2ma.net/pages/12695/5367|title=2017 Americana Airplay Chart Top 100 Albums}}</ref>
== Track listing == Taken from AllMusic<ref name="AllMusic">{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/highway-queen-mw0003000527|title=Highway Queen - Lane {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref> {{Track listing | all_writing = | title1 = 700,000 Rednecks | length1 = 3:30 | writer1 = Nikki Lane | title2 = Highway Queen | length2 = 3:51 | writer2 = {{hlist|Lane|Ryan Tyndell}} | title3 = Lay You Down | length3 = 3:57 | writer3 = Lane | title4 = Jackpot | length4 = 3:33 | writer4 = Lane | title5 = Companion | length5 = 3:08 | writer5 = Lane | title6 = Big Mouth | length6 = 3:39 | writer6 = {{hlist|Lane|Erica McGillis}} | title7 = Foolish Heart | length7 = 4:04 | writer7 = Lane | title8 = Send the Sun | length8 = 2:57 | writer8 = Lane | title9 = Muddy Waters | length9 = 3:11 | writer9 = {{hlist|Lane|Wade Ryff}} | title10 = Forever Lasts Forever | length10 = 5:06 | writer10 = {{hlist|Jeff Hyde|Lane|Ryan Tyndell}} }}
== Personnel ==
Adapted from AllMusic.<ref name="AllMusic" /> {{div col|colwidth=}} * Ryan Ake – guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar * Ricardo Alessio – package design * Kim Buie – A&R * Greg Calbi – mastering * Justin Collins – assistant engineer * Shelly Colvin – vocal harmony, background vocals * Steven Cooper – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Daniel Creamer – keyboards, percussion, background vocals * Collin Dupuis – engineer, mixing, percussion, producer * Ben Eyestone – drums * Ian Fitchuk – piano * Josh Hedley – fiddle * Ricky Ray Jackson – electric guitar, pedal steel * Nikki Lane – rhythm guitar, primary artist, producer, vocals, background vocals * Lee Foster – executive producer * Scott Lee – bass guitar * John McTigue – drums * Alex Muñoz – guitar, baritone guitar * Russ Pahl – pedal steel * Matt Pence – drums, engineer, percussion, producer * Taylor Powell – tambourine * Dave Roe – bass guitar * Jeff Saenz – acoustic guitar * Eden Tyler – photography * Jonathan Tyler – acoustic guitar, producer, background vocals * Kenny Vaughan – guitar, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar * Eric Whitman – bass guitar, piano * Erika Wolf – background vocals {{div col end}}
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