Released June 6, 1986 "Randy Traywick(1978) Storms of Life(1986) Release date 6 June 1986 | Label Warner Bros. Nashville Genre Country music | |
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Storms of Life(1986) Always & Forever(1987) Awards American Music Award for Favorite Country Album, Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year Similar Randy Travis albums, Country music albums | ||
Storms of Life is the debut album by country music star Randy Travis, and was released on June 6, 1986 by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. Certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for American shipments of three million copies. it features the singles "On the Other Hand" (previously recorded by Keith Whitley on his 1985 album L.A. to Miami), "1982", "Diggin' up Bones", and "No Place Like Home". Although "On the Other Hand" charted at number 67 on the Hot Country Songs charts upon its initial release, the song reached number one on the same chart once it was re-released, following "1982" which peaked at number six. "Diggin' up Bones" also reached number one, while "No Place Like Home" peaked at number two.
Contents
Track listing
- "On the Other Hand" (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz) - 3:06
- "The Storms of Life" (Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals) - 2:45
- "My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break)" (Ronny Scaife, Don Singleton, Phil Thomas) - 2:20
- "Diggin' Up Bones" (Al Gore, Overstreet) - 3:01
- "No Place Like Home" (Overstreet) - 4:08
- "1982" (Buddy Blackmon, Vip Vipperman) - 2:59
- "Send My Body" (Randy Travis) - 3:02
- "Messin' with My Mind" (Joseph Allen, Charlie Williams) - 3:07
- "Reasons I Cheat" (Travis) - 4:23
- "There'll Always Be a Honky Tonk Somewhere" (Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae) - 3:13
Production
All tracks produced by Kyle Lehning, except "On the Other Hand" and "Reasons I Cheat", produced by Lehning and Keith Stegall.
Songs
1On the Other Hand3:07
2The Storms of Life2:45
3My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break)2:21