Storms of Life

Storms of Life
Studio album by Randy Travis
Released	June 6, 1986
Genre	Country
Length	31:45
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Kyle Lehning "On the Other Hand" and "Reasons I Cheat" produced by Kyle Lehning and Keith Stegall
Randy Travis chronology
Randy Traywick (1978) Storms of Life (1986) Always & Forever (1987)

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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,^[1] 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 #67 on the Hot Country Songs charts upon its first release, the song reached Number One on the same chart once it was re-released, following the #6-peaking "1982". "Diggin' up Bones" was also a Number One, while "No Place Like Home" was a #2.

Track listing

1. "On the Other Hand" (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz) - 3:05
2. "The Storms of Life" (Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals) - 2:43
3. "My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break)" (Ronny Scaife, Don Singleton, Phil Thomas) - 2:18
4. "Diggin' Up Bones" (Al Gore, Overstreet) - 2:58
5. "No Place Like Home" (Overstreet) - 4:06
6. "1982" (Buddy Blackmon, Vip Vipperman) - 2:58
7. "Send My Body" (Randy Travis) - 2:59
8. "Messin' with My Mind" (Joseph Allen, Charlie Williams) - 3:06
9. "Reasons I Cheat" (Travis) - 4:20
10. "There'll Always Be a Honky Tonk Somewhere" (Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae) - 3:15

Production

All tracks produced by Kyle Lehning, except "On the Other Hand" and "Reasons I Cheat," produced by Lehning and Keith Stegall.

Personnel

• Baillie & the Boys – background vocals
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Kenny Bell – acoustic guitar
• Thomas Brannon – background vocals
• Dennis Burnside – keyboards
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Paul Davis – background vocals
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Phil Forrest – background vocals
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar
• Doyle Grisham – steel guitar, keyboards
• Mark Hembree – acoustic bass
• Hoot Hester – fiddle
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Don Jackson – clarinet
• Greg Jennings – electric guitar
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica, percussion
• Shane Keister – keyboards
• Kyle Lehning – keyboards, background vocals
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Fred Newell – electric guitar
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Overstreet – background vocals
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• Blaine Sprouse – fiddle
• Diane Stegall – background vocals
• Keith Stegall – electric guitar
• James Stroud – drums
• Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar
• Randy Travis – lead vocals
• Jack Williams – bass guitar
• Bobby Wood – keyboards

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Albums	61
US Billboard Top Country Albums	1
US Billboard 200	85

References

1. David Malitz (11 July 2013). "Randy Travis: ‘Storms of Life’ launched the career of one of country’s biggest stars". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 November 2014.