Storms of Life

Storms of Life
Studio album by Randy Travis
Released	June 2, 1986
Recorded	1985
Studio	Emerald Sound Studio, GroundStar Lab, Morning Star Studio, Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre	Neotraditional country[1]
Length	31:45
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Kyle Lehning Keith Stegall
Randy Travis chronology
Storms of Life (1986) Always & Forever (1987)
Singles from Storms of Life
"On the Other Hand" Released: July 29, 1985 "1982" Released: December 2, 1985 "Diggin' Up Bones" Released: August 4, 1986 "No Place Like Home" Released: November 24, 1986

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Storms of Life is the debut studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on June 2, 1986 by Warner Records. Certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for American shipments of three million copies.^[2] 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 chart 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.

"There'll Always Be a Honky Tonk Somewhere" was later recorded by Daron Norwood for his second album Ready, Willing and Able.

The 35th anniversary edition of the album was released on 24 September 2021. The anniversary edition includes remastered versions of the original ten tracks, as well as three previously unreleased songs ("Ain't No Use", "The Wall" and "Carryin' Fire"), labelled "From the Vault".