Storms of Life is the debut album by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 star Randy Travis

Randy Travis

Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...

, 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

Keith Whitley

Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters...

 on his 1985 album L.A. to Miami

L.A. to Miami

L.A. to Miami is the second studio album by American country music singer Keith Whitley. It was released in October 1985 via RCA Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "I've Got the Heart for You," "Miami, My Amy," "Ten Feet Away," "Homecoming '63" and "Hard Livin'," all of which charted...

), "1982", "Diggin' up Bones", and "No Place Like Home". Although "On the Other Hand" charted at #67 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 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
   On the Other Hand
   "On the Other Hand" is a country music song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. First recorded by Keith Whitley on his 1985 album L.A. to Miami, it was later released as a single by Randy Travis. It was the lead-off single to his 1986 album Storms of Life, and it peaked at #67 in the United...
   
   " (Paul Overstreet
   Paul Overstreet
   Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...
   
   , Don Schlitz
   Don Schlitz
   Donald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...
   
   ) - 3:05
2. "The Storms of Life" (Max D. Barnes
   Max D. Barnes
   Max D. Barnes was a country music singer and songwriter.As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career...
   
   , Troy Seals
   Troy Seals
   Troy Seals is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes, Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Brady Seals...
   
   ) - 2:43
3. "My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break)" (Ronny Scaife, Don Singleton, Phil Thomas) - 2:18
4. "Diggin' Up Bones
   Diggin' Up Bones
   "Diggin' Up Bones" is a song recorded by country music artist Randy Travis. It was the third single to his 1986 album Storms of Life. It peaked at number-one in both the United States and Canada.-Chart positions:...
   
   " (Al Gore, Overstreet, Nat Stuckey
   Nat Stuckey
   Nathan Stuckey was an American country singer. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with "Sweet Thang", "Plastic Saddle", "Sweet Thang and Cisco" and "Take Time to Love Her"-Biography:Raised in Atlanta, Texas, in Cass County, Nat Stuckey...
   
   ) - 2:58
5. "No Place Like Home" (Overstreet) - 4:06
6. "1982
   1982 (song)
   "1982" is a single by American country music singer Randy Travis. Released as the second single from his 1986 album Storms of Life. It peaked at #6 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and #5 in Canada...
   
   " (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.

Chart performance

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