Album of the Day
Storms Of Life
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After most of the major labels in Nashville had turned him down for being “too country,” Randy Travis signed to Warner Bros. and released STORMS OF LIFE. With a rich baritone closer to Lefty Frizzell than the pop crossover sounds then favored in Music City, Travis did stand apart, and that might have been the secret of his success – the 1986 collection went multi-platinum and can now be seen as a watershed moment in country's rise to commercial prominence. Its ten songs include a terrific mix of material including a pair of Travis originals and no less than four Top 10 Country singles: “On The Other Hand,” “1982,” “Diggin' Up Bones” and “No Place Like Home.” Randy Travis received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on this day in 2004, an honor that the superb STORMS OF LIFE alone would justify.