Storms Of Life
Randy Travis' first major label album (after an independently released live set), Storms Of Life almost single-handedly yanked commercial country out of its '80s Urban Cowboy crossover phase and back to the music's rural roots.
Even better, it introduced a singer who mixed George Jones' clench-jawed intensity with hints of his idols Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard.
Beautifully produced by Klye Lehning, it's an all but perfect mixture of cheating songs (Reasons I Cheat) and weepers (like 1982 and The Other Hand - guess what's on it?) and up-tempo neo-honky-tonkers (There'll Always Be a Honky Tonk Somewhere). A great debut.
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