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| Released | June 30, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock, hip hop | |||
| Length | 36:13 | |||
| Label | Hollywood | |||
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The Storm is the second studio album from American singer-songwriter ZZ Ward, released on Hollywood Records on June 30, 2017. The album reached number 1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart.
Ward has said The Storm is influenced by the music of blues artists including Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson and Big Mama Thornton. [1] Prior to the album's release, on March 2, 2017, Ward released the single "The Deep", featuring Chicago MC Joey Purp. The track is built around a sample of "As Long As I've Got You" by The Charmels, which is also sampled in "C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan. [2] The track "Ride" featuring Gary Clark, Jr. was originally featured in the 2017 Pixar film Cars 3 . [3] Ward performed the song on Dancing with the Stars on April 17, 2017. [4] The music video for the single "Cannonball" was released in July 2017; [5] it features blues singer Fantastic Negrito, with Ward playing harmonica on the song. [6]
All tracks are written by ZZ Ward. Additional writers are included below. [7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer | Length |
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| 1. | "Ghost" | Evan Bogart, Trevor Brown, Warren "Oak" Felder, Zaire Koalo, Zsuzsanna Ward | Felder | 3:00 |
| 2. | "Cannonball" (featuring Fantastic Negrito) | Xavier Dphrepaulezz, Ward | Blended Babies | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Help Me Mama" | Bogart, Theron Feemster, Priscilla Renea, Ward | Feemster | 3:06 |
| 4. | "The Storm" | Ward | Feemster | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Domino" (featuring Fitz) | Feemster, Michael Fitzpatrick, Ward | Feemster, Fitzpatrick | 2:50 |
| 6. | "Let It Burn" | Bogart, Brown, Felder, Koalo, Ward | Felder | 3:08 |
| 7. | "Bag of Bones" | Ward | Feemster | 3:17 |
| 8. | "She Ain't Me" | Ludwig Göransson, Ward | Göransson | 2:51 |
| 9. | "If U Stayed" | Ward | Feemster | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Hold On" | Bogart, Brown, Felder, Ward | Felder | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Ride" (featuring Gary Clark Jr.) | Dave Bassett, Bogart, Ward | Bassett | 4:05 |
| Total length: | 36:13 | |||
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 [8] | 75 |
| US Billboard Rock Albums [9] | 12 |
| US Billboard Blues Albums [10] | 1 |
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