Any Port in a Storm
| Any Port in a Storm | ||||
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| Released | September 23, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 | |||
| Genre | Reggae, rock, rap rock | |||
| Length | 44:46 | |||
| Label | Executive Music Group (EMG) | |||
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Any Port in a Storm is the debut album by American reggae-rock band The Dirty Heads, released on September 23, 2008. The album was initially set to be released on Warner Bros. Records until the label and band mutually separated. The Dirty Heads, having kept the master recordings, later released the album through Executive Music Group (EMG), a division of Universal Music Group. The album was mixed by Mario C, best known for his work with Beastie Boys. The lead single, "Stand Tall", was also featured in the 2007 movie "Surf's Up" before the album came out.
Any Port in a Storm was re-issued in 2010 with a few bonus tracks, including Lay Me Down, which features Rome Ramirez from Sublime. Lay Me Down was the band's first hit song, reaching #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in May of that year. Nine weeks later it established a record as the song with the longest stint atop the chart for an independently released title, surpassing the previous mark set in 1999 by Everlast's "What It's Like". "Lay Me Down" peaked at number 93 on the U.S. Hot 100 and number 76 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart.
Billy Preston plays keyboards on multiple tracks on the album, in what would be one of the final sessions he recorded before his death. "Lay Me Down" was released as a single from this album. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.