Perfect Storm (song)
"Perfect Storm" is a song recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released on September 1, 2014, by Arista Nashville as the second single from his tenth studio album, Moonshine in the Trunk. He co-wrote the song with Lee Thomas Miller and co-produced it with Luke Wooten.
"Perfect Storm"
September 1, 2014
3:55 (album version)
3:30 (single edit)
- Brad Paisley
- Lee Thomas Miller
- Brad Paisley
- Luke Wooten
Content[edit]
The song is a love ballad musically driven mainly by electric guitar and also featuring a prominent steel guitar, fiddle and a synthesizer. Paisley said he wanted the guitar part to sound like thunder.[1] Lyrically, the singer describes the girl he loves as a "perfect storm."
Critical reception[edit]
Deborah Evans Price of Billboard said Perfect Storm is "one of those love songs that says what women want to hear and what men wish they could say" and added that "it's a tender ballad [...] and it's got the word "hit" written all over it".[2]
Taste Of Country gave the single a favorable review, stating that "Paisley’s stellar guitar skills are on full display here, creating a storm of powerful riffs all their own" and the song is just "as complex and beautiful as the girl Paisley is singing about".[3]
Giving the song four and a half stars out of five, Dan Devour of Music Trespass said "the song is about that perfect girl that you can meet and fall in love with suddenly." He also states that its lyrics "show that Brad must have been in love recently."[4]