Calm Before the Storm (Paul Brandt album)

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Calm Before the Storm is the debut album of Canadian country music artist Paul Brandt, released in 1996 on Reprise Records. The album has been certified 3× Platinum by the CRIA and gold by the RIAA, and it is his most successful album in the United States. Its four singles — "My Heart Has a History", "I Do", "I Meant to Do That", and "Take It from Me" — were all Number One hits on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts. All four singles were Top 40 hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, where they reached #5, #2, #39, and #38, respectively.

"Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)" is a cover of a country standard which has been recorded by several artists, including Johnny Rodriguez, who released it as a single.

Track listing

1. "My Heart Has a History" (Mark D. Sanders, Paul Brandt) - 3:22
2. "Take It from Me" (Roy Hurd, Brandt) - 3:26
3. "I Do (Robin's Song)" (Brandt) - 3:39
4. "12 Step Recovery" (Rick Bowles, Josh Leo) - 3:22
5. "I Meant to Do That" (Lynn Gillespie Chater, Kerry Chater, Brandt) - 3:28
6. "One and Only One" (Bowles, Leo, Brandt) - 3:21
7. "All Over Me" (Tracy Parker, Jimmy Wooten) - 3:04
8. "Calm Before the Storm" (Brandt) - 3:31
9. "On the Inside" (Brett Jones) - 3:27
10. "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)" (Hillman Hall) - 3:05

Personnel

• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Chad Cromwell – drums
• Bill Cuomo – keyboards
• Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• John Hobbs – keyboards
• Jeff King – electric guitar
• Josh Leo – electric guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Gary Morse – pedal steel guitar
• Duncan Mullins – bass guitar
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Woody Wright - background vocals
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle

Strings arranged by Carl Marsh.

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Top Albums	55
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	14
U.S. Billboard 200	102
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1

External links

• allmusic.com