Calm Before the Storm (Paul Brandt album)

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.

Calm Before the Storm
Studio album by
Paul Brandt
ReleasedJune 11, 1996
Recorded1995-1996
GenreCountry
Length33:45
LabelReprise
ProducerJosh Leo
Paul Brandt chronology
Calm Before the Storm
(1996)		 Outside the Frame
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

"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. "Never Enough" (Rick Bowles, Josh Leo) - 3:24
  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. "Take It from Me" (Roy Hurd, Brandt) - 3:26
  10. "On the Inside" (Brett Jones) - 3:27
  11. "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)" (Hillman Hall) - 3:05

Personnel

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

References
  1. Allmusic review
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