Calm Before the Storm (Paul Brandt album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Calm Before the Storm
Type = studio
Artist = Paul Brandt


Background =
Released = June 11, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 33:45
Label = Reprise
Producer = Josh Leo
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzftxqthldje link]
Last album =
This album = "Calm Before the Storm"
(1996)
Next album = "Outside the Frame"
(1997) |

"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 and Mel Street.

Track listing

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

Charts

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzftxqthldje allmusic.com]