Released June 11, 1996 Length 33:45 Release date 11 June 1996 Label Warner Bros. Nashville | Recorded 1995-1996 | |
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Similar Outside the Frame, That's the Truth, Small Towns and Big Drea, What I Want to Be Rememb, Give It Away | ||
Calm before the storm
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.
Contents
"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
- "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
Personnel
Strings arranged by Carl Marsh.
Songs
1My Heart Has a History3:22
2Take It From Me3:27
3I Do3:39