Calm Before the Storm | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Paul Brandt |
Cover: | CalmBeforetheStorm.jpg |
Released: | June 11, 1996 |
Recorded: | 1995–1996 |
Genre: | Country |
Length: | 33:45 |
Label: | Reprise |
Producer: | Josh Leo |
Next Title: | Outside the Frame |
Next Year: | 1997 |
Calm Before the Storm is the debut studio album by 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 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 Nos. 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.
Strings arranged by Carl Marsh.
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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Canadian Albums (RPM) | 55 |
Canadian Country Albums (RPM) | 1 |
Chart (1996) | Position | |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[1] | 54 | |
Chart (1997) | Position | |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2] | 67 |