Calm Before the Storm (Paul Brandt album)

Calm Before the Storm
Studio album by Paul Brandt
Released	June 11, 1996
Recorded	1995–1996
Genre	Country
Length	33:45
Label	Reprise
Producer	Josh Leo
Paul Brandt chronology
Calm Before the Storm (1996) Outside the Frame (1997)

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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.