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.
Track listing
Personnel
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Bill Cuomo – keyboards
- Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- John Hobbs – keyboards
- Jeff King – electric guitar
- Josh Leo – electric guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Gary Morse – pedal steel guitar
- Duncan Mullins – bass guitar
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Woody Wright - background vocals
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
Strings arranged by Carl Marsh.
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