Calm Before the Storm (Paul Brandt album)

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.

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.