CD reissue. Calm Before the Storm is the debut album by Canadian country music artist Paul Brandt released in 1996 on Reprise Records. The album has been certified three times platinum by the CRIA and gold by the RIAA and it is his most successful album in the United States. It s four singles - My Heart Has a History I Do I Meant to Do That and Take It from Me - were all #1 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.