Be Here
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| Studio album by Keith Urban | ||||
| Released | US: 21 September 2004 Australia: 30 November 2004 |
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 56:20 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Dann Huff Keith Urban |
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
Be Here is the fourth solo album by New Zealand-born Australian country singer Keith Urban.
The album produced three number 1 singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Days Go By", "Making Memories of Us" and "Better Life", as well as the number 2 hits "You're My Better Half" and "Tonight I Wanna Cry"; "Live to Love Another Day" also peaked at number 48 on the country charts without being released to radio.
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"Making Memories of Us", written by Rodney Crowell, was originally recorded by Tracy Byrd on his 2003 album The Truth About Men. It was also recorded by Crowell himself, along with his backing band The Notorious Cherry Bombs, on their 2004 self-titled album. Urban produced "God's Been Good to Me" and "Live to Love Another Day" by himself, and co-produced the rest of the album with Dann Huff.[3]
Nine of the album's songs were penned by Urban. The album was certified 4× Platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[4] and remains as Urban's best-selling album to date, with sales of 3,639,000 copies in the United States, as of July 2009;[5] it also reached number 8 on the Canadian album chart, number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart and number 3 on the Billboard 200.
[edit] Cover art
The album's first edition shipped with a color cover art with a photograph of Urban leaning on a table. Later issues of the album shipped with a monochrome cover art with a photograph of Urban behind the steering wheel of a car.
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Days Go By" | Keith Urban, Monty Powell | 3:44 |
| 2. | "Better Life" | Urban, Richard Marx | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Making Memories of Us" | Rodney Crowell | 4:11 |
| 4. | "God's Been Good to Me" | Urban | 3:38 |
| 5. | "The Hard Way" | Rivers Rutherford, Gordie Sampson | 4:37 |
| 6. | "You're My Better Half" | Urban, John Shanks | 4:12 |
| 7. | "I Could Fly" | Urban, Shanks | 5:19 |
| 8. | "Tonight I Wanna Cry" | Urban, Powell | 4:19 |
| 9. | "She's Gotta Be" | Urban, Powell | 4:52 |
| 10. | "Nobody Drinks Alone" | Matraca Berg, Jim Collins | 5:21 |
| 11. | "Country Comfort" | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | 4:23 |
| 12. | "Live to Love Another Day" | Urban, Darrell Brown | 3:29 |
| 13. | "These Are the Days" | Urban, Powell | 2:49 |
| 14. | "You (Or Somebody Like You)" (bonus track available only on Australian release) | Sampson, Blair Daly, Troy Verges | 4:51 |
[edit] Chart performance
[edit] Album
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums Chart | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 3 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| US Country | US | US AC | US Adult | AUS | NL | ||
| 2004 | "Days Go By" | 1 | 31 | — | — | 56 | 99 |
| "You're My Better Half" | 2 | 33 | — | — | 34 | — | |
| 2005 | "Making Memories of Us" | 1 | 34 | 5 | 22 | 54 | — |
| "Better Life" | 1 | 44 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tonight I Wanna Cry" | 2 | 36 | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
[edit] Certifications
| Region | Certification |
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| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 2× Platinum |
| Canada (Music Canada)[7] | 2× Platinum |
| United States (RIAA)[8] | 4× Platinum |
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ (2004) Album notes for Be Here by Keith Urban [CD booklet]. Capitol Records (77489).
- ^ "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Be Here". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Be+Here%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- ^ "Chart Watch Extra: The Top 20 New Acts Of The 2000s". Chart Watch. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/39906/chart-watch-extra-the-top-20-new-acts-of-the-2000s/. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACharts-Accreditations-2006Albums.htm.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Keith Urban – Be Here". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Be+Here&sa=Keith+Urban&smt=0.
- ^ "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Be Here". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Be+Here%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
| Preceded by Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw |
Top Country Albums number-one album 9–15 October 2004 |
Succeeded by Feels Like Today by Rascal Flatts |
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- Albums certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
- Albums certified double platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
- Albums certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
- 2004 albums
- Capitol Records albums
- Keith Urban albums
- Albums produced by Dann Huff
