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Be Here is the fourth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country singer Keith Urban. It was released in the US on September 21, 2004 via Capitol Nashville.

The album produced three number 1 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart with "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 as a single.

Content

"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. Nine of the album's songs were written by Urban. Urban produced the tracks "God's Been Good to Me" and "Live to Love Another Day" himself, and then he co-produced the rest of the tracks with Dann Huff.[3]

Commercial

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.

Cover arts

Two covers exist on this album. The first cover shipped with a color photograph of Urban sitting at a table at a coffee shop. This image is also featured on Urban's 2005 compilation album, Days Go By. The second cover, for the Australian release, shipped with a monochrome photograph of Urban driving a car.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Days Go By"Keith Urban, Monty Powell3:44
2."Better Life"Urban, Richard Marx4:43
3."Making Memories of Us"Rodney Crowell4:11
4."God's Been Good to Me"Urban3:38
5."The Hard Way"Rivers Rutherford, Gordie Sampson4:37
6."You're My Better Half"Urban, John Shanks4:12
7."I Could Fly"Urban, Shanks5:19
8."Tonight I Wanna Cry"Urban, Powell4:19
9."She's Gotta Be"Urban, Powell4:52
10."Nobody Drinks Alone"Matraca Berg, Jim Collins5:21
11."Country Comfort"Elton John, Bernie Taupin4:23
12."Live to Love Another Day"Urban, Darrell Brown3:29
13."These Are the Days"Urban, Powell2:49
Australian Release Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You (Or Somebody Like You)"Sampson, Blair Daly, Troy Verges4:51

Personnel

  • Tim Akers- accordion (tracks 1, 7), keyboards (1-3, 6-7, 10), Hammond organ (9), piano (3)
  • Charlie Bisharat- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Bruce Bouton- dobro guitar (track 9), steel guitar (11)
  • Paul Buckmaster- string conductor, string arrangements (tracks 8-9)
  • Denyse Buffum- viola (tracks 8-9)
  • Tom Bukovac- acoustic guitar (track 12), electric guitar (2-7, 10), slide guitar (7), wah wah guitar (7), additional guitars (1, 3, 8-9, 11, 13)
  • Paul Bushnell- bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11)
  • Matt Chamberlain- drums (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11), percussion (3, 5, 9)
  • Larry Corbett- cello (tracks 8-9)
  • Eric Darken- percussion (tracks 1-2, 6-8, 10-11, additional: 3)
  • Bruce Dukov- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Matt Funes- viola (tracks 8-9)
  • Armen Garabedian- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Berj Garabedian- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Endre Granat- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Paula Hochhalter- cello (tracks 8-9)
  • Dann Huff- acoustic 12-string guitar (track 3), electric guitar (6), mandolin (1, 11)
  • Suzie Katayama- cello (tracks 8-9)
  • Peter Kent- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Steven King- accordion (track 13)
  • Natalie Leggett- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Robert Matsuda- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Chris McHugh- drums (tracks 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10, 12-13), percussion (4, 12)
  • Steve Nathan- piano (track 8)
  • Jimmy Nichols- keyboards (5), piano (11), synthesizer strings (9)
  • Sara Parkins- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Bob Peterson- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Steve Richards- cello (tracks 8-9)
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas- bass guitar (tracks 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10, 12-13)
  • Dan Smith- cello (tracks 8-9)
  • Charles Stegeman- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Rachel Stegeman- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Rudy Stein- cello (tracks 8-9)
  • Russell Terrell- background vocals (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9-10, 13)
  • Chris Thile- mandolin (track 9)
  • Keith Urban- banjo (tracks 2, 4, 6-7, 11-13), e-bow (1, 5), acoustic 12-string guitar (3), acoustic guitar (1-7, 9-13), electric guitar (1-7, 9-12), hand clapping, mandolin (7, 13), slide guitar (4), lead vocals (All tracks), background vocals (tracks 1-10, 12-13, harmony: 11)
  • Josefina Vergara- violin (tracks 8-9)
  • Evan Wilson- viola (tracks 8-9)
  • Jonathan Yudkin- cello (track 3), fiddle (1, 13)

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart (ARIA)[6] 11
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7] 8
US Billboard 200[8] 3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 1
Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
9–15 October 2004 		Succeeded by

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
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"[A] 2 36 — — 72 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Footnotes

Certifications

Region Certification
Australia (ARIA)[11] 3× Platinum
Canada (Music Canada)[12] 2× Platinum
United States (RIAA)[13] 4× Platinum

Release history

Country Date Label
Canada[14] 21 September 2004 Capitol Nashville
United States[15]
Australia[16] 30 November 2004

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ review
  3. ^ Be Here (CD booklet). Keith Urban. Capitol Records. 2004. 77489.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Be Here". Recording Industry Association of America.
  5. ^ "Chart Watch Extra: The Top 20 New Acts Of The 2000s". Chart Watch. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  6. ^ "australian-charts.com - Keith Urban - Be Here". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Issue 1123" (PDF, reprint). ARIA report (1123). ARIA: 4. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  11. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  12. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Keith Urban – Be Here". Music Canada.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Be Here". Recording Industry Association of America.
  14. ^ "Be Here by Keith Urban". iTunes Store (CA). Apple Inc. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  15. ^ "Be Here by Keith Urban". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Amazon.com: Keith Urban: Be Here: Music". Amazon Music. Amazon.com. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
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