Keith Urban (1999 album)
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Keith Urban (also known as Keith Urban II) is the second studio album by Australian country music artist Keith Urban, released on 19 October 1999 by Capitol Nashville.
Prior to this album, Urban recorded a self-titled album in Australia in 1991 and another in the US as a member of the short-lived band The Ranch. The US album is Urban's breakthrough album, as it produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In order of release, the singles were "It's a Love Thing" (number 18), "Your Everything" (number 4), "But for the Grace of God" (number one), and "Where the Blacktop Ends" (number 3). It has sold 980,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2] The album track "A Little Luck of Our Own" was originally titled "Luck of Our Own" as first recorded by American singer and songwriter Dale Daniel on her 1993 album of the same name. This is Keith's only album not to be produced by Dann Huff, who has produced all of his albums since.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "It's a Love Thing" |
| 3:40 |
2. | "Where the Blacktop Ends" | 2:58 | |
3. | "But for the Grace of God" |
| 4:30 |
4. | "Your Everything" | 4:10 | |
5. | "I Wanna Be Your Man (Forever)" | Urban | 3:07 |
6. | "A Little Luck of Our Own" | 3:22 | |
7. | "You're the Only One" |
| 4:53 |
8. | "If You Wanna Stay" | Urban | 4:27 |
9. | "Don't Shut Me Out" | Urban | 3:52 |
10. | "Out on My Own" |
| 4:54 |
11. | "Rollercoaster" (instrumental) |
| 2:51 |
12. | "I Thought You Knew" |
| 3:50 |
Personnel
- David Angell – violin
- Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar, pedabro
- John Catchings – cello
- Steve Conn – accordion
- Eric Darken – percussion
- David Davidson – violin
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Tabitha Fair – background vocals
- Jerry Flowers – background vocals
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
- Kim Keyes – background vocals
- Chris McHugh – drums, drum loops, percussion
- Emily Robison – background vocals
- Matt Rollings – organ, piano, synthesizer, background vocals
- Martie Seidel – background vocals
- Keith Urban – banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar, slide guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
- Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Kristin Wilkinson – programming, string arrangements, synthesizer programming, viola
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Curtis Young – background vocals
Charts
Keith Urban debuted at number 145 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number 17 on the Top Country Albums. In December 2003, Keith Urban was certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Chart positions
Charts (1999) | Peak position |
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Canadian RPM Country Albums[3] | 27 |
U.S. Billboard 200[4] | 145 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[4] | 17 |
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 4 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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US Country | US | CAN Country | ||
1999 | "It's a Love Thing" | 18 | 105 | 25 |
2000 | "Your Everything" | 4 | 51 | 20 |
"But for the Grace of God" | 1 | 37 | * | |
2001 | "Where the Blacktop Ends" | 3 | 35 | * |
* denotes unknown peak positions |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[5] | Gold | 35,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[6] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Keith Urban at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- ^ "Musical Olympics: 40 Countries' Top Stars". Billboard. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "RPM search result - Keith Urban". RPM. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ a b "Keith Urban - Keith Urban". Billboard.com. 7 April 2001. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ^ "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Keith Urban". Recording Industry Association of America.