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High (2024)

Where the lyrics of High take you, and where it was really made.

The album was built from songs first written for a shelved project called 615, and its title comes from the euphoria Urban felt while making it.

Key places

Recording studio in Nashville (2024)

Recording site Sound Stage Studios — Sound Stage in Nashville is listed among the recording locations for this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in Los Angeles (2024)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Standard in Los Angeles is listed as a recording location. The point sits at city center, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in Franklin, Tennessee (2024)

Recording site Sound Kitchen — Asher's Place in Franklin is listed as a recording location. The point sits at city center, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in Sutton Forest, New South Wales (2024)

Recording site Bunya — Bunya in Sutton Forest is listed as a recording location. The point sits at city center, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in West Hollywood (2024)

Recording site NightBird (West Hollywood) — Facet House in West Hollywood is listed as a recording location. The point sits at city center, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in Gallatin, Tennessee (2024)

Recording site Phantom Studios — Phantom in Gallatin is listed as a recording location. The point sits at city center, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• High: twelfth studio album by Australian and American country singer Keith Urban
• Released 20 September 2024 via Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville
• Twelve tracks in total
• Urban titled the album after the feeling of euphoria he felt during the creative process

Background

• First studio album by Urban since The Speed of Now Part 1 (2020)
• Urban began working on an album in 2022, tentatively titled 615
• That project was scrapped before it was released
• Several songs from the scrapped project eventually made their way onto High
• Urban on the title: what makes you 'high' can mean whatever you want, whether physical, spiritual, herbal, meditative, chemical, or musical, and it is a place of utopia
• Urban wrote the opening interlude and co-wrote six of the tracks
• Collaboration with Lainey Wilson on 'Go Home W U'

Recording

• Recording locations listed: Sound Stage in Nashville; Standard in Los Angeles; Asher's Place in Franklin, Tennessee; Bunya in Sutton Forest, New South Wales; Facet House in West Hollywood; Phantom in Gallatin, Tennessee

Cover

• Cover photo by Daniel Prakopcyk
• Booklet photos by Prakopcyk and Jordan Curtis Hughes; Hughes also shot the back cover photo
• Art direction and design by Patrick Tracy
• Art production by Karen Naff

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Keith Lionel Urban, born 26 October 1967 in Whangārei, New Zealand, moved to Caboolture, Queensland, Australia at age two.
• Took up the guitar at age six; influenced by country music from his parents and by guitarists Mark Knopfler and Lindsey Buckingham.
• Won the Star Maker talent quest at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 1990, leading to a contract with EMI Music Australia.

Career

• Self-titled debut album released in Australia in 1991; moved to Nashville in 1992.
• Formed the band The Ranch in 1995; their self-titled album was released on Capitol Nashville in 1997.
• US solo debut in 1999 with a second self-titled album; "But for the Grace of God" became his first US country number one.
• Golden Road (2002) and Be Here (2004) followed; Be Here became his best-selling album, certified 4× Platinum.
• Won Grammy Awards for "You'll Think of Me" and "Stupid Boy".
• Has charted 37 singles on the US Hot Country Songs chart, 18 of them number one.
• Served as a judge on American Idol and a coach on The Voice Australia.
• Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in 2020.

Members

• Solo artist; founded The Ranch as a backing band with drummer Peter Clarke and bassist Jerry Flowers.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released 20 September 2024 via Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville
• Lead single 'Straight Line' released in February 2024
• 'Messed Up as Me' followed in March 2024 as the first single promoted to country radio in the United States and Canada
• 'Go Home W U' and 'Wildside' were released as additional singles ahead of the album
• 'Go Home W U' features Lainey Wilson
• Urban wrote the opening interlude and co-wrote six tracks

Reappraisal

• Nominated for Best Country Album at the 2025 ARIA Music Awards

Records

• Twelfth studio album in Urban's career
• First studio album since The Speed of Now Part 1 (2020)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title comes from the euphoria Urban felt while working, and he said the word 'high' can mean many things.
• A scrapped album titled 615 supplied several songs for this record.
• Urban described the meaning of 'high' as physical, spiritual, herbal, meditative, chemical, or musical.
• Lainey Wilson appears on 'Go Home W U'.
• 'Messed Up as Me' was the first single promoted to country radio in the United States and Canada.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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