Maps of Music

Keith Urban (1999)

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

Keith Urban's second album was his breakthrough, yet at the 2000 ARIA Awards it lost Best Country Album to Troy Cassar-Daley's Big River.

Key places

Javelina Recording (1999)

Recording site RCA Studio B — Javelina Recording is listed as a place where this album was recorded. The point uses the studio's listed coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Emerald Sound, Nashville (1999)

Recording site Nashville — Emerald Sound in Nashville is named as a studio for this album. The point sits at the city center, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Sound Kitchen, Franklin (1999)

Recording site Sound Kitchen — Sound Kitchen in Franklin is named as a studio for this album. The point sits at the city center, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Keith Urban (also known as Keith Urban II): second studio album by Australian country music artist Keith Urban
• Released 19 October 1999 via Capitol Nashville
• Nominated at the 2000 ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album
• Breakthrough album for Urban, producing four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart

Background

• Urban had recorded a self-titled album in Australia in 1991
• He also recorded another album in the US with his short-lived backing band the Ranch
• Contemporaries Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney began with a neotraditional country sound
• Urban had a crossover-friendly country pop sound from the very beginning

Recording

• Studios listed for the album: Javelina Recording, Emerald Sound (Nashville), Sound Kitchen (Franklin)
• Matt Rollings plays organ, piano, synthesizer and sings background vocals
• Chris McHugh plays drums, drum loops and percussion; Glenn Worf plays bass guitar
• Urban plays banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar and slide guitar, and sings lead vocals
• Steve Wariner, Biff Watson and Urban share acoustic and electric guitar parts
• Stuart Duncan plays fiddle; Paul Franklin and Bruce Bouton play pedal steel guitar
• Kristin Wilkinson handles programming, string arrangements and viola
• The track list runs to 12 songs

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

• Debuted at number 145 on the US Billboard 200
• Debuted at number 17 on the Top Country Albums chart
• Nominated at the 2000 ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album
• Lost that category to Troy Cassar-Daley's Big River

Records

• Breakthrough album for Urban: four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
• "It's a Love Thing" reached number 18
• "Your Everything" reached number 4
• "But for the Grace of God" reached number 1
• "Where the Blacktop Ends" reached number 3
• Sold 980,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan
• Certified Platinum by the RIAA in December 2003

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The track "A Little Luck of Our Own" was originally titled "Luck of Our Own" and was first recorded by Dale Daniel on her 1993 album of the same name.
• This is Urban's only album not produced by Dann Huff, who has produced all his albums since.
• Urban's sound was crossover-friendly country pop from the start, while his contemporaries Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney began with neotraditional country.
• The album's track list includes the instrumental "Rollercoaster (Strumentale)", credited to Keith Urban and Matt Rollings.
• Urban's earlier self-titled album from 1991 was recorded in Australia, before this US-era release.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Maps of Ages ↗ (mapsofages.com)

Privacy · Contact