Keith Urban (1999 album)

Keith Urban (also known as Keith Urban II) is the second studio album by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released on 19 October 1999 via Capitol Nashville. It was nominated at the 2000 ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album, but lost to Troy Cassar-Daley for Big River.

This article is about the 1999 album. For 1991 album, see Keith Urban (1991 album).

Keith Urban
Studio album by Keith Urban
Released	19 October 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Country
Length	46:34
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Matt Rollings Keith Urban
Keith Urban chronology
Keith Urban (1991) Keith Urban (1999) Golden Road (2002)
Singles from Keith Urban
"It's a Love Thing" Released: 27 May 1999 "Your Everything" Released: 2 May 2000 "But for the Grace of God" Released: 28 November 2000 "Where the Blacktop Ends" Released: 9 April 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Before 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 1), and "Where the Blacktop Ends" (number 3). It has sold 980,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2] The 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 Urban's only album to not be produced by Dann Huff, who has produced all his albums since. While his contemporaries, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney, started with a neotraditional country sound, Urban had a crossover-friendly country pop sound from the very beginning.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's a Love Thing"	Keith Urban Monty Powell	3:40
2.	"Where the Blacktop Ends"	Steve Wariner Allen Shamblin	3:00
3.	"But for the Grace of God"	Keith Urban Charlotte Caffey Jane Wiedlin	4:33
4.	"Your Everything"	Chris Lindsey Bob Regan	4:10
5.	"I Wanna Be Your Man (Forever)"	Urban	3:07
6.	"A Little Luck of Our Own"	Gary Burr Dale Daniel	3:22
7.	"You're the Only One"	Urban Michael Weinstein Stevie J.	4:53
8.	"If You Wanna Stay"	Urban	4:27
9.	"Don't Shut Me Out"	Urban	3:52
10.	"Out on My Own"	Urban Vernon Rust	4:54
11.	"Rollercoaster" (instrumental)	Urban Matt Rollings	2:51
12.	"I Thought You Knew"	Urban Rollings Skip Ewing	3:50
Total length:			46:34

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
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
		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
Australia (ARIA)[5]	Gold	35,000^^
United States (RIAA)[6]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Keith Urban at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
2. "Musical Olympics: 40 Countries' Top Stars". Billboard. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
3. "RPM search result - Keith Urban". RPM. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
4. "Keith Urban - Keith Urban". Billboard.com. 7 April 2001. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
5. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
6. "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Keith Urban". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.