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Be Here

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Be Here (disambiguation).

Be Here
Studio album by
Keith Urban
Released21 September 2004
GenreCountry
Length55:39
LabelCapitol Nashville
Producer
Keith Urban chronology
Golden Road
(2002) 		Be Here
(2004) 		Days Go By
(2005)
Alternative cover
Singles from Be Here
  1. "Days Go By"
    Released: 29 June 2004
  2. "You're My Better Half"
    Released: 25 October 2004
  3. "Making Memories of Us"
    Released: 21 March 2005
  4. "Better Life"
    Released: 30 July 2005
  5. "Tonight I Wanna Cry"
    Released: 21 November 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]

Be Here is the fourth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country singer Keith Urban. It was released on 21 September 2004, through Capitol Nashville. With four million copies sold, the album is not only Urban's best-selling album, but also one of the best-selling albums in America by an Australian artist.

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". The song "Live to Love Another Day" also peaked at number 48 on the country charts, even though it was not released as a single.

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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.[4]

"Country Comfort" is a cover of a track from Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection.

Critical reception

The album has received positive reviews from Allmusic,[1] BBC,[5] Entertainment Weekly,[3] and Rolling Stone.[2] Three tracks from the album, "Days Go By", "Making Memories of Us", and "Tonight I Want to Cry" were included in an About.com ranking of Urban's top ten songs.[6]

Accolades

Be Here received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Album,[7] and won Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year at the 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards.

Commercial performance

The album was certified 4× Platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[8] 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;[9] 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.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Days Go By"
3:48
2."Better Life"
4:42
3."Making Memories of Us"Rodney Crowell4:11
4."God's Been Good to Me"Urban3:37
5."The Hard Way"
4:37
6."You're My Better Half"
4:12
7."I Could Fly"
  • Urban
  • Shanks
5:19
8."Tonight I Wanna Cry"
  • Urban
  • Powell
4:19
9."She's Gotta Be"
  • Urban
  • Powell
4:52
10."Nobody Drinks Alone"
5:21
11."Country Comfort" (Elton John cover)
4:23
12."Live to Love Another Day"
3:29
13."These Are the Days"
  • Urban
  • Powell
2:49
Total length:55:39
Australian Release Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."You (Or Somebody Like You)"
4:51

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)
  • Chris McHugh – drums (tracks 1–2, 4, 6–8, 10, 12–13), percussion (4, 12)
  • Robert Matsuda – violin (tracks 8–9)
  • 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)
  • Kevin Pickle - assistant engineer
  • 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), EBow (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)

Charts

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
US Country
[21] 		US
[22] 		US AC
[23] 		US Adult
[24] 		AUS
[25] 		NL
2004 "Days Go By" 1 31 — — 56 99 * RIAA: Gold[26]
"You're My Better Half" 2 33 — — 34 — * RIAA: Gold[27]
2005 "Making Memories of Us" 1 34 5 22 54 — * RIAA: Platinum[28]
"Better Life" 1 44 — — — — * RIAA: Gold[29]
"Tonight I Wanna Cry"[A] 2 36 — — 72 — * RIAA: Platinum[30]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Footnotes

Certifications

Region Certification
Australia (ARIA)[32] 3× Platinum
Canada (Music Canada)[33] 2× Platinum
United States (RIAA)[34] 4× Platinum

Release history

Country Date Label
Canada[35] 21 September 2004 Capitol Nashville
United States[36]
Australia[37] 30 November 2004

References

  1. ^ a b Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b review
  3. ^ a b Alanna Nash (24 September 2004). "Be Here". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. ^ Be Here (CD booklet). Keith Urban. Capitol Records. 2004. 77489.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Sue Keogh (2004). "Keith Urban Be Here Review". BBC. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. ^ Sean Dooley. "Top 10 Keith Urban Songs". About.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Grammy Award nominees in top categories". USA Today. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. ^ "American  album  certifications – Keith Urban – Be Here". Recording Industry Association of America.
  9. ^ "Chart Watch Extra: The Top 20 New Acts of the 2000s". Chart Watch. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  10. ^ "australian-charts.com – Keith Urban – Be Here". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  16. ^ "ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2005". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  21. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History: "Hot Country Songs"". Billboard. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  22. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History: "Hot 100"". Billboard. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  23. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History: "Adult Contemporary"". Billboard. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  24. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History: "Adult Pop Songs"". Billboard. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  25. ^ "Discography Keith Urban". australian-charts.com / Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  26. ^ "American  single  certifications – Keith Urban – Days Go By". Recording Industry Association of America.
  27. ^ "American  single  certifications – Keith Urban – You're My Better Half". Recording Industry Association of America.
  28. ^ "American  single  certifications – Keith Urban – Making Memories of Us". Recording Industry Association of America.
  29. ^ "American  single  certifications – Keith Urban – Better Life". Recording Industry Association of America.
  30. ^ "American  single  certifications – Keith Urban – Tonight I Wanna Cry". Recording Industry Association of America.
  31. ^ "Issue 1123" (PDF). ARIA Report (1123): 4. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  32. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  33. ^ "Canadian  album  certifications – Keith Urban – Be Here". Music Canada.
  34. ^ "American  album  certifications – Keith Urban – Be Here". Recording Industry Association of America.
  35. ^ "Be Here by Keith Urban". iTunes Store (CA). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
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  37. ^ "Amazon.com: Keith Urban: Be Here: Music". Amazon Music. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
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