Keith Urban (1999 album)

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
Studio	Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) Javelina (Nashville, Tennessee) Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee) Work Station (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	46:34
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Matt Rollings Keith Urban
Keith Urban chronology
The Ranch (1997) 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]

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.

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	2:58
3.	"But for the Grace of God"	Urban Charlotte Caffey Jane Wiedlin	4:30
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 US Billboard 200 and number 17 on the Top Country Albums. In December 2003, Keith Urban was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Keith Urban Chart (1999–2001) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 90 Canadian Country Albums (RPM)[4] 27 US Billboard 200[5] 145 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 17 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[7] 4

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Keith Urban Chart (2000) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 47 Chart (2001) Position Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[9] 58 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 28

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11]	Gold	35,000^^
United States (RIAA)[12]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Keith Urban at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
2. "Musical Olympics: 40 Countries' Top Stars". Billboard. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 290.
4. "RPM search result - Keith Urban". RPM. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
5. "Keith Urban Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
6. "Keith Urban Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
7. "Keith Urban Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
8. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
9. "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on 1 July 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
10. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
11. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
12. "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Keith Urban". Recording Industry Association of America.