Golden Road (album)
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| Studio album by Keith Urban | ||||
| Released | 8 October 2002 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 53:40 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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| Singles from Golden Road | ||||
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
Golden Road is the third studio album by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 8 October 2002 by Capitol Nashville. The album includes the singles "Somebody Like You", "Raining on Sunday", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" and "You'll Think of Me".
Content
This album produced four singles. Three of those singles went to number one on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Somebody Like You", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", and "You'll Think of Me". "Raining on Sunday" was originally recorded by Radney Foster on the 1998 album See What You Want to See, with a backing vocal from Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish. Urban's version of the song peaked at number three on the Hot Country Songs charts in early 2003.[2] "Jeans On" is a cover of the Lord David Dundas song.
Urban co-produced tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 11 with Dann Huff and produced the rest of the album himself.[3]
"You Look Good in My Shirt" was originally slated to be the album's fifth single, but Capitol Nashville chose instead to release a single from a new album; despite the song's withdrawal, it charted at number 60 from unsolicited airplay as an album cut. Urban re-recorded this song in 2008 for a re-release of his compilation album Greatest Hits: 18 Kids and released this version as a single that same year. The re-recorded version was also a number-one single that year.[2] This was Keith's first album to be produced by Dann Huff, who has produced all of his albums since.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Somebody Like You" |
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5:23 |
| 2. | "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" |
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4:15 |
| 3. | "Whenever I Run" |
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3:39 |
| 4. | "What About Me" |
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3:52 |
| 5. | "You'll Think of Me" |
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4:53 |
| 6. | "Jeans On" | 3:33 | |
| 7. | "You Look Good in My Shirt" | 3:47 | |
| 8. | "You're Not Alone Tonight" | Urban | 3:31 |
| 9. | "You Won" |
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5:21 |
| 10. | "Song for Dad" | Urban | 3:56 |
| 11. | "Raining on Sunday" |
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4:45 |
| 12. | "You're Not My God" |
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4:14 |
| 13. | "One Chord Song" (hidden track[4]) | Urban | 2:13 |
Musicians
As listed in liner notes.[3]
- Keith Urban — lead vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, EBow, ganjo, piano, cardboard box
- Tim Akers — keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
- Tom Bukovac — rhythm guitar
- Matt Chamberlain — drums, drum loops
- Eric Darken — percussion
- Dan Dugmore — rhythm guitar
- Jerry Flowers — background vocals
- Aubrey Haynie — fiddle
- John Hobbs — piano, keyboards
- Dann Huff — rhythm guitar
- Scotty Huff — background vocals
- Chris McHugh — drums, percussion
- Jason Mowery — mandolin, Dobro
- Steve Nathan — keyboards
- Monty Powell — background vocals
- Jimmie Lee Sloas — bass guitar
- Russell Terrell — background vocals
- Glenn Worf — bass guitar
Chart performance
Golden Road peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and spent 108 weeks on the chart. It also reached number 11 on the Billboard 200.
Chart positions
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart[5] | 29 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 11 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 2 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US AC | US Adult | US Pop |
AUS | UK | ||
| 2002 | "Somebody Like You" | 1 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | "Raining on Sunday" | 3 | 38 | — | — | — | 79 | — |
| "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" | 1 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | "You'll Think of Me" | 1 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 38 | — | 88 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[6] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[7] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[8] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
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*sales figures based on certification alone | ||
References
- ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Golden Road review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 437. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- 1 2 Golden Road (CD booklet). Capitol Records. 2002. 32936.
- ↑ "One Chord Song (Hidden Track)". Amazon.com. 8 October 2002. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ↑ "australian-charts.com - Keith Urban - Golden Road". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Keith Urban – Golden Road". Music Canada.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Golden Road". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH