''Keith Urban'' (also known as ''Keith Urban II'') is the second studio album by the Australian

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist of the same name. It was released on 19 October 1999 via

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. 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

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. 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 "Your Everything" is a song written by Chris Lindsey and Bob Regan and recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released in May 2000 as the second single from Urban's Keith Urban (1999 album), first American self-titled alb ...

" (number 4), " But for the Grace of God" (number 1), and "

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" (number 3). It has sold 980,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. 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

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, who has produced all his albums since. While his contemporaries,

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and

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, started with a

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sound, Urban had a crossover-friendly

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sound from the very beginning.

Track listing

Personnel

* David Angell –

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* Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar, pedabro * John Catchings –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

* Steve Conn – accordion * Eric Darken –

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* 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 *

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– drums, drum loops, percussion *

Emily Robison Emily Burns Strayer ( Erwin, previously Robison; born August 16, 1972) is an American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and a founding member of the country band The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks. Strayer plays banjo, dob ...

– background vocals *

Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Matt won the 'Best Traditional Pop Voc ...

– organ,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, synthesizer, background vocals *

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– background vocals *

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– banjo, acoustic guitar,

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, slide guitar, lead vocals, background vocals *

Steve Wariner Steven Noel Wariner (born December 25, 1954) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Initially a backing musician for Dottie West, he also worked with Bob Luman and Chet Atkins before beginning a solo career in the late ...

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals *

Biff Watson Fletcher Bangs "Biff" Watson is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. His musicianship has been a part of recording sessions for many artists. Biography Early years Raised in Chatham, Virginia, Watson learned how to play guitar at a ...

– acoustic guitar * Kristin Wilkinson – programming, string arrangements, synthesizer programming,

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Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Mad ...

–

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* Curtis Young – background vocals

Charts

''Keith Urban'' debuted at number 145 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number 17 on the

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. In December 2003, ''Keith Urban'' was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1999 albums Keith Urban albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Matt Rollings