Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing

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Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing
Studio album by Keith Urban
Released	November 7, 2006
Genre	Country
Length	62:21
Label	Capitol/EMI
Producer	Keith Urban, Dann Huff (all tracks except 11, 13) Keith Urban (tracks 11, 13)
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Keith Urban chronology
Be Here (2004) Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing (2006) Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (2007)

Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing is the fifth solo album by Australian country singer Keith Urban. The album was certified Platinum in its seventh week of release. As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 1,383,056 copies in the US.^[1]

On the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated September 2, 2006, Keith made history when his new single "Once in a Lifetime" debuted at #17, making it the highest-debuting country single in the 62-year history of the Billboard country music charts at the time. This record was later broken in 2007 by Kenny Chesney's "Don't Blink" (which debuted at #16 on the same chart), and then again by Garth Brooks' "More Than a Memory" (which debuted at #1). Other singles released from this album include, in order of release: "Stupid Boy" (#3 on Hot Country Songs), "I Told You So" (#2), and "Everybody "(#5), making this the first American album of Urban's career not to produce a Number One hit.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Certifications 4 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Once in a Lifetime" (John Shanks, Keith Urban) - 5:54
2. "Shine" (Monty Powell, Urban) - 5:17
3. "I Told You So" (Urban) - 4:27
4. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Billy Nichols) - 4:44
5. "Won't Let You Down" (Urban) - 3:20
6. "Faster Car" (Urban) - 4:27
7. "Stupid Boy" (Sarah Buxton, Deanna Bryant, Dave Berg) - 6:12
8. "Used to the Pain" (Darrell Brown, Urban) - 3:51
9. "Raise the Barn" (Powell, Urban) - 5:12
   • duet vocals: Ronnie Dunn
10. "God Made Woman" (Hilary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, Steve McEwan) - 4:51
    • choir: Metro Voices
    • boy sopranos: The Choristers of Reigate St. Mary
11. "Tu Compañía" (Powell, Urban) - 4:11
    • feat. Vanessa Millon and Sarah Buxton
12. "Everybody" (Richard Marx, Urban) - 5:23
13. "Got It Right This Time" (Urban) - 3:36

[edit] Personnel

• Beth Beeson – french horn
• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Mark Douthit – tenor saxophone
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
• Jerry Flowers – background vocals
• Barry Green – trombone
• Mike Haynes – trumpet
• Erin Horner – french horn
• Dann Huff – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion
• Chris McHugh – drums, percussion
• Rani Jaffee – Hammond organ
• Tim Lauer – synthesizer, accordion, harmonium, pump organ, piano
• Doug Moffatt – baritone saxophone
• Monty Powell – bass guitar
• Eric Rigler – tin whistle, Uilleann pipes
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
• David Stone – upright bass
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Keith Urban – lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, ganjo, EBow, slide guitar, piano, mandolin, bouzouki, percussion, papoose, keyboards, drum machine, bass guitar
• Joy Worland – french horn
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle

All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine.

[edit] Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States	2× Multi- Platinum	2,000,000+
Canada	Platinum[2]	100,000+

[edit] References