Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
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Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, or Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing as typeset on the cover art, is the fifth solo album by Australian country singer Keith Urban. It is his fourth album release in the United States, and his fifth for Capitol Records. The album was issued on 7 November 2006. It includes four singles: "Once in a Lifetime", "Stupid Boy", "I Told You So" and "Everybody", all of which were Top Ten hits on the Billboard country charts. The album has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA and platinum by the CRIA. Urban produced Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing with Dann Huff.
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On the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated 2 September 2006, this album's lead-off single "Once in a Lifetime" debuted at number 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 number 16 on the same chart), and then again by Garth Brooks' "More Than a Memory" (which debuted at number 1). "Once in a Lifetime" went on to peak at number 6 on the country charts. Other singles released from this album include, in order of release: "Stupid Boy" (number 3), "I Told You So" (number 2), and "Everybody "(number 5), making this the first American album of Urban's career not to produce a Number One hit. "Raise the Barn", a duet with Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, was written in response to Hurricane Katrina.[2]
The song "I Can't Stop Loving You" is a cover of a Leo Sayer song.
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 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 Nicholls |
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" (duet vocals: Ronnie Dunn) |
Powell, Urban |
5:12 |
| 10. |
"God Made Woman" (choir: Metro Voices; boy sopranos: The Choristers of Reigate St. Mary) |
Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, Steve McEwan |
4:51 |
| 11. |
"Tu Compañía" (Vanessa Millon and Sarah Buxton) |
Powell, Urban |
4:11 |
| 12. |
"Everybody" |
Richard Marx, Urban |
5:33 |
| 13. |
"Got It Right This Time" |
Urban |
3:36 |
- The Japanese edition omits "Raise the Barn" but adds "Gotta Let It Go" as track 13
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[2]
- Keith Urban – lead vocals, background vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, ganjo, EBow, slide guitar, piano, mandolin, bouzouki, percussion, papoose, keyboards, drum machine, bass guitar
- Beth Beeson – french horn
- Tom Bukovac – rhythm 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 – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Chris McHugh – drums, percussion
- Rami 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
- Joy Worland – french horn
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
- David Campbell - string arranager, conductor
All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine.
Chart performance
Album
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 |
3 |
| Canadian Albums Chart |
2 |
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