The Ranch (band)

The Ranch
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genres Country
Years active 1997
Labels Capitol Records Nashville
Associated acts Dixie Chicks
Past members
Peter Clarke
Jerry Flowers
Keith Urban

The Ranch was a three-member country music band, formed by New Zealand-born country artist Keith Urban in 1997. Urban served as the band's lead vocalist, in addition to playing guitar, ganjo, and keyboards. Jerry Flowers sang harmony vocals and played bass guitar, and Peter Clarke played drums.[1][2]

The band recorded only one album and charted two singles, "Walkin' the Country" and "Just Some Love," on the country charts before disbanding in 1998. Besides its two singles, The Ranch included a song entitled "Some Days You Gotta Dance", which was later released as a single by the Dixie Chicks from their 1999 album Fly, and which also featured Urban on guitar. Urban later started a solo career on Capitol Records. Due to Urban's solo success, The Ranch's album was re-issued in 2004 on Capitol/EMI as Keith Urban in The Ranch with the added inclusion of two bonus tracks.

Contents

The Ranch (1997)

The Ranch
Studio album by The Ranch
Released 1997
Recorded 1997
Genre Country
Length 43:01 (original release)
Label Capitol
Producer Miles Copeland, Carlton "Santa" Davis, Monty Powell, Keith Urban
2004 re-release (Keith Urban in The Ranch)
Re-release cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
Country Weekly [4]
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Track listing

All songs written and composed by Keith Urban and Vernon Rust except where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Walkin' the Country"     2:56
2. "Homespun Love"     2:44
3. "Just Some Love"   Cyril Lawson, Scott Phelps 3:18
4. "Some Days You Gotta Dance"   Marshall Morgan, Troy Johnson 2:29
5. "My Last Name"     3:48
6. "Desiree"     5:49
7. "Freedom's Finally Mine"     3:51
8. "Hank Don't Fail Me Now"     3:03
9. "Tangled Up in Love"     3:51
10. "Clutterbilly" (instrumental) Urban, Peter Clarke, G. M. Holden 2:41
11. "Man of the House"   Rust 4:13
12. "Ghost in this Guitar"     4:11
2004 re-release bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
13. "Stuck in the Middle with You"   Gerry Rafferty, Joe Egan 3:50
14. "Billy"   Gary Burr, Monty Powell, Urban 3:46

Personnel

The Ranch

Guest musicians

Strings on "Ghost in the Guitar" performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Marsh, arranged by Carl Marsh, Monty Powell and Keith Urban.

Chart positions

Chart (2004) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 34

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country[2] CAN Country
1997 "Walkin' the Country" 50 65
1998 "Just Some Love" 61 92

Music videos

Year Title Director
1997 "Walkin' the Country" Roger Pistole
"Clutterbilly"

References

  1. ^ Alexander, Wiley (1997-10-10). ""Funktry", Chesney & Willie". San Antonio Express-News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE7FAD5D99D77&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-09-05. 
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 338. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  3. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "The Ranch review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r642363. Retrieved July 18, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Keith Urban in the Ranch". Country Weekly. http://www.countryweekly.com/reviews/keith-urban-ranch. Retrieved July 18, 2011. 
Keith Urban
US solo studio albums
Keith Urban (1999) · Golden Road (2002) · Be Here (2004) · Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006) · Defying Gravity (2009) · Get Closer (2010)
Compilation albums
Other albums
Keith Urban (1991) · In The Ranch (1997/2004)
Related articles
Discography · Capitol Nashville · The Ranch