The Story So Far (Keith Urban album)

The Story So Far[1]
Greatest hits album by Keith Urban
Released 11 May 2012
Genre Country
Length 80:50
Label Capitol Nashville, EMI Australia
Producer Keith Urban
Dann Huff
Keith Urban chronology

Get Closer
(2010)		 The Story So Far
(2012)		 Fuse
(2013)

The Story So Far is a greatest hits album released by Keith Urban in Australia in May 2012.

Background

In October 2011, Keith Urban was announced as being a judge on the Australian version of The Voice.[2] The series commenced in April 2012 and, to coincide with this, an Australian and New Zealand only greatest hits compilation titled The Story So Far was released. It features 19 tracks from the Grammy Award and ARIA Award winning artist's albums Get Closer, Defying Gravity, Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, Be Here and Golden Road.

It was released on 11 May 2012 and debuted at number 1 on the ARIA chart and was the 19th biggest selling album in Australia in 2012.[3]

Track listing

The Story So Far has 19 tracks.[4]

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Kiss a Girl"  Monty Powell, Keith Urban 3:47
2. "Long Hot Summer"  Richard Marx, Urban 4:33
3. "Somebody Like You" (radio remix)John Shanks, Urban 3:50
4. "Making Memories of Us" (radio single edit)Rodney Crowell 3:55
5. "Days Go By"  Powell, Urban 3:48
6. "Put You in a Song"  Sarah Buxton, Jedd Hughes, Urban 3:40
7. "Without You"  Dave Pahanish, Joe West 3:56
8. "You Look Good in My Shirt"  Tony Martin, Mark Nesler, Tom Shapiro 3:47
9. "Stupid Boy"  Dave Berg, Deanna Bryant, Buxton 6:21
10. "Once in a Lifetime" (radio edit)Shanks, Urban 4:11
11. "Sweet Thing"  Powell, Urban 3:50
12. "You'll Think of Me" (single edit)Darrell Brown, Dennis Matkosky, Ty Lacy 3:51
13. "I Told You So" (single edit)Urban 4:02
14. "Only You Can Love Me This Way"  Steve McEwan, John Reid 4:08
15. "You're My Better Half" (single edit)Shanks, Urban 4:12
16. "Tonight I Wanna Cry"  Powell, Urban 4:19
17. "For You"  Powell, Urban 4:49
18. "Raining on Sunday" (single edit)Brown, Radney Foster 3:54
19. "Better Life"  Marx, Urban 4:44
Total length:
 80:50

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 1
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 26

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
Australian Albums Chart[3] 19
Chart (2013) Position
Australian Albums Chart[7] 74
Chart (2014) Position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 94

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[9] Platinum 70,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Keith Urban - The Story So Far". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  2. ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/tv-radio/delta-goodrem-and-keith-urban-to-star-in-the-voice/story-e6frf9ho-1226166208200
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2012". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2210574/Story_So_Far
  5. ↑ "Keith Urban – The Story So Far". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Keith Urban – The Story So Far". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2013". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2014". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.