Be Here | ||||
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Released | 21 September 2004 | |||
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Genre | Country | |||
Length | 55:39 | |||
Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [3] |
Be Here is the fourth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country singer Keith Urban. It was released on 21 September 2004,through Capitol Nashville. With four million copies sold,the album is not only Urban's best-selling album,but also one of the best-selling albums in America by an Australian artist.
The album produced three number 1 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart with "Days Go By","Making Memories of Us" and "Better Life",as well as the number 2 hits "You're My Better Half" and "Tonight I Wanna Cry". The song "Live to Love Another Day" also peaked at number 48 on the country charts,even though it was not released as a single.
"Making Memories of Us",written by Rodney Crowell,was originally recorded by Tracy Byrd on his 2003 album The Truth About Men . It was also recorded by Crowell himself,along with his backing band The Notorious Cherry Bombs,on their 2004 self-titled album. Nine of the album's songs were written by Urban. Urban produced the tracks "God's Been Good to Me" and "Live to Love Another Day" himself,and then he co-produced the rest of the tracks with Dann Huff. [4]
"Country Comfort" is a cover of a track from Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection .
The album has received positive reviews from Allmusic, [1] BBC, [5] Entertainment Weekly , [3] and Rolling Stone . [2] Three tracks from the album,"Days Go By","Making Memories of Us",and "Tonight I Want to Cry" were included in an About.com ranking of Urban's top ten songs. [6]
Be Here received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Album, [7] and won Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year at the 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards.
The album was certified 4×Platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), [8] and remains as Urban's best-selling album to date,with sales of 3,639,000 copies in the United States,as of July 2009; [9] it also reached number 8 on the Canadian album chart,number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart and number 3 on the Billboard 200.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Days Go By" | 3:48 | |
2. | "Better Life" |
| 4:42 |
3. | "Making Memories of Us" | Rodney Crowell | 4:11 |
4. | "God's Been Good to Me" | Urban | 3:37 |
5. | "The Hard Way" | 4:37 | |
6. | "You're My Better Half" |
| 4:12 |
7. | "I Could Fly" |
| 5:19 |
8. | "Tonight I Wanna Cry" |
| 4:19 |
9. | "She's Gotta Be" |
| 4:52 |
10. | "Nobody Drinks Alone" | 5:21 | |
11. | "Country Comfort" |
| 4:23 |
12. | "Live to Love Another Day" |
| 3:29 |
13. | "These Are the Days" |
| 2:49 |
Total length: | 55:39 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "You (Or Somebody Like You)" |
| 4:51 |
Weekly charts
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Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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US Country [21] | US [22] | US AC [23] | US Adult [24] | AUS [25] | NL | |||
2004 | "Days Go By" | 1 | 31 | — | — | 56 | 99 | * RIAA: Gold [26] |
"You're My Better Half" | 2 | 33 | — | — | 34 | — | * RIAA: Gold [27] | |
2005 | "Making Memories of Us" | 1 | 34 | 5 | 22 | 54 | — | * RIAA: Platinum [28] |
"Better Life" | 1 | 44 | — | — | — | — | * RIAA: Gold [29] | |
"Tonight I Wanna Cry"[A] | 2 | 36 | — | — | 72 | — | * RIAA: Platinum [30] | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||
Footnotes
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [32] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [33] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [34] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Country | Date | Label |
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Canada [35] | 21 September 2004 | Capitol Nashville |
United States [36] | ||
Australia [37] | 30 November 2004 | |
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