The Ranch (album)

All tracks are written by Keith Urban and Vernon Rust except where noted.

The Ranch
Studio album by Keith Urban and the Ranch
Released	April 1997
Recorded	1995–1997
Genre	Country, country rock
Length	43:01
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Miles Copeland III Carlton "Santa" Davis Monty Powell Keith Urban
2004 re-release (Keith Urban in The Ranch)
Re-release cover

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Walkin' the Country"		2:56
2.	"Homespun Love"		2:44
3.	"Just Some Love"	Cyril Rawson, 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

• Keith Urban – lead vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, ganjo, keyboards, hand claps
• Jerry Flowers – bass guitar, background vocals, hand claps
• Peter Clarke – drums, percussion, hand claps

Guest musicians

• Randy Flowers – hand claps on "Some Days You Gotta Dance"
• Gary Gazzaway – horns on "Clutterbilly"
• Tony Harrell – Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer and glockenspiel on "Desiree", piano on "Ghost in the Guitar"
• Jim Horn – horns on "Clutterbilly"
• Charlie McMahon – didgeridoo on "Billy"
• Johnny Neel – Hammond B-3 organ on "Just Some Love", "Freedom's Finally Mine", "Stuck in the Middle"
• Richard Nord – guest vocals on "Homespun Love"
• Buck Reid – pedal steel guitar on "Man of the House"
• Eric Silver – fiddle on "Just Some Love"
• Joe Spivey – fiddle on "My Last Name"
• Vernon Rust – guest vocals on "Homespun Love"

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.

Engineer: Greg Kane

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4]	82

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Country Albums	34

References

1. ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards Best Country Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
2. Ruhlmann, William. "The Ranch review". Allmusic . Retrieved 18 July 2011.
3. "Keith Urban in the Ranch". Country Weekly . Retrieved 18 July 2011.
4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 229.