The Ranch (album)

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The Ranch
Ranchcover1.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1997
Recorded1995 – 1997
Genre Country
Length43:01
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer
2004 re-release (Keith Urban in The Ranch)
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Re-release cover

The Ranch is the only album by the country music group The Ranch, fronted by Keith Urban. It was released by Capitol Nashville in 1997, and re-released in 2004 with two bonus tracks and re-titled Keith Urban in The Ranch.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Country Album. [1]

Content

"Some Days You Gotta Dance" was later recorded by the Dixie Chicks on their 1999 album Fly . Their version, which features Urban on lead guitar, was released as a single in 2001. "Homespun Love" was later recorded by Steel Magnolia on their 2011 self-titled debut album, "Desiree" by David Nail on his 2011 album The Sound of a Million Dreams , and "Walkin' the Country" by Scotty McCreery on his 2012 debut Clear as Day .

Critical reception

William Ruhlmann of Allmusic rated it three stars out of five, comparing Urban's sound favorably to Rodney Crowell and saying, "He sounds modern instead, and the album reveals a broad, budding talent not far from fully flowering." [2]

An uncredited review in Country Weekly gave the 2004 reissue four stars out of five, saying that it was "lacking his later degree of confidence and polish" but that "The songs are uniformly strong". [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Country Weekly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Track listing

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walkin' the Country" 2:56
2."Homespun Love" 2:44
3."Just Some Love"Cyril Rawson, Scott Phelps3:18
4."Some Days You Gotta Dance"Marshall Morgan, Troy Johnson2:29
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. Holden2:41
11."Man of the House"Rust4:13
12."Ghost in This Guitar" 4:11
2004 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Stuck in the Middle with You" Gerry Rafferty, Joe Egan 3:50
14."Billy" Gary Burr, Monty Powell, Urban3:46

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.

Engineer: Greg Kane

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 82
Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Billboard Top Country Albums34

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References

  1. ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards Best Country Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "The Ranch review". Allmusic . Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 "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.