The Story So Far (Keith Urban album)

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The Story So Far [1]
TheStorySoFar.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Released11 May 2012
Genre Country
Length80:50
Label
Producer
Keith Urban chronology
Get Closer
(2010)
The Story So Far [2]
(2012)
Fuse
(2013)

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

Contents

Background

In October 2011, Keith Urban was announced as being a judge on the Australian version of The Voice . [3] 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 one on the ARIA Charts and was the nineteenth biggest-selling album in Australia in 2012. [4]

Track listing

The Story So Far has 19 tracks. [5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kiss a Girl"
3:47
2."Long Hot Summer"4:33
3."Somebody Like You" (radio remix)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"3:40
7."Without You"
3:56
8."You Look Good in My Shirt"3:47
9."Stupid Boy"
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)
3:51
13."I Told You So" (single edit)Urban4:02
14."Only You Can Love Me This Way"
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)3:54
19."Better Life"
  • Marx
  • Urban
4:44
Total length:80:50

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012–14)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] 26

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)Position
Australian Albums Chart [4] 19
Chart (2013)Position
Australian Albums Chart [8] 74
Chart (2014)Position
Australian Albums Chart [9] 94

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010-2019)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 57
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) [10] 8

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [11] 3× Platinum210,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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