![]() ![]() “They were recording across the hall from us,” Urban says. As it turned out, Crowell beat Urban to the marketplace with the ballad, “Making Memories of Us,” when he recorded it with the Notorious Cherry Bombs for the band’s recent album. In addition to “Days Go By,” the new album features material he co-wrote with John Shanks, Monty Powell, Darrell Brown and Richard Marx, as well as a song written by Rodney Crowell. I think about doing a good job, more than anything else.” I love playing music, and I went at it the same way I go about every record: You go in the studio and make the best record you can. “Considering that this is usually the first question everybody asks, in hindsight, it makes sense that I would have felt that. Success can sometimes even add pressure for artists who feel challenged to push their careers and sales to the proverbial next level, but Urban says this wasn’t the case in recording Be Here. I guess you also just realize the importance of keeping your private life private.” … I guess it’s just something you keep learning more about as you go along. ![]() “I don’t feel like I’ve experienced it in any big way, though, like much more successful people,” he says. If there’s a downside to Urban’s success, it’s his diminishing level of privacy as fans want to know everything about his life. ![]() 1 singles remaining a prime barometer of country success, Urban can claim five of them, including “Somebody Like You,” “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me” and “You’ll Think of Me.” debut project and a double-platinum plaque for Golden Road. Now five years later, he can claim a platinum album for his self-titled U.S. So whether it succeeded or not, I was already a happier guy.” So to step out of that and get back to being just myself seemed very, very fluid to me. And then with putting the band together, that was the first time it sort of seemed like I was hitting my head against the wall constantly. I don’t mean that in any egotistical way at all, but I’d been solo in Australia and had really good success there. 1 single with “But for the Grace of God.”Īsked how much was riding on the first solo single, Urban says, “I didn’t feel like there was any risk involved in it. The single, “It’s a Love Thing,” peaked at No. Clearly, Urban has come a long way since the release of his solo debut single in 1999 after the breakup of the country power trio, the Ranch. 21) release of his third solo album, Be Here, comes at an opportune time, considering the project’s first single, “Days Go By,” is spending its third week at No. On the other hand, it’s probably hard to question things when you look at the Australian-born singer-songwriter’s track record. Urban is the first to express appreciation that no one at his label, Capitol Nashville, has ever applied any serious pressure when it comes to his song selection and overall artistic direction. No one holds a gun to your head and says, ’You must cut that song.’ Stand up for yourself. Anybody who cuts something they don’t want to cut should absolutely be incarcerated. “Man, that stuff drives me really insane. ’ And I’m thinking, ’Did someone hold a gun to your head, dude?’ “And I asked, ’Then, why did you record it?’” Urban tells CMT.com “And he said, ’Well, they …. ![]() The singer was talented and the song was undeniably great, but it just wasn’t a good match.Īfter the single flopped, Urban recalls becoming angry when the other artist told him, “I didn’t even want to record it.” Keith Urban seems to be an easygoing guy, but his voice slides into a noticeable bristle when he tells the story of a fellow artist who made a bad career move by blindly following the desires of record company executives.Īt the insistence of label executives and against his better judgment, the artist recorded a song he shouldn’t have recorded. Wednesday, he talks about performing live and his first roadwork as a headliner during CMT on Tour: Keith Urban Be Here ’04.) ( Editor’s Note: In the first of Keith Urban’s two-part conversation with CMT.com, he discusses his new album, Be Here. ![]()
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