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Golden Road (album)

Golden Road is the third studio album by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 8 October 2002 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "Somebody Like You", "Raining on Sunday", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", and "You'll Think of Me". This was Urban's first album to be produced by Dann Huff, who has produced all of his albums since.

Golden Road
Studio album by
Keith Urban
Released8 October 2002
RecordedLate 2001 - Mid 2002
GenreCountry, rock, bluegrass, pop[1]
Length53:40
LabelCapitol Nashville
Producer
Keith Urban chronology
Keith Urban
(1999) 		Golden Road
(2002) 		Be Here
(2004)
Singles from Golden Road
  1. "Somebody Like You"
    Released: 23 July 2002
  2. "Raining on Sunday"
    Released: 21 January 2003
  3. "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"
    Released: 8 July 2003
  4. "You'll Think of Me"
    Released: 6 January 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Content edit

This album produced four singles: "Somebody Like You", "Raining on Sunday", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", and "You'll Think of Me", which all made it to the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. "Somebody Like You", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", and "You'll Think of Me" all reached number one, while "Raining on Sunday" peaked at number three.[3] "Raining on Sunday" was originally recorded by Radney Foster on the 1998 album See What You Want to See, with a backing vocal from Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish. "Jeans On" is a cover of a Lord David Dundas song.

The song "You Look Good in My Shirt" was originally slated to be the album's fifth single; however, Capitol Nashville instead chose to release a single from a new album; despite its withdrawal, the song charted at number 60 from unsolicited airplay as an album cut. Urban re-recorded the song in 2008 for a re-issue of his compilation album Greatest Hits: 18 Kids and released that version as a single that same year. The re-recorded version was a number-one single in 2008.[3]

Urban co-produced tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, and 11 with Dann Huff, and he produced the rest of the album all by himself.[4]

Commercial performance edit

Golden Road debuted at number eleven on the US Billboard 200 and number two on the BillboardTop Country Albums chart, selling 66,500 copies in its first week.[5] As of September 2004, the album has sold 1.8 million copies in the US.[5] On 22 September 2005, the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over three million copies in the United States.[6]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somebody Like You"
5:23
2."Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"
4:15
3."Whenever I Run"
3:39
4."What About Me"
3:52
5."You'll Think of Me"
4:53
6."Jeans On"
3:33
7."You Look Good in My Shirt"
3:47
8."You're Not Alone Tonight"Urban3:31
9."You Won"
  • Urban
  • Crowell
5:21
10."Song for Dad"Urban3:56
11."Raining on Sunday"
4:45
12."You're Not My God"
4:14
13."One Chord Song" (hidden track[7])Urban2:13
Total length:53:40

Personnel edit

As listed in liner notes.[4]

Charts edit

Singles edit

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US US AC US Adult US
Pop 		AUS UK
2002 "Somebody Like You" 1 23 — — — — —
2003 "Raining on Sunday" 3 38 — — — 79 —
"Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" 1 30 — — — — —
2004 "You'll Think of Me" 1 24 2 6 38 — 88
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[19] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[20] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United States (RIAA)[21] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ "Golden Road - Keith Urban | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Golden Road review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  4. ^ a b Golden Road (CD booklet). Capitol Records. 2002. 32936.
  5. ^ a b Keith Caulfield (29 September 2004). "The 'American' Way: Green Day Debuts at No. 1". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ^ "One Chord Song (Hidden Track)". Amazon. 8 October 2002. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  8. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Keith Urban – Golden Road". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Keith Urban – Golden Road". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Keith Urban – Golden Road". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  19. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  20. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Keith Urban – Golden Road". Music Canada.
  21. ^ "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Golden Road". Recording Industry Association of America.
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