''Golden Road'' is the third studio album by Australian

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singer

Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban ( né Urbahn; 26 October 1967) is an Australian and American country singer, songwriter and guitarist. Recognised with four Grammy Awards, he has also received 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Jim Reeves Int ...

. It was released on 8 October 2002 via

Capitol Records Nashville Capitol Records Nashville is a major United States–based record label located in Nashville, Tennessee, operating as part of the Music Corporation of America. From 1991 to 1995, Capitol Nashville was known as Liberty Records. While under the ...

. The album includes the singles "

Somebody Like You "Somebody Like You" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released in July 2002 as the first single from his third studio album, '' Golden Road'' (2002). The song became Urban's second number-on ...

", "

Raining on Sunday "Raining on Sunday" is a song co-written by country music artist Radney Foster and Darrell Brown. It was initially recorded on Foster's 1999 Arista Records album ''See What You Want to See''. Foster's version of the song features a backing vocal ...

", " Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", and "

You'll Think of Me "You'll Think of Me" is a song by Australian and American country music artist Keith Urban. The track, written by Darrell Brown, Dennis Matkosky, and Ty Lacy and produced by Urban and Dann Huff, was recorded for his third studio album ''Golden ...

". This was Urban's first album to be produced by

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, who has produced all of his albums since.

Content

This album produced four singles: "

", "

", " Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", and "

", which all made it to the Top 10 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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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. "Raining on Sunday" was originally recorded by

Radney Foster Radney Muckleroy Foster (born July 20, 1959) is an American country music singer-songwriter, musician and music producer. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his recording debut as part of the Foster & Lloyd duo, recordi ...

on the 1998 album ''

See What You Want to See ''See What You Want to See'' is American country music artist Radney Foster's third studio album. It was released in 1999 on Arista Records. The record features a number of notable guests, such as Darius Rucker from Hootie & the Blowfish, as well ...

'', with a backing vocal from

Darius Rucker Darius Carlos Rucker (born May 13, 1966) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carol ...

of Hootie & the Blowfish. "Jeans On" is a cover of a

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song. The song "

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" 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. Urban co-produced tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, and 11 with

, and he produced the rest of the album all by himself.

Commercial performance

''Golden Road'' debuted at number eleven on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number two on the ''Billboard''

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chart, selling 66,500 copies in its first week. As of September 2004, the album has sold 1.8 million copies in the US. On 22 September 2005, the album was certified

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by the

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(RIAA) for sales of over three million copies in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from ''Golden Road'' liner notes.

Musicians

* Tim Akers - keyboards (1, 3, 9, 12),

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(8) *

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- electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 7-12) *

Matt Chamberlain Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session drummer, record producer and songwriter. He has played with various artists, including Pearl Jam, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, David Bowie, Tori Amos, Morrissey, The Wallflow ...

- drums (3, 5, 7, 11), drum loop (3) *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

- percussion (3, 5, 7, 10, 11) *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

- electric guitar (3, 5, 11),

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(3) * Jerry Flowers - background vocals (12) *

Aubrey Haynie Aubrey E. Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he w ...

- fiddle (10) * John Hobbs - keyboards (4, 12), piano (8) *

- electric guitar (1) * Scotty Huff - background vocals (11) *

Chris McHugh Chris McHugh (born 1964) is an American musician from Camden, NJ. He began his career as the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1986 to 1989. McHugh toured and played as a session drummer with artists such as Aaron Neville, Pe ...

- drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12), percussion (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12) * Jason Mowery - mandolin (2),

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(4, 6, 9) *

Steve Nathan Steven Jay Nathan (born April 20, 1951) is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in Muscle Shoals and Nashville studios. Biography Nathan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. In 1977, Nathan moved to Muscle Shoals, A ...

- keyboards (3, 5, 7, 10, 11) *

Monty Powell Monty Powell (born June 1, 1961) is an American country music songwriter best known for collaborating with Keith Urban, and for producing albums by Diamond Rio. Powell's first songwriting credit was a jingle for an Allstate commercial. After movi ...

- background vocals (2) *

Jimmie Lee Sloas Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass. History Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the popular ...

- bass guitar (all tracks except 10) * Russell Terrell - background vocals (1, 5, 7, 8, 10) * Keith Urban - vocals; background vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (all tracks), ganjo (1, 2, 4, 6, 9),

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(1, 3),

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(1), acoustic guitar (3, 9, 12), piano (3) *

Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...

- bass guitar (10)

String section on track 10

Performed by the

Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ...

; Carl Gorodetzky, concert master *Carl Gorodetzky, Pam Sixfin, Alan Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale - violins *Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale - violas *Bob Mason, Carol Rabinowitz - cellos *Phillip Cooper - string recording assistant *Ronn Huff - string arranger and conductor *Brent King - string recording *Jeff Sochor - string recording assistant

Technical

*Jeff Balding - recording *Drew Bollman - recording assistant *Joanna Carter - art direction *Rodney Dawson - mixing assistant *Tony Green - mixing assistant *Mike "Frog" Griffith - production coordination *Jed Hackett - recording assistant *Robert Hadley - mastering *Mark Hagen - additional recording * Dann Huff - producer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11) *Joan Pont Lezica - photography * Justin Niebank - recording, mixing *J.R. Rodriguez - mixing assistant *Christopher Rowe - digital editing *Doug Sax - mastering *Steve Short - mixing assistant * Keith Urban - producer (all tracks)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2002 albums ARIA Award–winning albums Keith Urban albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Dann Huff