Английская Википедия:Be Here

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Be Here is the fourth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country singer Keith Urban. It was released on 21 September 2004, through Capitol Nashville. With four million copies sold, the album is not only Urban's best-selling album, but also one of the best-selling albums in America by an Australian artist.

The album produced three number 1 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart with "Days Go By", "Making Memories of Us" and "Better Life", as well as the number 2 hits "You're My Better Half" and "Tonight I Wanna Cry". The song "Live to Love Another Day" also peaked at number 48 on the country charts, even though it was not released as a single.

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"Making Memories of Us", written by Rodney Crowell, was originally recorded by Tracy Byrd on his 2003 album The Truth About Men. It was also recorded by Crowell himself, along with his backing band The Notorious Cherry Bombs, on their 2004 self-titled album. Nine of the album's songs were written by Urban. Urban produced the tracks "God's Been Good to Me" and "Live to Love Another Day" himself, and then he co-produced the rest of the tracks with Dann Huff.

"Country Comfort" is a cover of a track from Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection.

Critical reception

The album has received positive reviews from Allmusic, BBC, Entertainment Weekly, and Rolling Stone. Three tracks from the album, "Days Go By", "Making Memories of Us", and "Tonight I Want to Cry" were included in an About.com ranking of Urban's top ten songs.

Accolades

Be Here received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Album, and won Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year at the 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards.

Commercial performance

The album was certified 4× Platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and remains as Urban's best-selling album to date, with sales of 3,639,000 copies in the United States, as of July 2009; it also reached number 8 on the Canadian album chart, number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart and number 3 on the Billboard 200.

Personnel

• Tim Akers – accordion (tracks 1, 7), keyboards (1–3, 6–7, 10), Hammond organ (9), piano (3)
• Charlie Bisharat – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Bruce Bouton – Dobro guitar (track 9), steel guitar (11)
• Paul Buckmaster – string conductor, string arrangements (tracks 8–9)
• Denyse Buffum – viola (tracks 8–9)
• Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar (track 12), electric guitar (2–7, 10), slide guitar (7), wah wah guitar (7), additional guitars (1, 3, 8–9, 11, 13)
• Paul Bushnell – bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11)
• Matt Chamberlain – drums (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11), percussion (3, 5, 9)
• Larry Corbett – cello (tracks 8–9)
• Eric Darken – percussion (tracks 1–2, 6–8, 10–11, additional: 3)
• Bruce Dukov – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Matt Funes – viola (tracks 8–9)
• Armen Garabedian – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Berj Garabedian – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Endre Granat – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Paula Hochhalter – cello (tracks 8–9)
• Dann Huff – acoustic 12-string guitar (track 3), electric guitar (6), mandolin (1, 11)
• Suzie Katayama – cello (tracks 8–9)
• Peter Kent – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Steven King – accordion (track 13)
• Natalie Leggett – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Chris McHugh – drums (tracks 1–2, 4, 6–8, 10, 12–13), percussion (4, 12)
• Robert Matsuda – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Steve Nathan – piano (track 8)
• Jimmy Nichols – keyboards (5), piano (11), synthesizer strings (9)
• Sara Parkins – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Bob Peterson – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Kevin Pickle - assistant engineer
• Steve Richards – cello (tracks 8–9)
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (tracks 1–2, 4, 6–8, 10, 12–13)
• Dan Smith – cello (tracks 8–9)
• Charles Stegeman – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Rachel Stegeman – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Rudy Stein – cello (tracks 8–9)
• Russell Terrell – background vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–10, 13)
• Chris Thile – mandolin (track 9)
• Keith Urban – banjo (tracks 2, 4, 6–7, 11–13), EBow (1, 5), acoustic 12-string guitar (3), acoustic guitar (1–7, 9–13), electric guitar (1–7, 9–12), hand clapping, mandolin (7, 13), slide guitar (4), lead vocals (All tracks), background vocals (tracks 1–10, 12–13, harmony: 11)
• Josefina Vergara – violin (tracks 8–9)
• Evan Wilson – viola (tracks 8–9)
• Jonathan Yudkin – cello (track 3), fiddle (1, 13)

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	11

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Billboard 200	191
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	35
Chart (2005)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	57
US Billboard 200	30
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	7
Chart (2006)	Position
US Billboard 200	29
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		US Country	US	US AC	US Adult	AUS	NL
2004	"Days Go By"	1	31	—	—	56	99	* RIAA: GoldШаблон:Certification Cite Ref
	"You're My Better Half"	2	33	—	—	34	—	* RIAA: GoldШаблон:Certification Cite Ref
2005	"Making Memories of Us"	1	34	5	22	54	—	* RIAA: PlatinumШаблон:Certification Cite Ref
	"Better Life"	1	44	—	—	—	—	* RIAA: GoldШаблон:Certification Cite Ref
	"Tonight I Wanna Cry"[A]	2	36	—	—	72	—	* RIAA: PlatinumШаблон:Certification Cite Ref
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Footnotes

• A: "Tonight I Wanna Cry" charted in Australia in 2011, after it was performed by a contestant on The X Factor Australia.

Release history

Country	Date	Label
Canada	21 September 2004	Capitol Nashville
United States
Australia	30 November 2004