Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
Studio album by Keith Urban
Released	7 November 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Country
Length	62:21
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Keith Urban, Dann Huff
Keith Urban chronology
Days Go By (2005) Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006) Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (2007)
Singles from Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
"Once in a Lifetime" Released: 22 August 2006 "Stupid Boy" Released: 5 December 2006 "I Told You So" Released: 8 May 2007 "Everybody" Released: 18 September 2007

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Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (stylized as Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing) is the fifth studio album by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It is his fourth album release in the United States, and his fifth for Capitol Nashville. The album was issued on 7 November 2006. It includes four singles with "Once in a Lifetime", "Stupid Boy", "I Told You So" and "Everybody", all of which were Top 10 hits on the Billboard country charts. The album has been certified Platinum by the RIAA, CRIA, and ARIA. Urban produced the album with Dann Huff except for "Tu Compañía" and "Got It Right This Time", which Urban produced by himself. It won at the 2007 ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album.

Content

On the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated 2 September 2006, this album's lead-off single "Once in a Lifetime" debuted at number 17, making it the highest-debuting country single in the 62-year history of the Billboard country music charts at the time. This record was later broken in 2007 by Kenny Chesney's "Don't Blink" (which debuted at number 16 on the same chart), and then again by Garth Brooks' "More Than a Memory" (which debuted at number 1). "Once in a Lifetime" went on to peak at number 6 on the country charts. The other three singles released from this album are "Stupid Boy", "I Told You So", and "Everybody", which went to numbers 3, 2, and 5 individually, making this Urban's first American album to not produce a single number one hit on the country charts. "Raise the Barn", a duet with Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, was written in response to Hurricane Katrina.

The song "I Can't Stop Loving You" is a cover of a Leo Sayer song, later covered by Phil Collins in 2002. "Stupid Boy" was originally recorded by Sarah Buxton, who also co-wrote the song.

Track listing

North American Track Listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Once in a Lifetime"	John Shanks, Keith Urban	5:54
2.	"Shine"	Monty Powell, Urban	5:17
3.	"I Told You So"	Urban	4:27
4.	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	Billy Nicholls	4:44
5.	"Won't Let You Down"	Urban	3:20
6.	"Faster Car"	Urban	4:27
7.	"Stupid Boy"	Sarah Buxton, Deanna Bryant, Dave Berg	6:16
8.	"Used to the Pain"	Darrell Brown, Urban	3:51
9.	"Raise the Barn" (featuring Ronnie Dunn)	Powell, Urban	5:12
10.	"God Made Woman" (choir: Metro Voices; boy sopranos: The Choristers of Reigate St. Mary)	Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, Steve McEwan	4:51
11.	"Tu Compañía" (backing vocals: Vanessa Millon and Sarah Buxton)	Powell, Urban	4:11
12.	"Everybody"	Richard Marx, Urban	5:33
13.	"Got It Right This Time"	Urban	3:36
Total length:			62:21

iTunes bonus track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Slow Turning"	5:28

Notes

• All songs produced by Keith Urban and Dann Huff, except tracks 11 and 13, produced solely by Urban.
• The Japanese edition omits "Raise the Barn" but adds "Gotta Let It Go" as track 13. The international version omits "Raise the Barn".

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Keith Urban – lead vocals, background vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, ganjo, EBow, slide guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, mandolin, bouzouki, percussion, papoose, drum machine programming
• Beth Beeson – french horn
• Tom Bukovac – rhythm guitar
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Mark Douthit – tenor saxophone
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
• Jerry Flowers – background vocals
• Barry Green – trombone
• Mike Haynes – trumpet
• Erin Horner – french horn
• Dann Huff – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion
• Chris McHugh – drums, percussion
• Rami Jaffee – Hammond organ
• Tim Lauer – synthesizer, accordion, harmonium, pump organ, piano
• Doug Moffatt – baritone saxophone
• Monty Powell – bass guitar
• Eric Rigler – tin whistle, Uilleann pipes
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
• David Stone – upright bass
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Joy Worland – french horn
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
• David Campbell - string arranger, conductor

All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine.

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	23
Canadian Albums (Billboard)	2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	32
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	174
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	52
UK Albums (OCC)	73
US Billboard 200	3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	76
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	47

Chart (2007)	Position
US Billboard 200	26
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	4

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	US AC	AUS	CAN	GER	UK
2006	"Once in a Lifetime"	6	31	26	18	—	66	194
2007	"Stupid Boy"	3	43	—	—	—	—	—
	"I Told You So"	2	48	—	—	56	—	—
	"Everybody"	5	64	—	—	71	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	Platinum	70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.