Keith Urban - Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing (2 LP)

The fair-haired Aussie who came across the pond with guitar in hand to show Nashville how it's done, Keith Urban became a country music phenomenon in the early 2000s. Like his contemporary Brad Paisley, Urban combined songs with a broad-based appeal and fiery fretboard skills to gain a wide audience. LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY THING finds Urban refining his approach ever further, to achieve the perfect marriage of pop, rock, and country.

Electronic-sounding beats, soaring string arrangements, and searing lead guitar mesh seamlessly with banjo, steel guitar, and mandolin throughout the album. The amalgamation of '70s/'80s widescreen pop-rock a la Elton John and Bryan Adams with contemporary country sounds surprisingly natural here. From the airborne "Shine" to the down-and-dirty "Raise the Barn" (with a guest turn from Brooks & Dunn's Ronnie Dunn), Urban never falters. Whether the reason lies chiefly in his guy-next-door persona, hook-heavy songcraft, or instrumental deftness, LOVE, PAIN has platinum written all over it.

• Format: Vinyl, 2 LP
  
• Released: 7/27/2018
• Genre: Country, Rock
  
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Track Listing:

A1 Once In A Lifetime 5:54
A2 Shine 5:17
A3 I Told You So 4:27
B1 I Can't Stop Loving You 4:44
B2 Won't Let You Down 3:20
B3 Faster Car 4:27
B4 Stupid Boy 6:17
C1 Used To The Pain 4:42
C2 Raise The Barn 5:12
C3 God Made Woman 4:51
D1 Tu Compañía 4:11
D2 Everybody 5:24
D3 Got It Right This Time 3:36