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Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing | 
| Artist: Keith Urban
Label: Liberty
Category: Music
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Rating:  144 reviews
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Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 77087
UPC: 094637708705
EAN: 0094637708705
ASIN: B000ICM5QW
Release Date: November 7, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Once In A Lifetime | | • | Shine | | • | I Told You So | | • | I Can't Stop Loving You | | • | Won't Let You Down | | • | Faster Car | | • | Stupid Boy | | • | Used To The Pain | | • | Raise The Barn (featuring Ronnie Dunn) | | • | God Made Woman | | • | Tu Compania | | • | Everybody | | • | Got It Right This Time |
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Artist: URBAN,KEITH
Title: LOVE PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY THING
Street Release Date: 11/07/2006
Domestic
Genre: COUNTRY
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It's tempting to read these songs--many about hope in the face of potential heartbreak--as an adjunct to Keith Urban's own tabloid-fodder life, which lately reads "ex-junkie country star marries Nicole Kidman, enters rehab." But his three previous albums have similar dark undertones. That would also be an underestimation of Urban's creative powers, which are broad enough to balance assembly-line Nashville pop with emotionally fine-tuned artistry. Breezy rockers like "Faster Car," sweet hooky ballads like "Shine," and readymade big-chorus hits like "Once in a Lifetime" rub elbows with more complex numbers like "I Can't Stop Loving You"--an essay about sad courage that starts with an acoustic guitar and adds instrumental textures as it unfolds--and "Stupid Boy," a tale of loss and self-discovery. It's no coincidence that both those songs climax with Urban's own crying guitar solos. As a player, his bold, midrange-heavy tone complements his most nuanced vocal performances. Another highlight is "Raise the Barn," which Urban co-wrote and sings with Ronnie Dunn. The cheerful tune, inspired by the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, is a tribute to the durability of the human spirit--a subject Urban seems to know more than a little about. --Ted Drozdowski More Keith Urban
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 Perhaps Urban's best work to date November 8, 2006
DanD
35 out of 39 found this review helpful
It's sometimes hard to take Keith Urban seriously as an artist. After all, songs such as "Once in a Lifetime" were written specifically to be radio hits. It's unfortunate that only his lesser material (for the most part) gets radio airplay, because looking at his albums overall, one gets the sense that Urban truly knows how to craft a fine piece of music.
LOVE, PAIN, & THE WHOLE CRAZY THING is a great record, and let me tell you why. Sure, it has its ready-for-radio tunes, but we'll look beyond that. What we're looking at, specifically, is Urban's musicianship: what other chart-toppers today can boast that they play guitar, bass, ganjo, piano, and various other odds-n-ends on their records? Not many. What other artist today can write an instant chart-topper, alongside tunes that require a bit more thought-processing? Not many. What other artist today can amass such a following, and yet still feel compelled to prove himself time and time again? Urban could sit back on his heels and enjoy the success he's gained...yet, as the non-standard production of "Got It Right This Time" shows, he's still experimenting with what he can do. Listen to the bass line of "Faster Car" (played by Urban), and not feel that Urban has something else to say. Listen to the drum/guitar solo of "I Told You So" and not feel like you're in the midst of a revolutionary rock record.
So maybe Keith Urban isn't "revolutionary." But he's definitely pushing the bar. He is a super-talented singer/songwriter, who hasn't let his success limit him. LOVE, PAIN & AND THE WHOLE CRAZY THING is a great pop/country/rock record, with more emphasis upon the latter two. The songs are by and large standouts, and the musicianship is stellar. Urban has another winner on his hands here; don't miss this one.
Beautiful songwriting, super instrumental talent November 12, 2006
F.Faulkner (Hartford, CT USA)
24 out of 28 found this review helpful
This singer has a beautiful, passionate voice with quiet strength in it. It moves you, especially since most of his songs really resonate from the heart, or at least seem to. These are the songs people live and love to hear and listen to. I love the unique quality of Urban's voice which always seems haunted and mysterious whether he's happy or sad while he's singing. There's a lot of emotion there, and the tortured soul of an artist making money doing what he loves.
Love, Pain, and the great tapestry of life and music November 7, 2006
V. Parisi (Doylestown, PA United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This highly anticipated release by country music's innovator, Keith Urban takes this artist's previous country rock blend and pushes the envelope of the genre even further. This album is the next step blending country, rock and Beatlesque pop in one gorgeous aural tapestry of music that proves country singers can have not only heart but soul. At first listen to the first single, Once in a Lifetime, this CD would seem to reflect the joy of love but underneath there is also the current of pain and regret that proves that nothing in life is perfect and that love can both lift you up and break your heart.
Highlights are Shine, the amazingly fun and funky Faster Car, the aching regret of Stupid Boy,the gorgeous Won't Let You Down and the joyous hoedown of Raise the Barn which is a valentine to the American south in need from an Australian boy who has made Nashville his home. There is not a disappointing track on here. Even God Made Woman with its Stones Can't Always Get What You Want like choral opening is a bit of over the top fun.
This CD is one that should appeal to music lovers and is sure to open up a new audience for Keith's music while keeping him in the forefront of country music as a true innovator and artist.
Gets better and better everytime you hear it! Another home-run for Urban! December 26, 2006
guillermoj (Washington, DC United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I only began listening to Keith Urban in late 2004 (so I am a relative newbie) when he released the amazing "Be There", which was apparently the CD that took Urban into the stratosphere of success. It's not hard to see why as that release, as well as this one have sold have. They both really grab you into the songs and don't let you go. If I had to try to explain to someone who never heard this artist why I love Keith's music is that it is intimate, sweeping, catchy, loud and while very much rooted in country it is not a slave to the genre. From an Australian? I keep seeing stereotypes tumbling down...
While most reviews for this release have been very positive, I can understand why some, especially long term fans, don't like the direction that Keith's music has taken as he has stepped away from what could be considered the center of country music. Artists as diverse as Wynnona, Faith Hill, k.d. Lang, and possibly the granddaddy of all, Garth Brooks, (just to name a few) have suffered the wrath of some fans for what they see as selling out by becoming more mainstream. What some may not take into account is that most music is a patchwork of sorts that is influenced by music from all over the world and from different genres within each culture. For example, there is no denying that from the very beginning, The Eagles, Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt where as rooted in country as in rock. Listen to "Take It Easy" if you have any doubts.
I don't see this release as anything but something from a really successful artist who is following his own bliss. If you happen to like more traditional country music, nothing here will satisfy that need. Urban's voice does all sorts of things during the release, at times reminding me of Glenn Frye of The Eagles, Kenny Loggins and even the lead singer from the 80's band Toto. This is a complement as it's not derivative.
There is a little of everything here. Some of the most touching songs include "Shine", "I Can's Stop Loving You" (what a song!!!!) and "Stupid". There are some killer guitar-driven songs ("Faster Car") and some funked out songs that sound entirely like a new genre. "Tu Compania" is an example of two-stepping funk that ends with some sexy female voices as the end that not only make it sound fresh, but also timely. "God Made Woman" starts out with a choir sound not too dissimilar to the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Get What You Want", but then steers in a totally different direction. There is even some baroque sounds to give the ear a good workout.
I could go on, but you get the point: I like this CD a lot. If you liked "Be Here", you may love this CD as it takes what was great about it and mixes it up with sounds that just make you want to listen to each song over and over again. But again, if you don't like your country music to steer away from convention, this release it not for you. I hope that this last part does not offend as I love traditional country music too, but let's not penalize Urban for being who he is or as someone who has abandoned those who first supported him or married a movie star. We all have to follow our own paths, even if they don't lead to places where those who raised us would want that to be. Cheesy comment on my part? Sure, but I hope the point comes across. Enjoy!
Rice In Our Hair November 14, 2006
Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is my 2nd set by Keith after the blockbuster 4-million seller "Be Here." My favorite track after my first few listenings is "God Made Woman." It's a stunning anthem with Chris McHugh's drums slamming the beat against thunderous guitars in what sounds like it out to be a slow song. It's kind of the country version of "Hey Jude" in that regard. I like the melodic "Everybody" & the upbeat "Got It Right This Time." The single "Once in a Lifetime" is a certain crowd pleaser wedding song, "I close my eyes & I see you standin' right there, sayin' 'I do' & they're throwin' rice in our hair." "Faster Car" is so infectious that it's hard not to just leave it perpetually on repeat, "I got a you-shaped hole inside I swear it gets deeper by the day, flickin' cigarettes out the window goin' nowhere in this lonely rain." "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing" is an excellent set. It's musically inventive like the use of tin whistle & uillean pipes on "I Told You So." Urban's vocals are passionate and committed and the band is completely crackerjack. Bravo!
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