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Keith Urban (Capitol, 1999)

Keith Urban

Reviewed by Robert Loy

keith urban. Is that a joke? Isn't it just a tad ironic that a guy who insists on spelling his name with all lower case letters is working for Capitol Records? And considering the fact that he hails from a place in Queensland Australia called Caboolture that is not quite sophisticated enough to qualify as a boondock, shouldn't he call himself "keith rural"?

Oh well, Aussie Urban - sorry, urban - seems harmless enough at first. Kind of an older Bryan White. His first solo CD - he put out one record in 1997 with a band you never heard of called The Ranch - is full of the same ain't-married-life-grand tunes ("I Wanna Be Your Man (Forever)"; "You're The Only One"; "Your Everything") so ubiquitous these days. His musical conservativeness is obvious on the first single "It's a Love Thing" which has to be a homage to former president George Bush.

But force yourself to listen a little more carefully. This seeming lightweight has a heavy agenda. urban wants to incorporate hip-hop into C&W. He wants to marry "computer percussiveness with banjos and acoustic guitars." "Computer percussiveness?" Is this what passes for innovation these days? Vanilla Ice in a cowboy hat?


CDs by Keith Urban

High, 2024 THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1, 2020 Graffiti U, 2018 Ripcord, 2016 Fuse, 2013 Get Closer, 2010 Defying Gravity, 2009 Keith Urban Greatest Hits: 18 Kids, 2007 Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, 2006


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