Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing

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.

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
Studio album by Keith Urban
Released	7 November 2006
Recorded	2006
Studio	Blackbird (Nashville, Tennessee) Capitol (Hollywood, California) Dann's House Hound's Ear (Franklin, Tennessee) Metropolis (London, UK) Ocean Way (Nashville, Tennessee) Cyber Ranch (Nashville, Tennessee) Sound House (Franklin, Tennessee) Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Musicians

• Beth Beeson - French horn (12)
• Tom Bukovac - electric guitar (1-5, 7-10, 12)
• Sarah Buxton - vocal percussion (11)
• The Choristers of Reigate St. Mary - boy sopranos (10)
• Larry Corbett - cello (1)
• Eric Darken - percussion (1-5, 7-10, 12)
• Mark Douthit - tenor saxophone (6)
• Dan Dugmore - steel guitar (10)
• Jerry Flowers - background vocals (2, 5, 8, 10)
• Mike Haynes - trumpet (6)
• Erin Horner - French horn (12)
• Dann Huff - acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 10), 12-string electric guitar (3), percussion (3), electric guitar (7, 10, 12)
• Rami Jaffee - Hammond B-3 organ (1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
• Chris McHugh - drums (all tracks except 13), programming (1), percussion (3, 8)
• Tim Lauer - synthesizer (1, 3, 5, 7, 12), accordion (3), harmonium (7), pump organ (7), Hammond B-3 organ (10), piano (12)
• Metro Voices - choir (10)
• Vanessa Millon - "Spanish señorita" (10)
• Doug Moffett - baritone saxophone (6)
• Monty Powell - bass guitar (11)
• Eric Rigler - tin whistle (3), uilleann pipes (3)
• Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar (1-5, 7-10, 12)
• David Stone - upright bass (1)
• Russell Terrell - background vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10)
• Keith Urban - vocals, acoustic guitar (1-8, 12), electric guitar (all tracks except 13), EBow (1, 8, 12), piano (1, 2, 5), ganjo (1, 2, 3, 6, 11), mandolin (3), bouzouki (3), slide guitar (3, 8), percussion (3), Papoose (5), bass guitar (6), 12-string acoustic guitar (10), keyboards (13), drum machine (13)
• Joy Worland - French horn (12)
• Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle (3, 9)

Strings on tracks 2, 4, 8, and 12 (Nashville String Machine)

• David Campbell - string arranger, conductor
• Carl Gorodetzky - contractor
• David Angell, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzsky, Cate Myer, Pam Sixfin, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, and Karen Winkelmann - violins
• Monisa Angell, Gary Vanosdale, and Kris Wilkinson - violas
• Larry Corbett, Anthony LaMarchina, Carole Rabinowitz - cellos

Technical

• Denise Arguijo - art production
• Drew Bollman - recording assistant, mixing assistant
• David Campbell - choir arrangement (10)
• Terry Christian - recording
• Steve Churchyard - recording
• Colourworks - digital images
• Betsy Cook - art direction
• Allen Ditto - recording assistant
• Mike "Frog" Griffith - production coordination
• Mark Hagen - recording, overdubbing
• Michelle Hall - art production
• Dino Herrmann - Pro Tools
• Chris Hicky - photography
• Jimmy Hoyson - recording assistant
• Dann Huff - producer (except 11 and 13), recording
• Jeff Kersey - recording of Ronnie Dunn's vocals (9)
• Scott Kidd - recording assistant
• Matt Lawrence - recording
• Suzy Martinez - production coordination
• Dom Morley - mixing assistant
• Seth Morton - recording assistant
• Sangwook Nam - mastering
• Justin Niebank - recording, mixing
• Jenny O'Grady - choir conductor (10)
• Michael Omartian - horn arrangements (6)
• Rohan Onraet - recording assistant
• Leslie Richter - recording assistant
• Doug Sax - mastering
• Mark Vadukal - photography
• Torne White - art direction, design
• Keith Urban - producer (all tracks)
• Brian David Willis - digital editing

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 5 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 23 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[5] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 32 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 174 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 52 UK Albums (OCC)[9] 73 US Billboard 200[10] 3 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 76 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[13] 47 Chart (2007) Position US Billboard 200[14] 26 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[15] 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)[16]	Platinum	70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[17]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[18]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.