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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Be Here
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Keith Urban]]
| cover      = Beherealbum.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = 
| released   = 21 September 2004
| recorded   = 
| studio     = *[[Blackbird Studio|Blackbird]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
*[[Capitol Studios|Capitol]] (Hollywood, California)
*Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
*Hound's Ear (Franklin, Tennessee)
*Sound Kitchen ([[Franklin, Tennessee]])
*Starstruck (Nashville, Tennessee)
*The Castle ([[Franklin, Tennessee]])
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 55:39
| label      = [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Dann Huff]]|Keith Urban}}
| prev_title = [[Golden Road (album)|Golden Road]]
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = [[Days Go By (Keith Urban album)|Days Go By]]
| next_year  = 2005
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = 
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = Keith Urban - Be Here (alternative cover).jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption =
}}
{{Singles
 | name        = Be Here
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Days Go By (Keith Urban song)|Days Go By]]
 | single1date = 29 June 2004
 | single2     = [[You're My Better Half]]
 | single2date = 25 October 2004
 | single3     = [[Making Memories of Us]]
 | single3date = 21 March 2005
 | single4     = [[Better Life]]
 | single4date = 30 July 2005
 | single5     = [[Tonight I Wanna Cry]]
 | single5date = 21 November 2005
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r708113|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Rollingstone">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114112328/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/keithurban/albums/album/6452942/review/6591125/be_here review]</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3score = B<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2004/09/24/be-here|author=Alanna Nash|title=Be Here|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=24 September 2004|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref>
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'''''Be Here''''' is the fourth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian [[Country music|country]] singer [[Keith Urban]]. It was released on 21 September 2004, through [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]]. With four million copies sold, the album is not only Urban's best-selling album, but also one of the best-selling albums in America by an Australian artist.

The album produced three number 1 singles on the [[Hot Country Songs]] chart with "[[Days Go By (Keith Urban song)|Days Go By]]", "[[Making Memories of Us]]" and "[[Better Life]]", as well as the number 2 hits "[[You're My Better Half]]" and "[[Tonight I Wanna Cry]]". The song "Live to Love Another Day" also peaked at number 48 on the country charts, even though it was not released as a single.

==Content==
"Making Memories of Us", written by [[Rodney Crowell]], was originally recorded by [[Tracy Byrd]] on his 2003 album ''[[The Truth About Men (album)|The Truth About Men]]''. It was also recorded by Crowell himself, along with his backing band [[The Notorious Cherry Bombs]], on their 2004 [[The Notorious Cherry Bombs (album)|self-titled album]]. Nine of the album's songs were written by Urban. Urban produced the tracks "God's Been Good to Me" and "Live to Love Another Day" himself, and then he co-produced the rest of the tracks with [[Dann Huff]].<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Be Here |others=Keith Urban |year=2004 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Capitol Records |id=77489}}</ref>

"Country Comfort" is a cover of a track from [[Elton John]]'s ''[[Tumbleweed Connection]]''.

==Critical reception==
The album has received positive reviews from [[Allmusic]],<ref name="Allmusic"/> [[BBC]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/r5jw/|author=Sue Keogh|title=Keith Urban Be Here Review|work=[[BBC]]|date=2004|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref name="EW"/> and ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref name="Rollingstone"/> Three tracks from the album, "Days Go By", "Making Memories of Us", and "Tonight I Want to Cry" were included in an [[About.com]] ranking of Urban's top ten songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/KeithUrbanTop10Songs.htm|author=Sean Dooley|title=Top 10 Keith Urban Songs|work=[[About.com]]|access-date=6 November 2016|archive-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155255/http://countrymusic.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/KeithUrbanTop10Songs.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Accolades===
''Be Here'' received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Country Album|Best Country Album]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|title=Grammy Award nominees in top categories|work=[[USA Today]]|date=7 December 2004|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> and won [[Academy of Country Music Awards|Academy of Country Music Award]] for [[Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]. The album was also nominated for [[Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] at the [[2005 Country Music Association Awards|40th Annual Country Music Association Awards]].

==Commercial performance==
The album was certified 4× Platinum by [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA),<ref>{{certification Cite|region=United States|type=album|title=Be Here|artist=Keith Urban}}</ref> and remains as Urban's best-selling album to date, with sales of 3,639,000 copies in the United States, as of July 2009;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/39906/chart-watch-extra-the-top-20-new-acts-of-the-2000s/|title=Chart Watch Extra: The Top 20 New Acts of the 2000s|publisher=Chart Watch|access-date=2009-07-22}}</ref> it also reached number 8 on the Canadian album chart, number 1 on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' Hot Country Albums chart, and number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1          = [[Days Go By (Keith Urban song)|Days Go By]]
| writer1         = {{hlist|[[Keith Urban]]|[[Monty Powell]]}}
| length1         = 3:48
| title2          = [[Better Life]]
| writer2         = {{hlist|Urban|[[Richard Marx]]}}
| length2         = 4:42
| title3          = [[Making Memories of Us]]
| writer3         = [[Rodney Crowell]]
| length3         = 4:11
| title4          = God's Been Good to Me
| writer4         = Urban
| length4         = 3:37
| title5          = The Hard Way
| writer5         = {{hlist|[[Rivers Rutherford]]|[[Gordie Sampson]]}}
| length5         = 4:37
| title6          = [[You're My Better Half]]
| writer6         = {{hlist|Urban|[[John Shanks]]}}
| length6         = 4:12
| title7          = I Could Fly
| writer7         = {{hlist|Urban|Shanks}}
| length7         = 5:19
| title8          = [[Tonight I Wanna Cry]]
| writer8         = {{hlist|Urban|Powell}}
| length8         = 4:19
| title9          = She's Gotta Be
| writer9         = {{hlist|Urban|Powell}}
| length9         = 4:52
| title10         = Nobody Drinks Alone
| writer10        = {{hlist|[[Matraca Berg]]|[[Jim Collins (singer)|Jim Collins]]}}
| length10        = 5:21
| title11         = Country Comfort
| writer11        = {{hlist|Elton John|[[Bernie Taupin]]}}
| length11        = 4:23
| title12         = Live to Love Another Day
| writer12        = {{hlist|Urban|[[Darrell Brown (musician)|Darrell Brown]]}}
| length12        = 3:29
| title13         = These Are the Days
| writer13        = {{hlist|Urban|Powell}}
| length13        = 2:49
| total_length = 55:39
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Australian Release Bonus Tracks
| title14        = You (Or Somebody Like You)
| writer14       = {{hlist|Sampson|Blair Daly|[[Troy Verges]]}}
| length14       = 4:51
}}

==Personnel==
{{div col}}
* Tim Akers – [[accordion]] (tracks 1, 7), keyboards (1–3, 6–7, 10), [[Hammond organ]] (9), piano (3)
* [[Charlie Bisharat]] – violin (tracks 8–9)
* [[Bruce Bouton]] – [[Dobro]] guitar (track 9), [[steel guitar]] (11)
* [[Paul Buckmaster]] – string conductor, string arrangements (tracks 8–9)
* Denyse Buffum – viola (tracks 8–9)
* [[Tom Bukovac]] – acoustic guitar (track 12), electric guitar (2–7, 10), [[slide guitar]] (7), [[wah-wah pedal|wah wah]] guitar (7), additional guitars (1, 3, 8–9, 11, 13)
* Paul Bushnell – bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11)
* [[Matt Chamberlain]] – drums (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11), percussion (3, 5, 9)
* Larry Corbett – cello (tracks 8–9)
* [[Eric Darken]] – percussion (tracks 1–2, 6–8, 10–11, additional: 3)
* Bruce Dukov – violin (tracks 8–9)
* Matt Funes – viola (tracks 8–9)
* Armen Garabedian – violin (tracks 8–9)
* Berj Garabedian – violin (tracks 8–9)
* [[Endre Granat]] – violin (tracks 8–9)
* Paula Hochhalter – cello (tracks 8–9)
* [[Dann Huff]] – acoustic 12-string guitar (track 3), electric guitar (6), [[mandolin]] (1, 11)
* Suzie Katayama – cello (tracks 8–9)
* Peter Kent – violin (tracks 8–9)
* Steven King – accordion (track 13)
* Natalie Leggett – violin (tracks 8–9)
* [[Chris McHugh]] – drums (tracks 1–2, 4, 6–8, 10, 12–13), percussion (4, 12)
* Robert Matsuda – violin (tracks 8–9)
* [[Steve Nathan]] – piano (track 8)
* Jimmy Nichols – keyboards (5), piano (11), synthesizer strings (9)
* Sara Parkins – violin (tracks 8–9)
* Bob Peterson – violin (tracks 8–9) 
* Kevin Pickle - assistant engineer
* Steve Richards – cello (tracks 8–9)
* [[Jimmie Lee Sloas]] – bass guitar (tracks 1–2, 4, 6–8, 10, 12–13)
* Dan Smith – cello (tracks 8–9)
* Charles Stegeman – violin (tracks 8–9)
* Rachel Stegeman – violin (tracks 8–9)
* Rudy Stein – cello (tracks 8–9)
* Russell Terrell – background vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–10, 13)
* [[Chris Thile]] – mandolin (track 9)
* [[Keith Urban]] – [[banjo]] (tracks 2, 4, 6–7, 11–13), [[EBow]] (1, 5), acoustic 12-string guitar (3), acoustic guitar (1–7, 9–13), electric guitar (1–7, 9–12), hand clapping, mandolin (7, 13), slide guitar (4), lead vocals (All tracks), background vocals (tracks 1–10, 12–13, harmony: 11)
* Josefina Vergara – violin (tracks 8–9)
* Evan Wilson – viola (tracks 8–9)
* [[Jonathan Yudkin]] – cello (track 3), fiddle (1, 13)
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (2004)
! Peak<br />position
|-
| Australian Albums ([[ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Keith+Urban&titel=Be+Here&cat=a |title=australian-charts.com – Keith Urban – Be Here |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=30 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417023320/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Keith+Urban&titel=Be+Here&cat=a |archive-date=17 April 2012}}</ref>
| align="center"| 11
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|8|artist=Keith Urban}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=Keith Urban}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Keith Urban}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart (2004)
! Position
|-
| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 191
|-
| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 35
|-
! Chart (2005)
! Position
|-
| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2005/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2005|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 57
|-
| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 30
|-
| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 7
|-
! Chart (2006)
! Position
|-
| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 29
|-
| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 8
|}
{{col-end}}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]<br><ref name="Country Songs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/keith-urban/chart-history/csi/ |title=Keith Urban Chart History: "Hot Country Songs" |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=15 October 2017}}</ref>
! width="40"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref name="Hot 100">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/keith-urban/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Keith Urban Chart History: "Hot 100" |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=15 October 2017}}</ref>
! width="40"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]<br><ref name="US AC">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/keith-urban/chart-history/asi/ |title=Keith Urban Chart History: "Adult Contemporary" |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=15 October 2017}}</ref>
! width="40"| [[Adult Pop Songs|US Adult]]<br /><ref name="AdultTop">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/keith-urban/chart-history/atf/ |title=Keith Urban Chart History: "Adult Pop Songs" |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=15 October 2017}}</ref>
! width="40"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref>{{cite web|title=Discography Keith Urban|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Keith+Urban|publisher=australian-charts.com / Hung Medien|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>
! width="40"| [[MegaCharts|NL]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| align="left"| "[[Days Go By (Keith Urban song)|Days Go By]]"
| 1
| 31
| —
| —
| 56
| 99
| * RIAA: Gold{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=Days Go By|artist=Keith Urban}}
|-
| align="left"| "[[You're My Better Half]]"
| 2
| 33
| —
| —
| 34
| —
| * RIAA: Gold{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=You're My Better Half|artist=Keith Urban}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2005
| align="left"| "[[Making Memories of Us]]"
| 1
| 34
| 5
| 22
| 54
| —
| * RIAA: Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=Making Memories of Us|artist=Keith Urban}}
|-
| align="left"| "[[Better Life]]"
| 1
| 44
| —
| —
| —
| —
| * RIAA: Gold{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=Better Life|artist=Keith Urban}}
|-
| align="left"| "[[Tonight I Wanna Cry]]"<sup>'''[A]'''</sup>
| 2
| 36
| —
| —
| 72
| —
| * RIAA: Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=Tonight I Wanna Cry|artist=Keith Urban}}
|-
| colspan="9" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|-
|}
'''Footnotes'''
* '''A''': "Tonight I Wanna Cry" charted in Australia in 2011, after it was performed by a contestant on ''[[The X Factor (Australian TV series)|The X Factor Australia]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|date=5 September 2011|title=Issue 1123|journal=ARIA Report|issue=1123|page=4 |url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1123.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110929140100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20110930-0001/Issue1123.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-09-29|access-date=1 February 2012}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Be Here|artist=Keith Urban|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Be Here|artist=Keith Urban|award=Platinum|number=2|certmonth=4|relyear=2004|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Be Here|artist=Keith Urban|award=Platinum|number=4|certmonth=10|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Date
! Label
|-
| Canada<ref>{{cite web|title=Be Here by Keith Urban |url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/be-here/id724552576 |website=[[iTunes Store]] (CA) |publisher=[[Apple Inc]] |access-date=7 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094221/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/be-here/id724552576 |archive-date=18 May 2015}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| 21 September 2004
| rowspan="3"| [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]]
|-
| United States<ref>{{cite web|title=Be Here by Keith Urban|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-here/id724552576|website=[[iTunes Store]] (US)|publisher=[[Apple Inc]]|access-date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094205/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-here/id724552576|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Australia<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon.com: Keith Urban: Be Here: Music|url=https://www.amazon.com/Be-Here-Keith-Urban/dp/B0002VJY2C|website=[[Amazon Music]]|access-date=7 May 2015|date=2004-11-30}}</ref>
| 30 November 2004
|-
|}

==References==
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