The Story So Far (Keith Urban album)

The Story So Far is a greatest hits album released by Keith Urban in Australia in May 2012.

The Story So Far[1]
Greatest hits album by
Released11 May 2012
GenreCountry
Length80:50
Label
Producer
Keith Urban chronology
Get Closer
(2010)
The Story So Far[1]
(2012)
Fuse
(2013)

Background

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In October 2011, Keith Urban was announced as being a judge on the Australian version of The Voice.[2] The series commenced in April 2012 and, to coincide with this, an Australian and New Zealand only greatest hits compilation titled The Story So Far was released. It features 19 tracks from the Grammy Award and ARIA Award winning artist's albums Get Closer, Defying Gravity, Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, Be Here and Golden Road.

It was released on 11 May 2012 and debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts and was the nineteenth biggest-selling album in Australia in 2012.[3]

Track listing

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The Story So Far has 19 tracks.[4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kiss a Girl"
3:47
2."Long Hot Summer"4:33
3."Somebody Like You" (radio remix)3:50
4."Making Memories of Us" (radio single edit)Rodney Crowell3:55
5."Days Go By"
  • Powell
  • Urban
3:48
6."Put You in a Song"3:40
7."Without You"3:56
8."You Look Good in My Shirt"3:47
9."Stupid Boy"
6:21
10."Once in a Lifetime" (radio edit)
  • Shanks
  • Urban
4:11
11."Sweet Thing"
  • Powell
  • Urban
3:50
12."You'll Think of Me" (single edit)
3:51
13."I Told You So" (single edit)Urban4:02
14."Only You Can Love Me This Way"
4:08
15."You're My Better Half" (single edit)
  • Shanks
  • Urban
4:12
16."Tonight I Wanna Cry"
  • Powell
  • Urban
4:19
17."For You"
  • Powell
  • Urban
4:49
18."Raining on Sunday" (single edit)3:54
19."Better Life"
  • Marx
  • Urban
4:44
Total length:80:50

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2012–14) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 26

Year-end charts

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Chart (2012) Position
Australian Albums Chart[3] 19
Chart (2013) Position
Australian Albums Chart[7] 74
Chart (2014) Position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 94

Decade-end charts

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Chart (2010-2019) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 57
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)[9] 8

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[10] 3× Platinum 210,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  • Cameron Adams (12 May 2012). "Keith Urban hits a high note with greatest hits album The Story So Far reaching No.1". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  • "Keith Urban – The Story So Far (2012) Review". Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  • "Keith Urban - The Story So Far". Retrieved 11 December 2013.