The Speed of Now Part 1
Studio album by
Keith Urban
Released18 September 2020
Genre
Length49:37
Label
Producer
Keith Urban chronology
Graffiti U
(2018)		 The Speed of Now Part 1
(2020)
Singles from The Speed of Now Part 1
  1. "We Were"
    Released: 13 May 2019
  2. "God Whispered Your Name"
    Released: 2 March 2020
  3. "Polaroid"
    Released: 24 April 2020[2]
  4. "Superman"
    Released: 17 July 2020[3]
  5. "Change Your Mind"
    Released: 7 August 2020[4]
  6. "One Too Many"
    Released: 28 September 2020
  7. "Out the Cage"
    Released: 23 April 2021[5]

The Speed of Now Part 1 is the eleventh studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. The album was released on 18 September 2020 via Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville.[6][7][8]

The album won the Highest Selling Album at the 2021 Queensland Music Awards.[9][10]

Track listing

The Speed of Now Part 1 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."Out the Cage" (featuring Breland and Nile Rodgers)
  • Urban
  • Sumsor
  • Small
3:09
2."One Too Many" (with Pink)
  • Urban
  • Cutfather
  • PhD
  • Dan McCarroll
3:23
3."Live With"
  • Urban
  • Kale
3:18
4."Superman"
2:50
5."Change Your Mind"
  • Urban
  • Koma
  • McCarroll
3:53
6."Forever"
4:07
7."Say Something"
  • Brandyn Burnette
  • Urban
  • Hansen
  • Jeppe London Bilsby
  • Celine Svanbäck
  • Scott Quinn
  • Lindy Robbins
  • Urban
  • Bilsby
  • Cutfather
2:57
8."Soul Food"
  • Urban
  • Sumser
  • Small
  • Breland
  • Urban
  • Sumsor
  • Small
2:36
9."Ain't It Like a Woman"
  • Urban
  • Johnston
  • Schmidt
3:16
10."With You"
  • Urban
  • McCarroll
  • Niccoli
3:08
11."Tumbleweed"
  • Neil Mason
  • James McNair
  • Johnston
  • Urban
  • Johnston
2:48
12."God Whispered Your Name"
  • Urban
  • McCarroll
3:52
13."Polaroid"
2:31
14."Better Than I Am"
  • Urban
  • White
4:31
15."We Were [Bonus Track][upper-alpha 1]"
  • Urban
  • Huff
3:08
Total length:49:37
Digital and streaming bonus track[11]
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
16."We Were" (featuring Eric Church)
  • Hyde
  • Tyndell
  • Church
  • Urban
  • Huff
3:08
Total length:52:45
Japanese CD bonus track[12]
No.TitleLength
16."Higher Love" (from Global Citizen's One World: Together at Home)2:16
Total length:51:52

Note

  1. ↑ This track is listed as a bonus track on all physical editions of the album.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.[13]

"Out the Cage"

  • Jamareo Artis – bass guitar
  • Breland – featured vocals, choir, background vocals
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Nile Rodgers – electric guitar
  • Sean Small – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Sam Sumsor – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo, lead vocals

"One Too Many"

  • Nathan Barlowe – gang vocals, handclaps
  • Daniel Davidson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Jerry Flowers – gang vocals, handclaps
  • Mich Hansen – percussion
  • Boy Matthews – background vocals
  • Pink – featured vocals
  • Cleo Tighe – background vocals
  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals
  • Peter Wallevik – keyboards, piano, programming

"Live With"

  • Johnny Fung – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programming
  • Evan Hutchings – drums
  • Zach Kale – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
  • Alex Wright – keyboards

"Superman"

  • Nathan Barlowe – keyboards
  • Ben Berger – bass guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
  • Nathan Chapman – bass guitar
  • Ryan McMahon – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
  • Ryan Rabin – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
  • Jerry Roe – drums
  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, slide guitar, lead vocals

"Change Your Mind"

  • Matthew Koma – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, keyboards, drums, background vocals
  • Wendy Molvion – bass guitar
  • Keith Urban – electric guitar solo, lead vocals

"Forever"

  • Dave Cohen – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Dann Huff – electric guitar, percussion, programming
  • Jerry Roe – drums
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Russell Terrell – background vocals
  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals

"Say Something"

  • Jeppe Bilsby – keyboards, programming
  • Benni Christiansen – bass guitar
  • Oliver Cliwik – electric guitar
  • Mich Hansen – percussion
  • Scott Quinn – background vocals
  • Keith Urban – 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals

"Soul Food"

  • Breland – background vocals
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Sean Small – keyboards, programming
  • Sam Sumsor – keyboards, programming
  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals

"Ain't It Like a Woman"

  • Evan Hutchings – drums
  • Jaren Johnston – background vocals
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Keith Urban – electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
  • Alex Wright – pedal steel guitar, piano

"With You"

  • Nathan Chapman – bass guitar
  • Nate Cyphert – background vocals
  • Luke Niccoli – electric guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo, lead vocals, background vocals

"Tumbleweed"

  • Lewis Burns – didgeridoo
  • Nathan Chapman – bass guitar
  • Josh Ditty – programming
  • Jaren Johnston – electric guitar, percussion, programming, background vocals
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
  • Keith Urban – electric guitar solo, ganjo, lead vocals, background vocals

"God Whispered Your Name"

  • Chris August – keyboards, Wurlitzer, background vocals
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
  • Jamie Muhoberac – synthesizer
  • Pino Palladino – bass guitar
  • Benmont Tench – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals

"Polaroid"

  • Nathan Chapman – bass guitar
  • Dave Cohen – keyboards
  • Joey Moi – programming
  • Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
  • Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar
  • Mark Trussell – programming
  • Keith Urban – banjo, electric guitar, all vocals

"Better Than I Am"

  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, all vocals
  • Eg White – bass guitar, keyboards, piano, drums, programming

"We Were"

  • Eric Church – duet vocals (track 16 version)
  • Dave Cohen – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Dann Huff – electric guitar
  • Charlie Judge – synthesizer
  • Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Russell Terrell – background vocals
  • Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, lead vocals, background vocals

Technical

  • Rochel Trlivieng – art director, design
  • Kera Jackson – art producer
  • Ally Gecewicz – assistant, editing
  • Spencer Clarke – assistant, engineer
  • Nicolas Weilmann – assistant, engineer
  • Drew Bollman – assistant
  • Brendan Dekora – assistant
  • Michelle Freetly – assistant
  • Zach Kuhlman – assistant
  • Kam Luchterhand – assistant
  • Matt Wolach – assistant
  • Mark Dobson – digital editing, engineer
  • Scott Cooke – editing
  • Eiving Nordland – editing
  • Chris Small – editing
  • John Hanes – engineer, mixing
  • Captain Cuts – engineer, producer
  • Josh Ditty – engineer
  • Jeff Balding – engineer
  • Joe Baldridge – engineer
  • Ed Cherney – engineer
  • Russel Graham – engineer
  • Elthon Mendoza – engineer
  • Marco Sonzini – engineer
  • Tremaine "Six7" Williams – engineer
  • Dan McCarroll – executive producer, producer
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Joey Moi – mixing, producer
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Justin Nielbank – mixing
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
  • Spike Stent – mixing
  • Russ Harrington – photography
  • Scott Johnson – production coordination

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[30] Gold 35,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[31] Gold 40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
Various September 18, 2020 Digital download
  • Hit Red Records
  • Capitol Records Nashville
 [32]
Streaming
Compact disc

References

  1. 1 2 3 Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "The Speed of Now Part 1 review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Zanda (9 May 2020). "Doja Cat scores her first #1 Aussie radio hit with 'Say So'". The Music Network. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Singles to Radio - Issue 1298". The Music Network. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Singles to Radio - Issue 1301". The Music Network. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Singles to Radio". The Music Network. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Melinda Newman (8 May 2020). "Keith Urban Announces New Album 'The Speed of Now Part 1': Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Billy Dukes (8 May 2020). "Keith Urban Announces, Previews 'The Speed of Now Part 1' Album". Taste of Country.
  8. ↑ Leimkuehler, Matthew (8 May 2020). "Keith Urban talks date, title of new album 'The Speed of Now Part 1'". USA Today.
  9. ↑ "Ball Park Music and Sycco go home with top gongs at 2021 Queensland Music Awards". NME. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "2021 Queensland Music Awards Winners". Scenestr. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 by Keith Urban". Apple Music. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "ザ・スピード・オブ・ナウ・パート1[SHM-CD][CD]" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  13. ↑ The Speed of Now Part 1 (CD booklet). Keith Urban. Capitol Records Nashville/Hit Red Records. 2020. B003245602.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  15. ↑ "ARIA Report" (PDF). ARIA. 28 September 2020.
  16. ↑ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  17. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Keith+Urban – The Speed of Now - Part 1" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  18. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  19. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  20. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Keith+Urban – The Speed of Now - Part 1". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  21. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  22. ↑ "Keith Urban Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  23. ↑ "Keith Urban Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  24. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  25. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Country Albums for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  26. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  27. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Country Albums for 2021". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  28. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  29. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Country Albums Chart for 2022". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  30. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  31. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Keith Urban – The Speed of Now Part 1". Music Canada. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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