Fuse (Keith Urban album)
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| Studio album by Keith Urban | ||||
| Released | 10 September 2013 | |||
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| Length | 44:35 | |||
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| Metacritic | 74/100 |
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| Allmusic |    |
| Country Weekly | A |
| Edmonton Journal | |
| HitFix | B |
| The Montreal Gazette | |
| Newsday | A- |
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Fuse is the eighth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 10 September 2013 via Capitol Nashville. The album includes features from Miranda Lambert and Eric Church and has spawned six singles, four of which have topped the newly introduced Billboard Country Airplay chart, making it his first album to produce four chart-topping singles.
Upon release, the album debuted atop both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Top Country Albums charts, making this Urban's fourth (non-consecutive) number one album on the latter. It received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who complimented the more diverse musical styles explored on the songs.
Regarding the sound of the new album, Keith said during an interview with Rolling Stone that "I just wanted to see how far I could go before it's not me." He also said he was inspired by U2's album Achtung Baby, saying "Bono said, [Achtung Baby] had to be the sound of [U2] chopping down The Joshua Tree, which I thought was great. That's where I found myself at. I can keep making the same record, but I don't want to do that." The album cover was revealed on 1 August 2013.
The album's lead single "Little Bit of Everything", written by Brad and Brett Warren (both of The Warren Brothers) along with Kevin Rudolf, was released on 14 May 2013. This song reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in September 2013, as did "We Were Us", which was released as the album's second international single. in September 2013. "Shame" was released as the second single in Australia and New Zealand only in August 2013. The third international single, "Cop Car" was released in January 2014. The fourth international single, "Somewhere in My Car", was released on 23 June 2014. This single also reached number one on Country Airplay late that year. The fifth international single, "Raise 'Em Up" was released on 26 January 2015. It became the fourth (of the five North American releases) to top the Country Airplay chart in May 2015.
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