# High (Keith Urban album)

High is the twelfth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. The album was released on 20 September 2024 via Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville.

## Background

High marks Urban's first studio album since The Speed of Now Part 1 (2020). He began working on an album in 2022, tentatively titled 615, but ultimately scrapped the project. Several of the songs from that project eventually made their way onto High, a 12-track set that he titled after the feeling of "euphoria" he felt during the creative process. On the title, Urban said: "What makes you 'high' can mean whatever you want it to mean. It might be physical, spiritual, herbal, meditative, chemical, or musical, but it’s definitely a place of utopia."
Urban wrote the album's opening interlude and co-wrote six of its tracks, and it features a collaboration with Lainey Wilson ("Go Home W U").
"Straight Line" was released as the album's lead single in February 2024. It was followed by "Messed Up as Me", the first single promoted to country radio in the United States and Canada, in March 2024. "Go Home W U" and "Wildside" were released as additional singles ahead of the album release.

## Personnel

Musicians
* Keith Urban – lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (tracks 2–7, 9–12), background vocals (2–6, 8–12), acoustic guitar (3, 4, 6, 7, 9–12), piano (3, 7, 11), 12-string acoustic guitar (3), ganjo (4, 6, 10), bass (5, 6), EBow (6, 9); Del Oro acoustic guitar, percussion (12)
* Greg Wells – keyboards, programming (tracks 2, 6); bass, drum programming (2); drums, rototoms (6)
* Jerry Flowers – acoustic guitar, background vocals (tracks 2, 6); mandolin (2)
* Aaron Sterling – drums (track 2)
* Dann Huff – electric guitar (tracks 3, 4, 7, 9, 11), acoustic guitar (3)
* David Huff – programming (tracks 3, 4, 9), percussion (3)
* Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (tracks 3, 7, 9)
* Charlie Judge – synthesizer (tracks 3, 7), piano (4, 7), keyboards (4, 9)
* Matt Chamberlain – drums (track 3), programming (7)
* Michael Lotten – acoustic guitar, keyboards, programming (track 3)
* Jerry Roe – drums (tracks 4–6, 11)
* Terence F. Clark – percussion (track 4), drums (7, 9, 10)
* Josh Reedy – background vocals (tracks 4, 11)
* Craig Young – bass (track 4)
* David Garcia – programming (track 4)
* Sean Small – background vocals, programming (track 5)
* Sam Sumser – background vocals, programming (track 5)
* Lainey Wilson – vocals (track 5)
* Breland – background vocals (track 5)
* Paul Mabury – drums (track 6)
* Nathan Barlowe – keyboards (track 7)
* Eren Cannata – acoustic guitar, background vocals, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming (track 8)
* Justin Tranter – background vocals (track 8)
* Mike Elizondo – bass , drum programming, keyboards (track 10)
* Jenee Fleenor – fiddle (track 10)
* DJ Battlecat – scratching (track 10)
* Blair Whitlow – background vocals (track 10)
* Denise Carite – background vocals (track 10)
* Mark Hill – bass (track 11)
* Gordon Mote – piano (track 11)
* Marc Scibilia – background vocals, piano, syntheiszer (track 12)
* Lewis Wright – drums (track 12)
Technical
* Joe Causey – mastering
* Sean Moffitt – mixing (tracks 2, 4–7, 9–12), recording (2, 4–7, 9, 11)
* Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (track 3)
* Serban Ghenea – mixing (track 8)
* Mark Dobson – recording (tracks 2, 4, 6, 10)
* Joe Chiccarelli – recording (tracks 2, 6)
* Justin Niebank – recording (track 3)
* Sam Sumser – recording (track 5)
* Sean Small – recording (track 5)
* Eren Cannata – recording (track 8)
* James Meslin – recording (track 8)
* Topher Wright – recording (track 8)
* Justin Francis – recording (track 10)
* Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance (track 8)
* Joel McKenney – recording assistance (tracks 2, 4–7, 9)
* Bill Mims – recording assistance (tracks 2, 6)
* Sean Badum – recording assistance (track 3)
* Amber Jones – recording assistance (track 8)
* Erica Block – recording assistance (track 10)
* Alex Wilder – recording assistance (track 10)
* Scott Greenblatt – recording assistance (track 12)
Visuals
* Patrick Tracy – art direction, design
* Jordan Curtis Hughes – back cover photo, booklet photos
* Daniel Prakopcyk – cover photo, booklet photos
* Katie Galliher – grooming
* Peter Lamden – grooming
* Wendy Schecter – wardrobe styling
* Amanda Merten – wardrobe styling
* Karen Naff – art production

## Accolades

Year-end lists :
| Publication | Rank | List |
| Rolling Stone | 28 | The 30 Best Country Albums of 2024 |