Bon Jovi Discography #6

Bon Jovi Discography #6

Album 06 - Bon Jovi - These Days

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Track List :

1. Hey God -- 6:10 (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora)
2. Something For The Pain -- 4:46 (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child)
3. This Ain't A Love Song -- 5:06 (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child)
4. These Days -- 6:26 (Bon Jovi, Sambora)
5. Lie To Me -- 5:33 (Bon Jovi, Sambora)
6. Damned -- 4:27 (Bon Jovi, Sambora)
7. My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms -- 5:42 (Bon Jovi, Sambora)
8. (It's Hard) Letting You Go -- 5:50 Bon Jovi()
9. Hearts Breaking Even -- 5:05 (Bon Jovi, Child)
10. Something To Believe In -- 5:25 (Bon Jovi)
11. If That's What It Takes -- 5:17 (Bon Jovi, Sambora)
12. Diamond Ring -- 3:46 (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child)
13. All I Want Is Everything -- 5:23 (Bon Jovi, Sambora)
14. Bitter Wine -- 4:34 (Bon Jovi, Sambora)

Released

June 27, 1995 (US)

June 19, 1995 (Europe)

Recorded

October 1994 (Release songs) – April 1995

Genre

Hard rock

Length

63:55

Label

Mercury

Producer

Peter Collins, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora

These Days is the sixth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released in 1995. This was the first album Bon Jovi released after the retirement of bassist Alec John Such. The band hired Hugh McDonald as their unofficial bassist. The album, produced by Peter Collins, Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi, was an overall darker album in contrast to the band's usual brand of feel-good, inspiring rock songs and love ballads.

At the time of release, the album was a huge commercial hit, particularly in Europe and Japan. In Japan, the album debuted at number one on the Oricon chart with sales of 379,000, becoming the fastest selling album by a non-Japanese act in history of the country's chart. In the UK, These Days replaced Michael Jackson's album HIStory at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spent four consecutive weeks at #1.The album spawned four Top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart, the band's highest number of Top 10 singles from one album in UK. The album also topped Billboard European Albums Chart for seven weeks. The high sales of the album in Europe warranted a re-issue of the album under the name of These Days Special Edition a year after its original release. The album was ranked number two on Q magazine's list of the "Top 50 albums of 1995". In 2006, the album featured in the Classic Rock & Metal Hammer's The "200 Greatest Albums Of The 90's". In the U.S., despite selling 1 million copies and certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the album wasn't as successful as it was overseas and the album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200.

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