Aftermath of the Lowdown

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Aftermath of the Lowdown
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Studio album by
Richie Sambora
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2012 (2012-09-12)
Recorded2011–2012
Studio
Genre Hard rock [1]
Length51:25 [2]
Label Dangerbird
Producer Luke Ebbin
  • Richie Sambora
Richie Sambora chronology
Undiscovered Soul
(1998)		Aftermath of the Lowdown
(2012)		 Radio Free America
(2018)
Singles from Aftermath of the Lowdown
  1. "Every Road Leads Home to You"
    Released: 2012
  2. "I'll Always Walk Beside You"
    Released: 2012
  3. "Sugar Daddy"
    Released: 2012
Professional ratings
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Aftermath of the Lowdown is the third solo studio album by Richie Sambora which was released in Japan on September 12, 2012, in the United Kingdom on September 17, and in the United States on September 18, 2012 as digital download and on September 25, 2012 as physical CD (digisleeve format). For the first time in his 30-year career, Sambora signed with an independent label, Dangerbird.

Contents

Release and promotion

To promote the album, Sambora and his band appeared as the house band on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson for the first week in December 2012.

The album charted at No. 10 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, No. 34 on the Top Independent Albums chart, No. 149 on the Billboard 200 [4] and No. 35 on the UK Albums Chart. [5]

The track "Every Road Leads Home to You" was released as a single for the album and features a music video. The song is also featured as one of the bonus tracks on Bon Jovi's 2013 album What About Now . A special edition single, "I'll Always Walk Beside You'" featuring Alicia Keys was released as the second single of the album. All the profits from the sale of the special edition single goes to the ongoing recovery efforts of The Red Cross for the devastation from Hurricane Sandy. [6] The track "Sugar Daddy" was released as a promo single and a music video was made for the song "Taking a Chance on the Wind".

A song named "Forgiveness Street" was thought to be planned as a bonus track on the Japan CD, but was later dropped.

Editions

The worldwide version of the album features 11 tracks and the Japanese version features 12 tracks including "Backseat Driver" as a bonus track. There were 6 special packages for sale on Richie's official website:

Track listing

From Dangerbird records. [7]

All tracks are written by Richie Sambora and Luke Ebbin, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Burn that Candle Down"4:23
2."Every Road Leads Home to You"4:40
3."Taking a Chance on the Wind"4:47
4."Nowadays"4:00
5."Weathering the Storm" (Sambora, Bernie Taupin)4:49
6."Sugar Daddy"4:37
7."I'll Always Walk Beside You"5:03
8."Seven Years Gone"5:36
9."Learning How to Fly With a Broken Wing" (Sambora, Phil Cassens)4:35
10."You Can Only Get So High" (Sambora, Cassens)6:32
11."World" (Sambora, Bruce Foster)2:22
Total length:51:25
Japanese version
No.TitleLength
11."Backseat Driver" (Japan Bonus Track)4:12
12."World" (Sambora, Bruce Foster)2:22
Total length:55:37

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 45
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 38
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 74
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 35
US Billboard 200 [13] 149
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [14] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [15] 34

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