Bump Ahead

Bump Ahead
Studio album by Mr. Big
Released	September 21, 1993
Recorded	1993
Studio	Rumbo (Los Angeles) Fantasy (Berkeley)
Genre	Hard rock [1] [2]
Length	44:41
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Kevin Elson
Mr. Big chronology
Lean into It (1991) Bump Ahead (1993) Hey Man (1996)
Singles from Bump Ahead
"Wild World" Released: October 1993 [3] "Ain't Seen Love Like That" Released: February 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10 [5]
Entertainment Weekly	B [6]
Music Week	[7]
Rock Hard	8.5/10 [8]

Bump Ahead is the third studio album by the American rock band Mr. Big. It was released on September 21, 1993 by Atlantic Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Colorado Bulldog"	Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey, Eric Martin, Tony Fanucchi	4:13
2.	"Price You Gotta Pay"	Sheehan, Gilbert, Torpey	3:56
3.	"Promise Her the Moon"	Martin, André Pessis	4:07
4.	"What's It Gonna Be"	Gilbert, Torpey, Pessis, Sheehan	3:57
5.	"Wild World" ( Cat Stevens cover)	Cat Stevens	3:28
6.	"Mr. Gone"	Torpey, Gilbert, Sheehan	4:33
7.	"The Whole World's Gonna Know"	Gilbert, Sheehan	3:52
8.	"Nothing but Love"	Gilbert	3:46
9.	"Temperamental"	Martin, Gilbert, Fanucchi, Torpey	4:55
10.	"Ain't Seen Love Like That"	Martin, Mark Spiro, Pessis	3:32
11.	"Mr. Big" ( Free cover)	Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Simon Kirke	4:25

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Long Way Down"	Martin, Pessis, Torpey, Sheehan, Gilbert	3:48
Total length:			48:29

2009 remastered digital edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Long Way Down"	Martin, Pessis, Torpey, Sheehan, Gilbert	3:48
13.	"Ain't Seen Love Like That" (Demo)	Martin, Spiro, Pessis	4:39
14.	"Mr. Big" (Demo; originally recorded by Free)	Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke	4:16
Total length:			57:24

Personnel

Mr. Big

• Eric Martin – lead vocals
• Paul Gilbert – guitar, backing vocals
• Billy Sheehan – bass, backing vocals
• Pat Torpey – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Little John Chrisley – harmonica on "Price You Gotta Pay"

Production

• Kevin Elson – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
• Andy Udoff, Stephen Hart, Dick Kaneshiro, Michael Semanick – assistant engineers
• Tom Size – mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Melanie Nissen – art direction
• Reisig and Taylor – photography, images

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9]	119
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10]	22
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [11]	30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12]	39
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [13]	4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14]	16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15]	36
UK Albums (OCC) [16]	61
US Billboard 200 [17]	82

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [18]	Platinum	200,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Mr. Big - Bump Ahead". Metal Kingdom. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
2. "Mr. Big - Bump Ahead".
3. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 573. ISBN   9780862415419.
4. Bump Ahead at AllMusic
5. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 298. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
6. Eddy, Chuck (November 5, 1993). "THE WEEK (Mr. Big, Bump Ahead)". Entertainment Weekly . p. 70. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
7. Martin, Andy (September 11, 1993). "Market Preview: Rock" (PDF). Music Week . p. 14. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
8. Trojan, Frank (1993). "Review Album : Mr. Big - Bump Ahead". Rock Hard (in German). No. 77. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
9. "Mr Big ARIA Chart History (albums) complete to 2024". ARIA. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
10. "Austriancharts.at – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
11. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
13. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
14. "Swisscharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
16. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
17. "Mr. Big Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
18. "Japanese album certifications – Mr. Big – バンプ・アヘッド" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan.Select 1994年3月 on the drop-down menu

External links

• Heavy Harmonies page