These Days (Bon Jovi album)

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These Days
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Studio album by
Bon Jovi
ReleasedJune 27, 1995
Recorded1994–1995
Studio
Length63:55
Label Mercury
Producer
Bon Jovi chronology
Cross Road
(1994)		These Days
(1995)		 Crush
(2000)
Singles from These Days
  1. "This Ain't a Love Song"
    Released: May 23, 1995
  2. "Something for the Pain"
    Released: September 5, 1995
  3. "Lie to Me"
    Released: November 13, 1995 [1]
  4. "These Days"
    Released: February 26, 1996 [2]
  5. "Hey God"
    Released: June 24, 1996 [3]

These Days (stylized as (these Days)) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on June 27, 1995, by Mercury Records. This was the first album Bon Jovi released after the dismissal of original bass guitarist Alec John Such, and their first album to be recorded officially as four-piece band (without an official bassist, but featured Hugh McDonald as a session/touring member on bass guitar). The album, produced by Peter Collins, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, is praised by many critics and fans as their best album. These Days is overall a darker album in contrast to the band's usual brand of feel-good, inspiring rock songs and love ballads.

Contents

At the time of release, the album was a huge commercial success, especially in the European and Asian markets. It became the band's fifth and fourth consecutive number one album in Australia and the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, These Days replaced Michael Jackson's album HIStory at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1. [4] 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 the UK. 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". [5] The album was also voted the album of the year in British magazine Kerrang!'s readers poll in 1995. In 2006, the album featured in the Classic Rock and Metal Hammer 's The "200 Greatest Albums of the 90s".[ citation needed ] In the U.S., despite selling 1 million copies and being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the album was not as successful as it was overseas and the album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200. [6]

Background

When the Keep the Faith Tour ended in December 1993, Jon Bon Jovi went on a vacation in January 1994 where he wrote "Something to Believe In", the first song written for the album. Over the next nine months, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora wrote and demoed forty songs. The album was originally slated to be released in the fourth quarter of 1994, but they asked for more time to write additional material. Because of that, they released Cross Road , their first greatest hits album, with two new songs in October 1994.

Recording and production

Jon Bon Jovi hired Peter Collins to produce the album, based on his prior work with several acts such as Rush, Queensrÿche and Alice Cooper. Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were co-producers of the album. They made a start recording the album in Nashville in the fall of 1994. After a week to ten days of recording, during October 1994, Jon Bon Jovi erased it all. Recording continued over the next four months and it shifted between Jon Bon Jovi's home studio Sanctuary I in Woodstock, NY, and three separate studios in Los Angeles: One On One Studios, Ocean Way Recording, and A&M Studios. There were various reasons why so many different studios were used.

One reason for studio changes, while recording in Woodstock, NY, was industrial metal band Fear Factory were recording their album Demanufacture in a neighboring studio. [7] Bon Jovi's engineers repeatedly complained about the volume Fear Factory were recording at as it was bleeding into their drum mics. [8]

Regardless, all the basic tracks except for "Diamond Ring" and "(It's Hard) Letting You Go" were recorded in Woodstock, NY. All the rhythm guitar parts were recorded in Los Angeles and all the keyboards were recorded in New Jersey. Most vocals were done in New Jersey. Very little was done in Nashville: one vocal and one or two keyboard parts. "Diamond Ring" and "(It's Hard) Letting You Go" were recut in Los Angeles. The album was mixed by Bob Clearmountain in Los Angeles.

Then the band embarked on a mini Christmas tour of clubs in December 1994 and they continued to promote Cross Road. On December 17, 1994, Richie Sambora married Heather Locklear.

Composition

Music

Jon Bon Jovi is credited with composing the music for all of the album's tracks. Richie Sambora is also credited with composing the music for all of the album's tracks, except "(It's Hard) Letting You Go" and "Something To Believe In"; both were written and composed by Jon Bon Jovi. He is also not credited on "Hearts Breaking Even", which was written and composed by Jon Bon Jovi and Desmond Child. Desmond is also credited with composing "Something For The Pain", "This Ain't A Love Song" and "Diamond Ring". All of the other tracks were written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. According to Jon Bon Jovi, the album was influenced by alternative rock and metal bands such as Pearl Jam, Tool, and Nine Inch Nails. [9]

Lyrics

Jon Bon Jovi stated that even though the album was their darkest, the band was in a very happy place at the time. "Hey God" was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora in Jon Bon Jovi's basement. Jon Bon Jovi was inspired by the view out of the window from 57th St. and Broadway in New York, a guy with an Armani suit on next to a guys that's sleeping on the street. "Something For The Pain" was the most difficult to write, says Jon Bon Jovi. They kept rewriting until the chorus made sense. "My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms" was written from a writing session where they were hit with writer's block. Taking a cue from the opening line of "Bed of Roses" ("Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old piano, Trying hard to capture the moment"), Jon Bon Jovi instead of putting the pen down, wrote about his experience. "Damned" is about a guy who is involved with a married woman. "(It's Hard) Letting You Go" was written by Jon Bon Jovi for the movie called Moonlight and Valentino in which he appeared. "Something To Believe In" is an introspective song about a man questioning everything around him. Richie Sambora's "Hey, hey, hey" chant on the song is lifted from the demo. It worked so well, they kept it and used it on the album. "Diamond Ring" was originally written for the album New Jersey in 1988 and was played live six times during the New Jersey Syndicate Tour, [10] but never made it onto any previous Bon Jovi album.[ citation needed ]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Entertainment Weekly D [12]
NME 4/10 [13]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [15]

Two titles that were considered were "Open All Night" and "Strip" but ultimately, the band wanted to make a statement about the themes of the record. Mark Selliger shot the album cover in Mexico.

The two extra songs "All I Want Is Everything" and "Bitter Wine" appear as bonus tracks on the international versions. Released June 12 in Japan, June 19 in Europe and June 27 in the rest of the world, the album was an immediate success. It even replaced Michael Jackson's HIStory in the UK, debuting at number one, spending four weeks at number one. These Days also topped the charts in several other European countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and Portugal and spending seven weeks on Billboard European Albums Chart. It was certified triple platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for selling 3 million copies across Europe.

In Australia, it debuted at number one and spent two weeks at number one on the ARIA Charts. The album became Bon Jovi's second number one album in Japan, where it debuted at number one on the Oricon chart, selling over 379,000, becoming the fastest selling album by a non-Japanese act in history of the country's chart. The album has sold more than 1 million copies and certified five times platinum and became the band's best selling studio album in Japan.

These Days received favorable reviews from critics. Q magazine, in a perfect score, said that Cross Road and Always confirmed that Bon Jovi would survive grunge and These Days consolidated their status by keeping Michael Jackson's HIStory album off the UK number 1 album slot. The review said that "Hey God", "Lie to Me" and "Something to Believe In" were singled out as the album's highlights and the album was arguably the band's finest musical hour to date. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic concluded that "as the years go by, Bon Jovi gets musically stronger. Not only are their best songs stronger now, their playing is more accomplished. Keeping these improvements in mind, it's no surprise that the group was one of the few pop-metal bands to sustain a career in the mid-'90s". The album was ranked number two on Q magazine's list of the "Top 50 albums of 1995", beat out by The Great Escape of the British band Blur. The album was mentioned as the second best album of 1995, after (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis according to some critics.[ clarification needed ]

In the United Kingdom, the album was particularly notable for producing four Top 10 hit singles, and the UK Rock & Metal had 4 singles in the #1 top singles with "This Ain't A Love Song," "Something For The Pain," "These Days," and "Hey God," but failed to impress the audience and the critics in the United States. The album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hey God" 6:03
2."Something for the Pain"
4:46
3."This Ain't a Love Song"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
5:06
4."These Days" 6:26
5."Lie to Me" 5:34
6."Damned" 4:35
7."My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms" 5:42
8."(It's Hard) Letting You Go"J. Bon Jovi5:50
9."Hearts Breaking Even"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Child
5:05
10."Something to Believe In"J. Bon Jovi5:25
11."If That's What It Takes" 5:17
12."Diamond Ring"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
3:46
Japanese and European edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."All I Want Is Everything"5:18
14."Bitter Wine"4:36
Alternate Track 14 for some Latin American releases
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Como yo nadie te ha amado" (Spanish version of "This Ain't a Love Song")
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
 
European 2 Disc Special Edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fields of Fire" (Demo)J. Bon Jovi4:10
2."I Thank You" (Sam & Dave cover)
3:14
3."Mrs. Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel cover) Paul Simon 3:21
4."Let's Make It Baby" (Demo)
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
6:19
5."I Don't Like Mondays" (Live at Wembley Stadium, featuring Bob Geldof)Bob Geldof5:59
6."Crazy" (Willie Nelson cover; live with lead vocals by Tico Torres)Willie Nelson3:29
7."Tumblin' Dice" (The Rolling Stones cover; live with lead vocals by David Bryan) Jagger–Richards 4:17
8."Heaven Help Us All" (Stevie Wonder cover; live with lead vocals by Richie Sambora) Ron Miller 4:34
French bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Always" (Live in Montreal) 5:52
2."Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" 4:27
3."Prostitute" 4:28
4."Lonely at the Top" 4:14
5."When She Comes" 3:29
6."The End"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Bryan
3:38
Australian Tour Edition bonus disc: Live at Wembley Stadium, London (Mercury 528 874-2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Ain't a Love Song"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
6:27
2."I Don't Like Mondays"Geldof5:57
3."Livin' on a Prayer"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
5:55
4."You Give Love a Bad Name"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
3:40
5."Wild in the Streets"J. Bon Jovi5:00
1996 Japan Hardback Cover 2CD – Karaoke Days (bonus CD)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keep the Faith"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
5:08
2."Bed of Roses"J. Bon Jovi6:38
3."Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
4:43
4."In These Arms"
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Bryan
4:30
1998 Japan Special Edition bonus CD PHCR-90023/24
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Ain't a Love Song" (Wembley 1995)
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
 
2."Hey God" (Johannesburg 1995)  
3."These Days" (Johannesburg 1995)  
4."Something for the Pain" (Miami Arena 1995)
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
 
5."(It's Hard) Letting You Go" (Johannesburg 1995)J. Bon Jovi 
6."Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young cover; Johannesburg 1995)Young 
7."634-5789" (Studio outtake)  
8."All I Want Is Everything"  
9."Bitter Wine"  
2010 Special Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."This Ain't a Love Song" (Live)
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
7:13
14."Diamond Ring" (Live)
  • J. Bon Jovi
  • Sambora
  • Child
4:42

Personnel

Sourced from AllMusic. [16]

Bon Jovi
Additional musicians
Production staff

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [58] Platinum70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [59] Platinum50,000*
Belgium (BEA) [60] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [61] 2× Platinum200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [62] Platinum64,725 [62]
France (SNEP) [63] 2× Gold200,000*
Germany (BVMI) [64] Gold250,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [65] Million1,200,000 [66]
Netherlands (NVPI) [67] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [68] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [69] 2× Platinum200,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [70] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [71] 2× Platinum600,000^
United States (RIAA) [72] Platinum1,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [73] 3× Platinum3,000,000*
Worldwide—10,000,000 [74]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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