Lost Highway (Bon Jovi album)

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Lost Highway
Studio album by Bon Jovi
Released June 8, 2007 (2007-06-08)
(see Release history)
Recorded Nashville, Los Angeles
Genre Hard rock, country rock
Length 55:28
Label Lost Highway
Mercury Nashville
Island Nashville
Producer Dann Huff
John Shanks
Desmond Child (Executive Producer)
Bon Jovi chronology
Have A Nice Day
(2005)		 Lost Highway
(2007)		 The Circle
(2009)
Singles from Lost Highway
  1. "(You Want To) Make a Memory"
    Released: May 18, 2007
  2. "Lost Highway"
    Released: September 9, 2007
  3. "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore"
    Released: November 30, 2007
  4. "Whole Lot of Leavin'"
    Released: May 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Yahoo! Music UK 7/10 stars[2]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[3]
Blender Magazine 3/5 stars[4]
Entertainment Weekly B−[5]
Now Magazine 3/5 stars[6]
BBC Online (positive)[7]
New York Times (positive)[8]

Lost Highway is the tenth studio album by Bon Jovi. Produced by John Shanks and Dann Huff the album was recorded at Black Bird Studios, Nashville and NGR Recording, Hollywood. Described by Jon Bon Jovi as a "Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville", the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200,[9] becoming Bon Jovi's first ever album to debut at No. 1 and their third album to reach that position in United States.[10] The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Contents

[edit] Release history

Region Date
Germany June 8, 2007 (2007-06-08)
United Kingdom June 11, 2007 (2007-06-11)
Japan June 14, 2007 (2007-06-14)
World June 18, 2007 (2007-06-18)
United States June 19, 2007 (2007-06-19)

[edit] Album information

The album influences the band's rock sound with that of country music following the success of a country version of the band's 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", a duet with Jennifer Nettles, which reached No. 1 on the U.S. country chart in May 2006.[11] Following the success had with the duet version of "Who Says You Can't Go Home", there are two songs on the album produced in collaboration with other artists, namely "We Got It Going On" featuring Big & Rich and "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" featuring LeAnn Rimes.

[edit] Chart performance

After its first week on sale, Lost Highway entered the Dutch, German, Swiss and Japanese album charts at No. 1, and the UK Album Chart at No. 2, below The Traveling Wilburys Collection. It entered the Irish and Australian charts at No. 5, although after the conclusion of Bon Jovi's Australian tour the album climbed to No. 2. In Japan, the album debuted at No. 1 and sold over 73,212 copies in its first week of release on Oricon charts. This is the fourth such time, breaking the Beatles and the Bay City Rollers' record as a Western band (under Oricon's definition) of having three number one albums in the country.[12] In the UK the album sold 79,000 copies in its first week, an improvement on Have a Nice Day's first-week sales of 54,000. In Denmark, the album debuted at No. 5, but went to number one after five weeks on the charts. In the U.S., the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 292,000 copies sold in its first week.[10] The album was certified platinum by RIAA and as of October 2008, it has sold 1,221,000 copies in the United States and over 4 million copies worldwide.

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Argentine Albums Chart[13] 3
Australian ARIA Album Chart[14] 2
Austrian Album Chart[15] 1
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[16] 7
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[17] 44
Canadian Albums Chart[18] 1
Danish Albums Chart[19] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[20] 3
French Albums Chart[21] 39
German Albums Chart[22] 1
Italian Albums Chart[23] 10
Mexican Albums Chart[24] 13
New Zealand Albums Chart[25] 2
Polish Albums Chart[26] 11
Portuguese Albums Chart[27] 16
Norwegian Albums Chart[28] 7
Dutch Albums Chart[29] 1
UK Albums Chart[30] 2
Czech Republic Albums Chart[31] 9
Spanish Albums Chart[32] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[33] 4
Swiss Albums Chart[34] 1
U.S. Billboard 200[35] 1
U.S. Rock albums[35] 1
U.S. Digital albums[35] 1
U.S. Tastemaker albums[35] 2

[edit] Year-end

End of year chart (2007) Position
German Albums Chart [36] 15
Swiss Albums Chart [37] 17

[edit] Certifications

Country Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Canada 3x Platinum[38]
Austria 2x Platinum[39]
Germany Platinum [40]
Denmark Platinum[41]
Japan Gold[42]
USA Platinum[43]
Switzerland Platinum[44]
United Kingdom Gold[45]
Australia Gold[46]
New Zealand Gold[47]
Hungary Gold[48]

[edit] Tour

Main article: Lost Highway Tour

In the summer of 2007, Bon Jovi performed ten concerts around the world as part of the Lost Highway promotion, with plans for a full greatest hits world tour in 2008. However, after Lost Highway did better than expected, the world tour was moved forward to the fall of 2007, and was renamed the Lost Highway Tour. The tour so far consists of ten dates in New Jersey, followed by Canadian and Japanese tours, as well as the band's first stadium concert in New Zealand since the These days tour. The tour also saw them play Australia for the first time since their brief appearance at the Rumba Festivals in 2002, playing sold out shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. The band then toured the U.S. and Europe in spring and summer 2008, before returning to North America for a few more summer shows, including a free concert in Central Park in New York City.

[edit] In other media

  • "We Got It Going On" was used as a promotional song for the new season[when?] of the Arena Football League (Bon Jovi is a co-owner of the league's Philadelphia Soul). It featured alternate, football-related lyrics about the teams playing, written especially by the band, and omits the first verse.
  • A slightly different version of the title track "Lost Highway" was used in the movie Wild Hogs alongside another Bon Jovi song "Wanted Dead or Alive".
  • "I Love This Town" was used as a promotional song for Major League Baseball on TBS during the 2007 MLB Playoffs and again for the 2008 postseason.
  • Outsider artist Jacqueline Molli claims that Lost Highway served as an inspiratation for her acclaimed series of cat portraits. She noted that the themes of loss, identity, and redemption found on the album are reflected in her work.

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length
1. "Lost Highway"   Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks Shanks 4:13
2. "Summertime"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks Shanks 3:17
3. "(You Want To) Make a Memory"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child Dann Huff 4:36
4. "Whole Lot of Leavin'"   Bon Jovi, Shanks Shanks 4:16
5. "We Got It Going On" (featuring Big & Rich) Bon Jovi, Sambora, Kenny Alphin, John Rich Huff 4:13
6. "Any Other Day"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Gordie Sampson Huff 4:01
7. "Seat Next to You"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Hillary Lindsey Huff 4:21
8. "Everybody's Broken"   Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon Shanks 4:11
9. "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" (featuring LeAnn Rimes) Bon Jovi, Sambora, Brett James Huff 4:43
10. "The Last Night"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks Shanks 3:32
11. "One Step Closer"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks Shanks 3:35
12. "I Love This Town"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Falcon Huff 4:36
Australian, New Zealand, and U.K. Bonus Track
No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length
13. "Lonely"   Bon Jovi, Child, Darrell Brown   3:55
Japan Bonus Tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length
13. "Lonely"   Bon Jovi, Child, Brown   3:55
14. "Put the Boy Back in Cowboy"   Bon Jovi   3:59
US iTunes Bonus Tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length
13. "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (Pop edited version) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child   4:07
14. "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (Live at the Cannery Ballroom) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child   4:16
U.S. iTunes Bonus Tracks (pre-order)
No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length
13. "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (Live at the Cannery Ballroom) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child   4:16
14. "Lost Highway" (Live at the Cannery Ballroom) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks   4:13
U.S. Target Bonus Tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length
13. "Walk Like a Man"   Jon Bon Jovi   4:29
14. "I Love This Town" (Live from the Cannery Ballroom) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Billy Falcon   4:47

[edit] Soundcheck: Bonus DVD

In Walmart stores in the USA, a bonus DVD was given out with some copies of the album. It's another in studio performance, similar to the This Left Feels Right Bonus DVD and their Stripped: Raw and Real performance. The track listing is:

  1. "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
  2. "It's My Life"
  3. "Lost Highway"
  4. "(You Want To) Make a Memory"
  5. "Wanted Dead or Alive"

[edit] Australian, New Zealand, And Japanese tour edition

Limited 2 CD Tour Edition exclusive to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. It was released on January 12, 2008. Disc one is the full album including the bonus tracks Lonely and Put the Boy Back in Cowboy (not on N.Z. edition). Disc two is their Stripped: Raw and Real performance with the following tracks:

Disc 2:

  1. "Hallelujah" - Live
  2. "(You Want To) Make A Memory"
  3. "Lost Highway"
  4. "Wanted Dead or Alive"
  5. "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
  6. "Whole Lot of Leavin'"

[edit] European Tour Edition

Limited Edition 2 CD Tour Edition exclusive to Europe. It was released on May 16, 2008. Disc one is the full album. Disc two is their Lost Highway: The Concert performance with following tracks:

  1. Lost Highway
  2. Summertime
  3. (You Want To) Make A Memory
  4. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
  5. We Got It Going On
  6. Any Other Day
  7. Seat Next To You
  8. Everybody's Broken
  9. Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore
  10. The Last Night
  11. One Step Closer
  12. I Love This Town
  13. It's My Life
  14. Wanted Dead Or Alive

[edit] 2010 Special Edition bonus tracks

  1. Lost Highway (Live)
  2. We Got It Going On (Live)
  3. Any Other Day (Live)
  4. I Love This Town (Live)

[edit] Bon Jovi Lost Highway: The Concert (DVD)

For DVD details, see Lost Highway: The Concert

[edit] Personnel

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