Keep the Faith

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Keep the Faith
Studio album by Bon Jovi
Released November 3, 1992
Recorded January–August 1992
Genre Hard rock
Length 72:55
Label Mercury
Producer Bob Rock
Bon Jovi chronology
New Jersey
(1988)		 Keep the Faith
(1992)		 Cross Road
(1994)
Singles from Keep the Faith
  1. "Keep the Faith"
    Released: October 13, 1992
  2. "Bed of Roses"
    Released: January 26, 1993
  3. "In These Arms"
    Released: May 9, 1993
  4. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"
    Released: July 31, 1993
  5. "I Believe"
    Released: September 25, 1993
  6. "Dry County"
    Released: March 1, 1994

Keep the Faith is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on November 3, 1992 by Mercury Records. Keep the Faith represents the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bon Jovi, which turned away from glam metal in favor of a more mature hard rock sound.

Contents

[edit] History

Following the completion of the New Jersey tour, the band went on hiatus. During their time off, Jon Bon Jovi wrote the soundtrack for Young Guns II, which was released in 1990 as the Blaze of Glory album and Richie Sambora released his first solo album called Stranger in This Town. By this time, Jon Bon Jovi fired his long time manager, Doc McGhee and created Bon Jovi Management. Jon decided to take on a larger role, and more responsibilities within the band. The band quickly became a corporation with Jon at the helm.

In October 1991 the band went to a Caribbean island of St. Thomas to discuss plans for the future; the band's internal problems were solved and they were ready to have a go at a comeback. According to an interview with Jon Bon Jovi on Keep the Faith: The Videos, the album's original title was to be "Revenge". In January 1992 the band headed to Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver. They spent six months making the album with Bob Rock producing. Keep the Faith was released in October 1992. The musical tastes had shifted in the four years between New Jersey and Keep the Faith. Despite the industry's and audience's growing affinity for Grunge rock, Bon Jovi's sound morphed itself to work in the 1990s music scene, and also their image changed. Before the band reunited in the studio, Jon Bon Jovi spent the summer of 1991 in anonymity, riding his bike in places like Arizona, gaining experiences that inspired him to write "Dry County" and "Bed Of Roses". He later commented "It would never have been possible [for me] to write songs like "Bed of Roses" or "Dry County" five years ago.".

A single for "Keep the Faith" was put out prior to the album's release with the song, "I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas" appearing as the B-Side.

The album is the final appearance of Alec John Such, as he did not record the bass parts on Bon Jovi's following Greatest Hits album "Cross Road".

[edit] Commercial reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]

Keep The Faith released in November 1992. The album managed to sell 2 million copies in United States, peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200.[2] and spent total of 49 weeks on the chart. The album produced three Top 40 hits. "Keep The Faith" hit the #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, "Bed of Roses" hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "In These Arms" hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In the UK, reaction was quite impressive. Keep The Faith debuted there at #1, and spent 24 weeks inside the Top 20. Keep The Faith spent a total of 70 weeks inside the Top 75 of the UK Albums Chart. The album produced six UK Top 20 hit singles, three of which were hit the Top 10. These were "Keep The Faith", "Bed Of Roses", "In These Arms", "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", "I Believe" and "Dry County". Keep The Faith was also a huge success in Canada, Germany, Australia, Japan and sold very well in both Asia and South America, two emerging and growing record markets. To date, the album has sold 12 million copies world wide.

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I Believe"   Bon Jovi 5:48
2. "Keep the Faith"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child 5:46
3. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child 4:43
4. "In These Arms"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Bryan 5:19
5. "Bed of Roses"   Bon Jovi 6:34
6. "If I Was Your Mother"   Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:27
7. "Dry County**"   Bon Jovi 9:52
8. "Woman In Love"   Bon Jovi 3:48
9. "Fear"   Bon Jovi 3:06
10. "I Want You"   Bon Jovi 5:36
11. "Blame It On The Love Of Rock & Roll"   Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:24
12. "Little Bit Of Soul"   Bon Jovi, Sambora 5:44
13. "Save A Prayer *"   Bon Jovi, Sambora 5:57
14. "Starting All Over Again *"   Bon Jovi, Sambora 3:44
  • * = Appears on some international releases
  • ** = Misprinted as "Dry Country" on some editions of the two-disc edition

[edit] Latin American release

Some Latin American releases include "Cama de Rosas" (Spanish version of "Bed Of Roses") as track 5, instead of the original English version.

[edit] Keep the Faith - Live (Bonus Disc)

These were all recorded live on the following dates according to the cd credits: .

  1. "Keep the Faith" Recorded Live In The Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey 1992
  2. "In These Arms" Recorded Live In The Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey 1992
  3. "Blaze of Glory" Recorded Live In The Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey 1992
  4. "I'll Be There for You" Recorded Live In Lakeland, Florida, 1989
  5. "Lay Your Hands on Me" Recorded Live In Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, 1989
  6. "Bad Medicine" Recorded Live At The Miami Arena, Florida, 1993
  7. "Bed of Roses" (acoustic)Recorded Live At The Miami Arena, Florida, 1993
  8. "Never Say Goodbye" (acoustic) Recorded Live At The Miami Arena, Florida, 1993

[edit] 2010 Special Edition Bonus Tracks

  1. Keep the Faith (Live)
  2. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Live)

[edit] Related video releases

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Produced By Bob Rock
  • Engineered By Obie O'Brien, Gary Platt & Randy Staub; assisted by Brian Dobbs, Greg Goldman, Darren Grahn, Ed Korengo, Jim Lavinski & Ulrich Wild
  • Mixed By Bob Rock & Randy Staub
  • Mastered By George Marino

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Charts[3] Peak
Position
Australia 1
Austria 2
Finland 1
Germany 2
Hungary 3
Japan 3
Norway 7
Sweden 3
Switzerland 3
Netherlands 3
United Kingdom 1
United States 5

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ "Allmusic (Bon Jovi charts & awards) Billboard albums". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3734/charts-awards/billboard-albums. 
  3. ^ Hit Parade (1995). "European charts". http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=2094&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
Preceded by
Glittering Prize 81/92 by Simple Minds		 UK number one album
November 14, 1992 – November 20, 1992		 Succeeded by
Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 by Cher
Preceded by
Erotica by Madonna		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
November 15, 1992 – November 21, 1992		 Succeeded by
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