| Lost Highway | ||||
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| Studio album by Bon Jovi | ||||
| Released | June 8, 2007 (see Release history) |
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| Recorded | Nashville, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, country rock | |||
| Length | 55:28 | |||
| Label | Lost Highway Mercury Nashville Island Nashville |
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| Producer | Dann Huff John Shanks Desmond Child (Executive Producer) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Yahoo! Music UK | [2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
| Blender Magazine | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B-)[5] |
| Now Magazine | [6] |
| BBC Online | (positive)[7] |
| New York Times | (positive)[8] |
Lost Highway is the title of 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.
| Region | Date |
|---|---|
| Germany | June 8, 2007 |
| United Kingdom | June 11, 2007 |
| Japan | June 14, 2007 |
| World | June 18, 2007 |
| United States | June 19, 2007 |
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.
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.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Album Chart[13] | 2 |
| Austrian Album Chart[14] | 1 |
| Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[15] | 7 |
| Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[16] | 44 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[17] | 1 |
| Danish Albums Chart[18] | 1 |
| Finnish Albums Chart[19] | 3 |
| French Albums Chart[20] | 39 |
| German Albums Chart[21] | 1 |
| Italian Albums Chart[22] | 10 |
| Mexican Albums Chart[23] | 13 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart[24] | 2 |
| Polish Albums Chart[25] | 11 |
| Portuguese Albums Chart[26] | 16 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[27] | 7 |
| Dutch Albums Chart[28] | 1 |
| UK Albums Chart[29] | 2 |
| Czech Republic Albums Chart[30] | 9 |
| Spanish Albums Chart[31] | 2 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[32] | 4 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[33] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[34] | 1 |
| U.S. Rock albums[34] | 1 |
| U.S. Digital albums[34] | 1 |
| U.S. Tastemaker albums[34] | 2 |
| End of year chart (2007) | Position |
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| German Albums Chart [35] | 15 |
| Swiss Albums Chart [36] | 17 |
| Country | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| Canada | 3x Platinum[37] |
| Austria | 2x Platinum[38] |
| Germany | Platinum [39] |
| Denmark | Platinum[40] |
| Japan | Gold[41] |
| USA | Platinum[42] |
| Switzerland | Platinum[43] |
| United Kingdom | Gold[44] |
| Australia | Gold[45] |
| New Zealand | Gold[46] |
| Hungary | Gold[47] |
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.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer | Length |
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer | Length | |||||
| 13. | "Lonely" | Bon Jovi, Child, Darrell Brown | 3:55 | ||||||
| Japan Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
| U.S. iTunes Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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:
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:
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:
For DVD details, see Lost Highway: The Concert
| Preceded by Big Dog Daddy by Toby Keith |
Billboard 200 number-one album July 1, 2007 – July 7, 2007 |
Succeeded by Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus by Miley Cyrus |
| Preceded by KJ2 Zukkoke Dai Dassō by Kanjani Eight |
Japanese Oricon Weekly number-one album June 25, 2007 |
Succeeded by All Yours by Crystal Kay |
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