Cross Road | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Bon Jovi | ||||
Released | October 11, 1994 | |||
Recorded | Various locations, 1983-1994 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 72:22 | |||
Label | Mercury/Polygram | |||
Producer | Tony Bongiovi, Jon Bon Jovi, Peter Collins, Bruce Fairbairn, Danny Korchmar, Lance Quinn, Bob Rock, Richie Sambora | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Sputnik Music | [2] |
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Cross Road is a greatest hits compilation released by the American band Bon Jovi in 1994. The album contains hits from between Bon Jovi (1984) and Keep The Faith (1992) and two new tracks: the hit singles "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night", as well as a new, updated rendition of "Livin' on a Prayer" entitled "Prayer '94" available only on the North American versions. A video, also entitled Cross Road, was simultaneously released which contained 16 of the band's music videos.
In 2005, Cross Road was re-issued as a 3-disc box set under the name "Deluxe Sound & Vision", which included the original remastered album, a bonus CD containing b-sides, rarities and fan favourites, and the Live from London DVD. The original remastered album was released in 1998.
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The album charted at #8 on The Billboard 200[3] and according to Nielsen SoundScan has sold 4,854,564 copies in the US to date. Cross Road was the best-selling album in the UK for 1994 and received 8× Platinum certification by the IFPI for selling 8 million copies across Europe.[4] The first single from the album "Always" went on to become their best selling single, with 1.5 million copies sold in the U.S.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
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1. | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | Slippery When Wet | 4:13 |
2. | "Keep the Faith" | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child | Keep the Faith | 5:46 |
3. | "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child | New Song | 4:39 |
4. | "Always" | Bon Jovi | New Song | 5:54 |
5. | "Wanted Dead or Alive" | Bon Jovi, Sambora | Slippery When Wet | 5:11 |
6. | "Lay Your Hands on Me" | Bon Jovi, Sambora | New Jersey | 6:03 |
7. | "You Give Love a Bad Name" | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child | Slippery When Wet | 3:46 |
8. | "Bed of Roses" | Bon Jovi | Keep the Faith | 6:38 |
9. | "Blaze of Glory" | Bon Jovi | Blaze of Glory | 5:40 |
10. | "In These Arms (on International releases)/Prayer '94 (on North American releases)/Tokyo Road (on some Japanese releases)" | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Bryan/Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child/Bon Jovi, Sambora | Keep the Faith/New Song/7800° Fahrenheit | 5:19 |
11. | "Bad Medicine" | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child | New Jersey | 5:16 |
12. | "I'll Be There for You" | Bon Jovi, Sambora | New Jersey | 5:46 |
13. | "In and Out of Love" | Bon Jovi | 7800° Fahrenheit | 4:24 |
14. | "Runaway" | Bon Jovi, George Karak | Bon Jovi | 3:53 |
International Bonus Track (absent from North American releases) | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | From Album | Length | |||||
15. | "Never Say Goodbye" | Bon Jovi, Sambora | Slippery When Wet | 4:50 |
The song "Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" is featured in the movie The Cowboy Way. Although Bon Jovi also released a music video to the song it was never released as a single. Aside from the Special Edition Bonus CD of the "Cross Road" compilation it can also be found on the "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" single.
"Livin' On A Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", "You Give Love A Bad Name" and "Never Say Goodbye"
Produced by Bruce Fairbairn
Engineered & Mixed by Bob Rock
Assistant Engineer: Tim Crich
Recorded at Little Mountain Studio, Vancouver, British Columbia
From the 1986 album Slippery When Wet
"Keep the Faith", "Bed of Roses", "In These Arms"
Produced by Bob Rock
Engineered by Randy Staub
Mixed by Randy Staub and Bob Rock
Additional Engineering by Obie O'Brien
Recorded at Little Mountain Studio, Vancouver, British Columbia
From the 1992 album Keep The Faith
"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night", "Always"
Produced by Peter Collins
Engineered by Kevin Shirley
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Mix This!
Recorded at Emerald Studio, Nashville, TN
From the 1994 greatest hits album Cross Road: Greatest Hits
"Lay Your Hands On Me", "Bad Medicine", "I'll Be There For You"
Produced by Bruce Fairbairn
Engineered & Mixed by Bob Rock
Assisted by: Chris Taylor
Recorded at Little Mountain Studio, Vancouver, British Columbia
From the 1988 album New Jersey
"Blaze of Glory"
Produced by Danny Korchmar, Jon Bon Jovi
Recorded and Mixed by Rob Jacobs with Brian "Mutt" Scheuble
Additional Recording by Obie O'Brien
Assisted by Chad Musey, Greg Goldman, Rick Plank
Recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California
From the 1990 album Blaze of Glory
"Prayer 94"
Produced by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora
Engineered by Obie O'Brien
Mixed at Bob Clearmountain at Mix This!
From the USA edition of Cross Road
"Tokyo Road", "In and Out of Love"
Produced by Lance Quinn
Mixed by David Theoner
Assisted by Fernando Kral
Engineered by Larry Alexander, Obie O'Brien, Mal, Bill Scheniman
Assistant Engineers: John Cianci, Big Al Greaves
Recorded at The Warehouse, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Mixed at The Hit Factory, New York City
From the 1985 album 7800° Fahrenheit
"Runaway"
Produced by Tony Bongiovi and Lance Quinn
Executive Producer: Arthur Mann
Engineered by Scott Litt, Jeff Henderickson, Larry Alexander
Assistanted by John Babich, Gary Rindfuss, Bruce Lampcov, Dave Greenberg, Barry Bongiovi
Recored at The Power Station, New York City, NY, USA
All songs mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York except "Blaze of Glory" mastered by Dave Collins; "Tokyo Road", "In and Out of Love" mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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Australian Top 50 Albums[5] | 1 |
Austrian Top 75 Albums[6] | 1 |
Canadian Top Albums[7] | 2 |
Netherlands Top 100 Albums[8] | 2 |
New Zealand Top 40 Albums[9] | 1 |
Norwegian Top 40 Albums[10] | 2 |
Swedish Top 60 Albums[11] | 2 |
Swiss Top 100 Albums[12] | 1 |
German Albums Chart[13] | 1 |
Hungarian Top 40 Albums[14] | 4 |
UK Albums Chart[15] | 1 |
US Billboard 200[16] | 8 |
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums[17] | 14 |
Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[18] | 14 |
French Compilations[19] | 3 |
Spanish Albums Chart[20] | 2 |
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Finnish Top 50 Albums[21] | 25 |
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Spanish Top 100 Albums[22] | 73 |
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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US Catalog Albums[16] | 1 |
US Hard Rock Albums[16] | 7 |
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[23] | 4× Platinum | 240,000x |
Australia (ARIA)[24] | 11× Platinum | 770,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[25] | 3× Platinum | 150,000x |
Canada (Music Canada)[26] | Diamond | 1,000,000^ |
Finland (IFPI Finland)[27] | 2× Platinum | 123,354[27] |
France (SNEP)[28] | Platinum | 300,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[29] | 2× Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
Hungary (Mahasz)[30] | Gold | |
Poland (ZPAV)[31] | Gold | 50,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[32] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[33] | 3× Platinum | 150,000x |
United Kingdom (BPI)[34] | 5× Platinum | 1,500,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[35] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[4] | 8× Platinum | 8,000,000* |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
Preceded by Monster by R.E.M. MTV Unplugged in New York by Nirvana |
UK number one album October 22, 1994 – November 11, 1994 November 19, 1994 – December 2, 1994 |
Succeeded by MTV Unplugged in New York by Nirvana Carry on up the Charts by Beautiful South |
Preceded by The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert by Various Artists |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album October 23 – November 5, 1994 |
Succeeded by Bedtime Stories by Madonna |
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