These Days (Bon Jovi album)

These Days

Studio album by Bon Jovi

Released

June 27, 1995

Recorded

December 1994- April 1995

Genre

Hard rock^[1]

Length

66:14

Label

Mercury

Producer

Peter Collins, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora

Bon Jovi chronology

Singles from These Days
Cross Road (1994)	These Days (1995)	Crush (2000)
"This Ain't a Love Song" Released: May 30, 1995 "Something for the Pain" Released: September 14, 1995 "Lie to Me" Released: November 29, 1995 "These Days" Released: February 6, 1996 "Hey God" Released: June 17, 1996

These Days is Bon Jovi's sixth studio album, released on June 27, 1995. This was the first album Bon Jovi released after the departure of bassist Alec John Such. Hugh McDonald unofficially replaced Such as bassist. The album, produced by Peter Collins, Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi, was an overall darker album in contrast to the band's usual brand of feel-good, inspiring rock songs and love ballads. At the time of release, the album was a huge commercial hit, particularly in Europe and Japan, but failed to impress the audience in the United States. In the UK, the album was particularly notable for producing four Top 10 hit singles. 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.

These Days may be regarded as a concept album by some by its re-iteration of the title in many of the albums tracks.

1 Commercial reception
2 Awards
3 Re-release
4 Track listing
5 European 2 Disc Special Edition Bonus Disc
6 Latin American release
7 French Bonus CD
8 Australian Tour Edition Bonus CD
9 Japanese Limited Edition Bonus CD
10 2010 Special Edition Bonus Tracks
11 Personnel
12 Charts and certifications
- 12.1 Peak positions
- 12.2 Certifications
13 References

Commercial reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

These Days was a huge commercial success, especially in the Japanese and European markets. In Japan, the album topped the Oricon chart with sales of 379,000 copies in first week, becoming one of the fastest selling albums by a non-Japanese band in history of the country's chart.^[3] In total, the album was sold more than 800,000 copies.

In the UK the album was highly anticipated. It replaced Michael Jackson's album HIStory at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spent four consecutive weeks at #1.^[4] The album spawned four Top 10 singles for Bon Jovi in the UK Singles Chart ("This Ain't a Love Song", "Something for the Pain", "Lie to Me", and "These Days") - the band's highest number of UK singles from one album. The album also topped the European Albums Chart for seven weeks and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry certified "These Days" three times platinum, denoting three million shipments within the continent. In 1997, the album was ranked number 2 on Q magazine's list of the Top 50 albums of 1995.^[5] In 2006 the album featured in the Classic Rock & Metal Hammer's The 200 Greatest Albums Of The 90's.^[6]

In the United States, the album was met with a lukewarm reception. These Days managed only one hit single for the band in United States, with "This Ain't A Love Song" reaching the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200,^[7] but slipped down the charts very quickly; in all it sold just over one million copies in United States. The album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide to date.

Awards

In 1995, Bon Jovi was voted 'Best Rock', at the MTV Europe Music Awards and at the BRIT Awards, the band was awarded for the 'Best International Band'.

Re-release

The album was re-released in Europe on June 1996 in a box package including two discs—the original album and an extra CD which included previously unreleased songs. The set was issued as These Days Special Edition. These Days Special Edition was not listed in the UK charts as a different album than the original These Days, and helped the album to jump from #129 to #11 during the band's European Tour at summer of 1996.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hey God"	Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora	6:12
2.	"Something for the Pain"	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child	4:50
3.	"This Ain't a Love Song"	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child	5:07
4.	"These Days"	Bon Jovi, Sambora	6:30
5.	"Lie to Me"	Bon Jovi, Sambora	5:36
6.	"Damned"	Bon Jovi, Sambora	4:30
7.	"My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms"	Bon Jovi, Sambora	5:44
8.	"(It's Hard) Letting You Go"	Bon Jovi	5:54
9.	"Hearts Breaking Even"	Bon Jovi, Child	5:06
10.	"Something to Believe In"	Bon Jovi	5:27
11.	"If That's What It Takes"	Bon Jovi, Sambora	5:20
12.	"Diamond Ring"	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child	3:48
13.	"All I Want Is Everything" (May not be on all releases, especially U.S. release)	Bon Jovi, Sambora	5:18
14.	"Bitter Wine" (May not be on all releases, especially U.S. release)	Bon Jovi, Sambora	4:36

European 2 Disc Special Edition Bonus Disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fields of Fire" (Demo)	Bon Jovi	4:10
2.	"I Thank You"	Isaac Hayes, David Potter	3:14
3.	"Mrs. Robinson"	Paul Simon	3:21
4.	"Let's Make It Baby" (Demo)	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child	6:19
5.	"I Don't Like Mondays" (live at Wembley Stadium, featuring Bob Geldof)	Bob Geldof	5:59
6.	"Crazy" (live, lead vocals by Tico Torres)	Willie Nelson	3:29
7.	"Tumblin' Dice" (live, lead vocals by David Bryan)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	4:17
8.	"Heaven Help Us All" (live, lead vocals by Richie Sambora)	Ron Miller	4:34

Latin American release

14. "Como Yo Nadie Te Ha Amado" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child), spanish version of "This Ain't A Love Song" - 5:04

French Bonus CD

"Always" (Live in Montreal) (Bon Jovi) - 5:52
"Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 4:27
"Prostitute" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 4:28
"Lonely at the Top" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 4:14
"When She Comes" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 3:29
"The End" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, David Bryan) - 3:38

Australian Tour Edition Bonus CD

Mercury 528 874-2 Recorded live at Wembley Stadium, London

This Ain't A Love Song (Live)
I Don't Like Mondays (Live)
Livin' On A Prayer (Live)
You Give Love A Bad Name (Live)
Wild In The Streets (Live)

Japanese Limited Edition Bonus CD

1998 Nippon Phonogram PHCR90023/4

This Ain't A Love Song (Wembley 1995)
Hey God (Wembley 1995)
These Days (Johannesburg 1995)
Something For The Pain (Miami Arena 1995)
(It's Hard) Letting You Go (Johannesburg 1995)
Rocking In The Free World (Johannesburg 1995)
634-5789 (Studio Outtake)
All I Want Is Everything
Bitter Wine

2010 Special Edition Bonus Tracks

This Ain't A Love Song (Live)
Diamond Ring (Live)

Personnel

Additional musicians

Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, programming
Jerry Cohen – keyboards
Rory Dodd – background vocals
Randy Jackson – bass guitar
Suzie Katayama – cello
Frank Marocco – accordion
Richie LaBamba – trombone
Ed Manion – baritone saxophone
Mark Pender – trumpet
Jerry Vivino – tenor saxophone
David Campbell – arranger (strings)

Charts and certifications

Peak positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Argentinan Albums Chart^[8]	3
Australian Albums Chart^[9]	1
Austrian Albums Chart^[10]	1
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)^[11]	3
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[12]	6
Canadian Albums Chart^[13]	3
Chilean Albums Chart^[14]	5
Danish Albums Chart^[15]	7
Dutch Albums Chart^[16]	1
European Albums Chart^[17]	1
Finnish Albums Chart^[18]	1
French Albums Chart^[19]	6
German Albums Chart^[20]	1
Hungarian Albums Chart^[21]	2
Irish Albums Chart^[22]	1
Italian Albums Chart^[23]	3
Japanese Albums Chart^[24]	1
New Zealand Albums Chart^[25]	11
Norwegian Albums Chart^[26]	7
Portuguese Albums Chart^[27]	1
Spanish Albums Chart^[28]	3
Swedish Albums Chart^[29]	2
Swiss Albums Chart^[30]	1
UK Albums Chart^[31]	1
US Billboard 200^[32]	9

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)^[33]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[34]	Platinum	50,000^x
Canada (Music Canada)^[35]	2× Platinum	200,000^{^}
Finland (IFPI Finland)^[36]	Platinum	64,725^[36]
France (SNEP)^[37]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Netherlands (NVPI)^[38]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)^[39]	Gold	250,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[40]	Platinum	50,000^x
United Kingdom (BPI)^[41]	2× Platinum	600,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[42]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[43]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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Preceded by HIStory by Michael Jackson	UK number one album July 1, 1995 – July 28, 1995	Succeeded by I Should Coco by Supergrass
Preceded by HIStory by Michael Jackson	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album July 16, 1995 – July 29, 1995	Succeeded by Throwing Copper by Live

Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi · Richie Sambora · Tico Torres · David Bryan · Hugh McDonald Alec John Such

Studio albums	Bon Jovi · 7800° Fahrenheit · Slippery When Wet · New Jersey · Keep the Faith · These Days · Crush · Bounce · Have a Nice Day · Lost Highway · The Circle

Compilation albums	Cross Road · Tokyo Road: Best of Bon Jovi · This Left Feels Right · 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong · Greatest Hits

Live albums	One Wild Night Live 1985–2001

Solo albums	Blaze of Glory · Stranger in This Town · Destination Anywhere · On a Full Moon · Lunar Eclipse · Undiscovered Soul · The Power Station Years: The Unreleased Recordings

Video albums	Breakout: Video Singles · Slippery When Wet: The Videos · New Jersey: The Videos · Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey · Keep the Faith: An Evening with Bon Jovi · Keep the Faith: The Videos · Cross Road · Live from London · The Crush Tour · This Left Feels Right Live · Lost Highway: The Concert · When We Were Beautiful · Live at Madison Square Garden · Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Video Collection

Concert tours	Bon Jovi Tour (1984) · 7800 Fahrenheit Tour (1985) · Slippery When Wet Tour · Jersey Syndicate Tour · Keep the Faith Tour · I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour · These Days Tour · Crush Tour · One Wild Night Tour · Bounce Tour · Have a Nice Day Tour · Lost Highway Tour · The Circle Tour · Bon Jovi Live

Related articles	Discography · Tony Bongiovi · Bruce Fairbairn · Aldo Nova · Desmond Child · Bob Rock · Luke Ebbin · Andreas Carlsson · Patrick Leonard · John Shanks · Bon Jovi outtakes

Labels	Polygram · Mercury · Island Def Jam Music Group · Island

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Bon Jovi singles discography

Bon Jovi	"Runaway" • "She Don't Know Me" • "Burning for Love" (Japan only)

7800° Fahrenheit	"Only Lonely" • "In and Out of Love" • "The Hardest Part Is the Night" • "Silent Night"

Slippery When Wet	"You Give Love a Bad Name" • "Livin' on a Prayer" • "Wanted Dead or Alive" • "Never Say Goodbye"

New Jersey	"Bad Medicine" • "Born to Be My Baby" • "I'll Be There for You" • "Lay Your Hands on Me" • "Living in Sin"

Keep the Faith	"Keep the Faith" • "Bed of Roses" • "In These Arms" • "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" • "I Believe" • "Dry County"

Cross Road	"Always" • "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"

These Days	"This Ain't a Love Song" • "Something for the Pain" • "Lie to Me" • "These Days" • "Hey God"

Crush	"It's My Life" • "Say It Isn't So" • "Thank You For Loving Me"

One Wild Night Live 1985–2001	"One Wild Night (2001)" • "Wanted Dead or Alive (Live)"

Bounce	"Everyday" • "Misunderstood" • "The Distance" (Japan only) • "All About Lovin' You" • "Bounce" (promo single)

This Left Feels Right	"It's My Life (2003)" • "Wanted Dead or Alive (2003)" (promo single)

100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong	"The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" (promo single)

Have a Nice Day	"Have a Nice Day" • "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (with Jennifer Nettles) • "Welcome to Wherever You Are" • "I Want to Be Loved" (promo single)

Lost Highway	"(You Want To) Make a Memory" • "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" (with LeAnn Rimes) • "Lost Highway" • "Summertime" (Canada only) • "Whole Lot of Leavin'"

The Circle	"We Weren't Born to Follow" • "Superman Tonight" • "When We Were Beautiful"

Greatest Hits	"What Do You Got?" • "No Apologies"" • "This Is Our House" (promo single)

Other singles	"Edge of a Broken Heart" (Disorderlies soundtrack) • "Good Guys Don't Always Wear White"(promo single) • "Please Come Home for Christmas" • "Real Life" (EDtv soundtrack)

Jon Bon Jovi solo singles	"Blaze of Glory" • "Miracle" • Never Say Die • "Levon" • "Please Come Home for Christmas" • "Midnight in Chelsea" • "Queen of New Orleans" • "Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town" • "Ugly" • "Bang a Drum" (with Chris LeDoux)

Richie Sambora solo singles	"Ballad of Youth" • "One Light Burning" • "Stranger in this Town" • "Hard Times Come Easy" • "In It for Love" • "Undiscovered Soul" • "Made in America"

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