Keep the Faith
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| Studio album by Bon Jovi | |||||
| Released | November 3, 1992 | ||||
| Recorded | December 1991-August 1992 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock Rock |
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| Length | 65:10 | ||||
| Label | Mercury | ||||
| Producer | Bob Rock | ||||
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Bon Jovi's fifth album Keep the Faith was released in November 1992. After New Jersey all the members of the band were venturing into different areas. Jon wrote and recorded "Blaze Of Glory" for the Young Guns II soundtrack and the song was a massive hit. Richie also recorded his solo album, Stranger in This Town and David released his album of classical piano tracks while Tico began career in painting, something he continues to do today. All these events sparked rumors that the band was breaking up.
The album signified an ending to their early metal roots in previous albums, and introduced a more "rock n roll" driven groove to the album. The album turned away from heavy drums and wild guitar solos, but instead introduced a new sound of Bon Jovi which consisted of piano ballads and long epic guitar solos (The Dry County solo runs over two minutes).
Keep the Faith topped the European, UK and Australian album charts. It was the best-selling album of Canada and Europe in 1993. The album has sold 13,000,000 copies worldwide and is Bon Jovi's 4th biggest-selling album worldwide. On the other hand, Bon Jovi's influence in the US was visibly diminished in the age of [alternative] and grunge music - following two #1 albums, which both went multi-platinum many times over, Keep The Faith only managed a #5 placing and has so far only reached double platinum status.
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[edit] Track listing
- "I Believe" – 5:58
- "Keep the Faith" – 5:46
- "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" – 4:43
- "In These Arms" – 5:19
- "Bed of Roses" – 6:34
- "If I Was Your Mother" – 4:27
- "Dry County" – 9:52
- "Woman in Love" – 3:48
- "Fear" – 3:06
- "I Want You" – 5:36
- "Blame It on the Love of Rock & Roll" – 4:24
- "Little Bit of Soul" – 5:44
- "Save a Prayer" – 5:57 *
- "Starting All Over Again" – 3:44 *
[*] Appears on some international releases
[edit] Special Edition bonus CD
These were all recorded live in Tampa on the Keep the Faith Tour.
- Keep the Faith
- In These Arms
- Blaze of Glory
- I'll Be There for You
- Lay Your Hands on Me
- Bad Medicine
- Bed of Roses (acoustic)
- Never Say Goodbye
[edit] Chart positions
| Country | Chart position |
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| Australia | #1 |
| Europe | #1 |
| CNN Worldbeat | #1 |
| Finland | #1 |
| UK | #1 |
| Germany | #2 |
| Austria | #2 |
| Netherlands | #3 |
| Hungary | #3 |
| Czech Republic | #3 |
| Japan | #3 |
| Sweden | #3 |
| Switzerland | #3 |
| USA | #5 |
| Norway | #7 |
| New Zealand | #15 |
| Italy | #16 |
[edit] Certifications
| Country | Certification |
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| Canada | 5x platinum |
| Australia | 3x platinum |
| Switzerland | 3x platinum |
| Korea | 3x platinum |
| USA | 3x platinum |
| Spain | 2x platinum |
| Austria | 2x Platinum |
| UK | Platinum |
| Germany | Platinum |
| Japan | Platinum |
| Sweden | Platinum |
| Italy | Platinum |
| Finland | Platinum |
| Mexico | Platinum |
| Singapore | Platinum |
| Taiwan | Platinum |
| Denmark | Gold |
| The Netherlands | Gold |
| Belgium | Gold |
| Norway | Gold |
| The Philippines | Gold |
| Malesia | Gold |
[edit] Year-end's charts
- Europe: No.1
- UK: #24
- Australia: #10
- Canada: #1
- Germany: #2
- USA: #49
- Austria: #3
- Switzerland: #1
[edit] Singles
- October 1992: "Keep the Faith" (#5 (UK); #29 (US))
- January 1993: "Bed of Roses" (#10 (US); #13 (UK))
- May 1993: "In These Arms" (#9 (UK); #27 (US))
- July 1993: "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (#17 (UK); #97 (US))
- September 1993: "I Believe" (#11 (UK))
- March 1994: "Dry County" (#9 (UK))
[edit] Related video releases
[edit] Trivia
- There is an error in the packaging of the remastered CD album in the UK - "Blame it on the Love of Rock and Roll" is misspelt "Blame in on the Love of Rock and Roll". This error is not present anywhere else on the CD contents.
[edit] Personnel
- Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals
- Richie Sambora - guitars, backing vocals, talkbox
- Alec John Such - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tico Torres - drums, percussion
- David Bryan - keyboards, piano, backing vocals
