The Full Wiki

Keep the Faith: Wikis
  
  
  

Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles.

Encyclopedia

Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: June 03, 2012 20:12 UTC (47 seconds ago)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the Bon Jovi album. For other uses, see Keep the faith (disambiguation).
Keep the Faith
Studio album by Bon Jovi
Released November 3, 1992
Recorded December 1991-August 1992
Genre Hard rock
Length 65:10
Label Mercury
Producer Bob Rock
Professional reviews
Bon Jovi chronology
New Jersey
(1988)		 Keep the Faith
(1992)		 Cross Road
(1994)
Singles from Keep the Faith
  1. "Keep the Faith"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Bed of Roses"
    Released: 1993
  3. "In These Arms"
    Released: 1993
  4. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"
    Released: 1993
  5. "I Believe"
    Released: 1993
  6. "Dry County"
    Released: 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". The album turned away from heavy drums and wild guitar solos, but instead introduced a new, more mature sound of Bon Jovi. This maturation would continue to an even greater extent with 1995's These Days.

Contents

History

Following the completion of 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. In January 1992 they 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, experiences that inspired him to write Dry County and Bed Of Roses. He later commented "I would never been possible 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.

Commercial reception

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 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 95 weeks inside the Top 200 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 10 million copies world wide.

Charts

Album

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

Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I Believe"   Bon Jovi 5:58
2. "Keep the Faith"   Jon 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 5:46
11. "Blame it on the Love of Rock and 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

Keep The Faith Mega Edition Bonus CD

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

  1. "Keep the Faith" Recorded Live In The Count Basy Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey 1992
  2. "In These Arms" Recorded Live In The Count Basy Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey 1992
  3. "Blaze of Glory" Recorded Live In The Count Basy 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

Related video releases

  • Keep The Faith: An Evening With Bon Jovi
  • Keep The Faith: The Videos

Personnel

References

  1. ^ 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
Live/Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition
by AC/DC
Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi · Richie Sambora  · Hugh McDonald · Tico Torres · David Bryan
Alec John Such
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Solo albums
Blaze of Glory · Stranger in This Town · Destination Anywhere · Undiscovered Soul · On a Full Moon · Lunar Eclipse · 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 · Destination Anywhere: The Film · The Crush Tour · This Left Feels Right Live · Lost Highway: The Concert  · When We Were Beautiful  · Live at Madison Square Garden
Concert tours
Bon Jovi Tour · 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit Tour · 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
Related articles
Record Labels
Bon Jovi singles discography
Bon Jovi
"Runaway" • "She Don't Know Me" • "Burning for Love" (Japan only)
7800° Fahrenheit
Slippery When Wet
New Jersey
Keep the Faith
Cross Road
These Days
Crush
One Wild Night Live 1985-2001
Bounce
This Left Feels Right
Have a Nice Day
Lost Highway
The Circle
Other singles
"Please Come Home for Christmas" • "Real Life" (EdTV Soundtrack)
Jon Bon Jovi solo singles
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"







Got something to say? Make a comment.
Your name
Your email address
Message
Please enter the solution to case below
70+12=