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Keep the Faith (1992)

Where the lyrics of Keep the Faith take you, and where it was really made.

Most of this album was recorded in Vancouver, Canada, and the band spent seven months making it.

Key places

Where the album was recorded in Vancouver (1992)

Recording site Little Mountain Sound Studios — In January 1992 the band went to Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver. They spent seven months making the album there with Bob Rock producing. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Tracks and overdubs recorded in Los Angeles (1992)

Recording site Los Angeles — Most of the album was recorded in Vancouver, but a couple of tracks and overdubs were laid down in Los Angeles. The source gives only the city, not a studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Keep the Faith: fifth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi
• Released November 3, 1992 on Mercury Records
• Produced by Bob Rock
• Recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Last studio album with all five original band members
• Bassist Alec John Such dismissed in 1994, though not his last release with the band
• Marked a change to a "more serious interpretation of the band's pop-metal groove"
• Longest Bon Jovi album to date, running 66 minutes

Background

• After the New Jersey tour the band went on hiatus
• Jon Bon Jovi wrote the soundtrack for Young Guns II, released in 1990 as the Blaze of Glory album
• Richie Sambora released his first solo album, Stranger in This Town, in the same period
• Jon Bon Jovi fired longtime manager Doc McGhee and created Bon Jovi Management
• Jon Bon Jovi took on a larger role and more responsibilities within the band
• In October 1991 the band met on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to plan the future and settle internal problems

Recording

• In January 1992 the band headed to Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver
• Seven months spent making the album with Bob Rock producing
• The band had first approached Bruce Fairbairn, who was then working on Aerosmith's Get a Grip
• Most recording took place in Vancouver, with a couple of tracks and overdubs laid down in Los Angeles
• Thirty songs were written for the album and fourteen made the final cut

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983.
• Jon Bon Jovi began performing live in 1975 at age 13 with his first band, Raze.
• The band was named Bon Jovi on the suggestion of Pamela Maher, following the model of two-word bands such as Van Halen.
• Its debut album Bon Jovi was released on January 21, 1984, with the single "Runaway" reaching the Billboard Hot 100 top forty.

Members

• The current lineup is Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres, John Shanks, Phil X, Everett Bradley, and Hugh McDonald.
• Original bassist Alec John Such left in 1994; he died in 2022.
• Guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013.

Career

• Slippery When Wet (1986) brought global success, with "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer" reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• New Jersey (1988) produced five Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles, a record for a hard rock album.
• Keep the Faith (1992) marked a shift to a more mature sound.
• "Always" (1994) became the band's biggest-selling and longest-charting single.
• Crush (2000) and "It's My Life" introduced the band to a younger audience.
• "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (2006) won a Grammy and became the first rock band single to top the Billboard country chart.
• The band has sold more than 130 million records worldwide and was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 Top Albums in November 1992
• Peaked at number one in the UK and Australia
• First single "Keep the Faith" released October 7, 1992, a month before the album
• "Keep the Faith" topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100
• "Keep the Faith" reached the top ten of singles charts in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Australia
• "Bed of Roses" released as second single January 11, 1993, reaching number 10 on the Hot 100
• "Bed of Roses" reached number two in Canada and number ten in Australia and Germany
• "In These Arms" released May 3, 1993, reaching number six in Canada and number nine in the UK
• "In These Arms" reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100
• "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" released July 26, reaching number 17 in the UK
• "I Believe" released September 20, reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart in October
• "Dry County", the last single, released March 7, 1994, reaching number nine on the UK Singles Chart

Records

• Peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200
• Certified double platinum by the RIAA in October 1994
• Six singles released between November 1992 and April 1994

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Keep the Faith is the third most-represented album in Bon Jovi's concert setlists, behind Slippery When Wet and New Jersey, mainly because of its singles.
• Some Latin American releases include "Cama de Rosas", the Spanish version of "Bed of Roses", as a bonus track.
• Some releases misspell "Dry County" as "Dry Country".
• The band appeared on MTV Unplugged, and the concert was released in 1993 as Keep the Faith: An Evening with Bon Jovi.
• A 1998 edition contains an enhanced CD-ROM video of "Keep the Faith" (Live).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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