Because of that, they released Cross Road, their first greatest hits album, with two new songs in October 1994. The album was originally slated to be released in the fourth quarter of 1994, but they asked for more time to write additional material. Over the next nine months, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora wrote and demoed forty songs. When the Keep the Faith Tour ended in December 1993, Jon Bon Jovi went on a vacation in January 1994 where he wrote 'Something to Believe In', the first song written for the album. In the U.S., despite selling 1 million copies and certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the album was not as successful as it was overseas and the album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200. In 2006, the album featured in the Classic Rock & Metal Hammer's The '200 Greatest Albums of the 90s'. The album was also voted the album of the year in British magazine Kerrang!'s readers poll in 1995. The album was ranked number two on Q magazine's list of the 'Top 50 albums of 1995'. 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. The album spawned four Top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart, the band's highest number of Top 10 singles from one album in the UK. In the United Kingdom, These Days replaced Michael Jackson's album HIStory at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spent four consecutive weeks at No. It became the band's fifth and fourth consecutive number one album in Australia and the United Kingdom. ContentsĪt the time of release, the album was a huge commercial success, especially in the European and Asian markets. These Days is overall a darker album in contrast to the band's usual brand of feel-good, inspiring rock songs and love ballads.

The album, produced by Peter Collins, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, is praised by many critics and fans as their best album.

This was the first album Bon Jovi released after the dismissal of original bass guitarist Alec John Such, who was unofficially replaced by Hugh McDonald, who would officially replace him in 2016. These Days (stylized as (these Days)) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on June 27, 1995, by Mercury Records. ' Something for the Pain' Released: September 5, 1995.' This Ain't a Love Song' Released: May 23, 1995.

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