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Keep the Faith
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| Studio album by Bon Jovi | ||
| Released | November 3, 1992 | |
| Recorded | December 1991-August 1992 | |
| Genre | Hard rock Album-oriented rock |
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| Length | 65:10 | |
| Label | Mercury | |
| Producer(s) | Bob Rock | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Bon Jovi chronology | ||
| New Jersey (1988) |
Keep the Faith (1992) |
Cross Road (1994) |
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. 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 soft-rock 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 in Canada and Europe of 1993.The album has sold more than 10,000,000 copies worldwide and is Bon Jovi's 4th biggest-selling album worldwide.
Contents |
- "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 and Roll" – 4:24
- "Little Bit of Soul" – 5:44
- "Save a Prayer" *
[*] Appears on international releases
| Country | Chart position |
|---|---|
| Australia | #1 |
| Europe | #1 |
| CNN Worldbeat | #1 |
| Finland | #1 |
| UK | #1 |
| Germany | #2 |
| Austria | #2 |
| Holland | #3 |
| Hungary | #3 |
| Czech Republic | #3 |
| Japan | #3 |
| Sweden | #3 |
| Switzerland | #3 |
| USA | #5 |
| Norway | #7 |
| New Zealand | #15 |
| Italy | #16 |
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Thaiwan | Platinum |
| Denmark | Gold |
| The Netherlands | Gold |
| Belgium | Gold |
| Norway | Gold |
| The Philippines | Gold |
| Malesia | Gold |
- Europe: No.1
- UK: #24
- Australia: #10
- Canada: #1
- Germany: #2
- USA: #49
- Austria: #3
- Switzerland: #1
- 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))
- 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.
- Jon Bon Jovi - vocals, guitars, piano, percussion
- Richie Sambora - guitars, harmony vocals
- David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals
- Tico Torres - drums, percussion
- Alec John Such - bass guitar