Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Hard Rok i Metal, Rok
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Studio album by Bon Jovi
Released November 3, 1992
Recorded January–August 1992
Studio Little Mountain (Vancouver, Canada)
Genre
Hard rock
Length 65:04
Label Mercury
Producer Bob Rock
Bon Jovi chronology
Hard & Hot (Best of Bon Jovi)
(1991) Keep the Faith
(1992) Cross Road
(1994)

Keep the Faith, released on November 3, 1992, by Mercury Records, is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi. Produced by Bob Rock, and recorded at the Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, it is the band`s last studio album to include all five original band members. Bass guitarist Alec John Such was dismissed from the band in 1994, though it was not his last release with the band.[clarification needed] Keep the Faith marked a change to a `more serious interpretation of the band`s pop-metal groove`.[1] It is Bon Jovi`s longest album to date, clocking in at 66 minutes.

Keep the Faith peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album produced several hits for the band, including `Keep the Faith`, `Bed of Roses` and `In These Arms`.[2]

Background
Following the completion of the 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.[3] By this time, Jon Bon Jovi fired his longtime manager, Doc McGhee and created Bon Jovi Management.[4] Jon Bon Jovi decided to take on a larger role, and more responsibilities within the band. In October 1991 the band went to the 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.

Recording and production
In January 1992, the band headed to Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia. They spent seven months making the album with Bob Rock producing. Originally, the band had approached Bruce Fairbairn, who produced Slippery When Wet and New Jersey, but he was working on Aerosmith`s Get a Grip at the time. Most of the recording was done in Vancouver, although a couple of tracks and overdubs were laid down in Los Angeles.

`When we got back together in a room in Vancouver,` noted Jon Bon Jovi in 2007, `we closed the door and ignored what had happened to our genre of music. We`d been kicked in the teeth by Nirvana, but we didn`t pay attention to that. We got rid of the clichés, wrote some socially conscious lyrics and got a haircut. I didn`t do a grunge thing and I didn`t do a rap thing. But I knew I couldn`t re-write `Livin` on a Prayer` again, so I didn`t try. And it paid off.`[5]

Of the thirty songs written for the album, a couple were co-written by David Bryan and a couple by Desmond Child; the rest being by Jon Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora compositions and by Bon Jovi alone. Fourteen songs made it to the final album. Jon Bon Jovi wrote half of the album`s songs alone.

Before the band reunited in the studio, Bon Jovi spent the summer of 1991 in anonymity, riding his motorbike in places like Arizona, gaining experiences that inspired him to write `Dry County` and `Bed of Roses`. He later commented `It would never have been possible [for me] to write songs like `Bed of Roses` or `Dry County` five years ago.`

Track listing
All tracks are written by Jon Bon Jovi, except where noted.

International edition
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `I Believe` 5:48
2. `Keep the Faith`
Bon JoviRichie SamboraDesmond Child
5:46
3. `I`ll Sleep When I`m Dead`
Bon JoviSamboraChild
4:42
4. `In These Arms`
Bon JoviSamboraDavid Bryan
5:19
5. `Bed of Roses` 6:33
6. `If I Was Your Mother`
Bon JoviSambora
4:27
7. `Dry County` 9:51
8. `Woman in Love` 3:48
9. `Fear` 3:06
10. `I Want You` 5:36
11. `Blame It on the Love of Rock & Roll`
Bon JoviSambora
4:24
12. `Little Bit of Soul`
Bon JoviSambora
5:44
13. `Save a Prayer` (European bonus track)
Bon JoviSambora
5:57
Total length: 65:04

Personnel
Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, additional guitars
Richie Sambora – lead guitar, backing vocals
David Bryan – keyboards, backing vocals
Alec John Such – bass, backing vocals
Tico Torres – drums, percussion
Additional musicians

Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, Julia Waters, Isabella Lento, Carmela Lento, Myna Matthews – additional background vocals (`In These Arms`, `Dry County`)
Hugh McDonald – bass (`Keep the Faith`)
Production

Bob Rock – producer
Obie O`Brien, Gary Platt, Randy Staub – engineering
Brian Dobbs, Greg Goldman, Darren Grahn, Ed Korengo, Jim Lavinski, Ulrich Wild – assistant engineers
Bob Rock, Randy Staub – mixing
George Marino – mastering