Crush is
Bon JoviBon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994 and...
's seventh studio album, released on June 13, 2000 through
IslandIsland Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group and is operated in the United States through The Island Def Jam Music Group and in the UK through Island Records Group...
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MercuryMercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal Music...
. It was their first studio album since
These DaysThese Days is Bon Jovi's sixth studio album, and was released on June 27, 1995. This was the first album Bon Jovi released after the firing of bassist Alec John Such. Hugh McDonald unofficially replaced Such as bassist. At the time of release, the album was a huge commercial hit, particularly in...
was released in 1995. The album produced by
Luke EbbinLuke Ebbin is an American multi-platinum, Grammy nominated record producer, composer and songwriter. Ebbin is credited for executing the comeback and extreme makeover of Bon Jovi with his production of the worldwide smash hit "It's My Life" and the 8 million selling album Crush .-Musical...
,
Jon Bon JoviJohn Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of rock band Bon Jovi. He was also the owner of the Philadelphia Soul of the now suspended Arena Football League...
and
Richie SamboraRichard "Richie" Stephen Sambora , is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer/ songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the popular rock band Bon Jovi. Along with frontman Jon Bon Jovi, he forms the primary songwriting unit of the band...
.
Crush, which also produced such hits as "
It's My Life"It's My Life" is Bon Jovi's first single from the album Crush. It was released on May 23, 2000. It was a re-make of the synth-pop group Talk Talk's 1984 release on their album of the same name....
" (a remake of a 1984 release from the British synth-pop group
Talk TalkTalk Talk were a British musical group that were active from 1981 to 1991. The group had a string of international hit singles including; "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life", "Such a Shame", "Dum Dum Girl", "Life's What You Make It" and "Living in Another World".-Beginnings:Talk Talk began as a...
) and "
Thank You For Loving Me"Thank You for Loving Me" is a song by Bon Jovi. Written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, it was released in 2000 as the third single from their Grammy-nominated album Crush....
", became the band's fifth consecutive UK #1 album, sold eight million copies worldwide, and helped introduce them to a new, younger fan base.
Crush is
Bon JoviBon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994 and...
's seventh studio album, released on June 13, 2000 through
IslandIsland Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group and is operated in the United States through The Island Def Jam Music Group and in the UK through Island Records Group...
/
MercuryMercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal Music...
. It was their first studio album since
These DaysThese Days is Bon Jovi's sixth studio album, and was released on June 27, 1995. This was the first album Bon Jovi released after the firing of bassist Alec John Such. Hugh McDonald unofficially replaced Such as bassist. At the time of release, the album was a huge commercial hit, particularly in...
was released in 1995. The album produced by
Luke EbbinLuke Ebbin is an American multi-platinum, Grammy nominated record producer, composer and songwriter. Ebbin is credited for executing the comeback and extreme makeover of Bon Jovi with his production of the worldwide smash hit "It's My Life" and the 8 million selling album Crush .-Musical...
,
Jon Bon JoviJohn Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of rock band Bon Jovi. He was also the owner of the Philadelphia Soul of the now suspended Arena Football League...
and
Richie SamboraRichard "Richie" Stephen Sambora , is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer/ songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the popular rock band Bon Jovi. Along with frontman Jon Bon Jovi, he forms the primary songwriting unit of the band...
.
Crush, which also produced such hits as "
It's My Life"It's My Life" is Bon Jovi's first single from the album Crush. It was released on May 23, 2000. It was a re-make of the synth-pop group Talk Talk's 1984 release on their album of the same name....
" (a remake of a 1984 release from the British synth-pop group
Talk TalkTalk Talk were a British musical group that were active from 1981 to 1991. The group had a string of international hit singles including; "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life", "Such a Shame", "Dum Dum Girl", "Life's What You Make It" and "Living in Another World".-Beginnings:Talk Talk began as a...
) and "
Thank You For Loving Me"Thank You for Loving Me" is a song by Bon Jovi. Written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, it was released in 2000 as the third single from their Grammy-nominated album Crush....
", became the band's fifth consecutive UK #1 album, sold eight million copies worldwide, and helped introduce them to a new, younger fan base. Crush was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards.
Album information
After the initial plan to team up hard-rock producers
Bob RockRobert Jens Rock, , is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer.-Music career with Payola$ and Rock and Hyde:...
and
Bruce FairbairnBruce Earl Fairbairn was a Canadian rock music producer who was prominent during the 1980s and 1990s. His style was notable for the introduction of dynamic horn arrangements in the context of hard rock bands such as AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and Loverboy.-Early career:Fairbairn was...
fell through due to the latter's death, an audition process was set up with alt-rock engineer Luke Ebbin (Splender) winning the job. The choice was a fortuitous one as here Bon Jovi updates its sound with a smattering of loops and impressive arrangements. The working title was "Sex Sells" and posters of this album are seen advertised in and around New York in the "
Real Life"Real Life" is a single by American Rock band Bon Jovi, released in 1999. It is taken from the soundtrack of the film EDtv. A remix of the song is also present on the 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong boxset.- Track listings :CD1...
" music video. Another working title was "One Wild Night". The name was dropped but later used for the live compilation album the following year.
Crush was mostly well received by some of the critics but not by the fans although it was the first Bon Jovi album to ever nominated for a Grammy. In a review for
Allmusic Steve Huey expressed the opinion that
Crush is a solidly crafted mainstream rock record that's much better than most might expect but
Rolling StoneRolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J. Gleason.The magazine was named after the 1948 Muddy Waters song of the same...
gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and described "It's My Life" as "a Britney track shot through the heart with Richie Sambora's voice-box guitar...".
Chart information
Crush became the band's most popular studio album in the United States since
Keep the FaithKeep 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 debuted at #9 on the
Billboard 200The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling new music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, spent 51 weeks on the chart, and, according to
Nielsen SoundscanNielsen SoundScan is an information system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett that tracks sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
, has sold 2,071,000 copies in the U.S.
The album topped the European album chart for seven weeks, spent fifteen weeks in the Top 10, and received 2x Platinum certification by the
IFPIThe International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
. The album was #6 on the 2000 Europe Year-End albums chart, #7 on the 2000 CNN WorldBeat albums chart, and sold 8 million copies worldwide.
Crush debuted at #1 in UK and became the band's fifth consecutive UK #1 album, but it was the last to go Platinum.
The first single, "It's My Life", is among the most popular recent Bon Jovi singles and was the #3 bestselling single worldwide in 2000. "It's My Life" topped the European singles chart for 4 weeks.
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Track listing
Special Edition Bonus CD
- At the end of the album, the band can be heard discussing what would happen if James Brown were there, which then follows into "I Could Make a Living Out of Loving You", a bonus track.
- There's another bonus song called "I don't want to live forever" - 4:26
- The album was to see the band reunite with producer Bruce Fairbairn, but he died just before the recording of the album. The working title was "Sex Sells" and posters of this album are seen advertised in and around New York in the "Real Life
"Real Life" is a single by American Rock band Bon Jovi, released in 1999. It is taken from the soundtrack of the film EDtv. A remix of the song is also present on the 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong boxset.- Track listings :CD1...
" music video.
- Another working title was "One Wild Night". The name was dropped but later used for the live compilation album the following year.
Personnel
- Jon Bon Jovi
John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of rock band Bon Jovi. He was also the owner of the Philadelphia Soul of the now suspended Arena Football League...
- lead vocalsSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist...
- Richie Sambora
Richard "Richie" Stephen Sambora , is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer/ songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the popular rock band Bon Jovi. Along with frontman Jon Bon Jovi, he forms the primary songwriting unit of the band...
- guitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
s, backup vocals
- Tico Torres
Hector Samuel Juan "Tico" Torres is an American drummer and percussionist of Bon Jovi. He also has taken lead vocals on a song on the box set 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, as well as backing vocals on a couple of the early Bon Jovi tracks, notably "Born to Be My Baby" and "Love for...
- drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
, percussionA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration...
- David Bryan
David Bryan is the keyboard player of the band Bon Jovi. Bryan also sings backing vocals and often at live shows sings part of or the whole of the song "In These Arms", one of a handful of Bon Jovi songs credited to him.-Early life:Bryan began to learn piano at age seven...
- keyboardsA keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, pianoThe piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, backup vocals
- Hugh McDonald
Hugh John McDonald is a session musician and bassist. He has played with many artists both live and in the studio, and has recorded with Willie Nelson, Richie Sambora, Steve Goodman, Ringo Starr, Bon Jovi, Lita Ford, Michael Bolton, Cher, Alice Cooper, Jon Bon Jovi, Ricky Martin, and others.He is...
- bassThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
, backup vocals