Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi album)

Occupation

Production

Studios

  • Sanctuary Sound II, New Jersey (USA)
  • Henson Studios, Los Angeles ( USA)

Have a Nice Day (English for " Have a nice day " ) is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Bon Jovi. It is the first album, which was developed with producer John Shanks, who also produced the following two albums the group.

Formation

Originally the album "Welcome to Wherever You Are ", should read, the title of another song on the album. We then decided, however, for the name " Have a Nice Day ", which was primarily based on the frustration after the last U.S. presidential election. Jon Bon Jovi had used in the election campaign intensively for the Democratic challenger John Kerry and processed in the same song his disappointment over his defeat against George W. Bush. The cover was designed by the German photographer Olaf Heine.

The album was recorded in autumn 2004. Because Jon Bon Jovi, however long doubted the quality of the songs he wrote four more, prompting the release of the album was pushed back.

The recordings designed differently than in the albums before it. Shanks was involved in the songwriting. At first recordings Jon Bon Jovi was supported only by Shanks and Sambora as the guitarist, the rest took a drum computer.

On 2 November 2005 the tour started the album and ended on July 29, 2006 with the third of three concerts at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.

Title list

Bonus Tracks (Japan, UK, Australia and Asia)

Bonus Track (Japan)

Bonus Tracks Special Edition

On 21 May 2010 the album was released in a tonally revised version that also includes the following live recordings that were recorded during the Have- a- Nice- Day Tour:

Information about individual songs

The Single Have a Nice Day was first presented at Live 8 in 2005.

Bells of Freedom is a variation of Bob Dylan's Chimes of Freedom. Dylan is after the death of Johnny Cash in 2003, for frontman Jon Bon Jovi and the Last Man Standing:

" When Johnny Cash died, I took my guitar in my hand and had this idea that the Bob Dylan - last man standing - the last remaining was. The last of the true gods. So I thought on the song to Dylan, Cash, Lennon and Elvis. "

The U.S. Bonus Track Who Says You Can not Go Home, a duet with Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland was formed, as Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi were of the opinion that the song would indeed fit well into a country radio station, but he's a little too rocky. Therefore, they sought the support of a country artist. This was found in Nettles, as they met the three requirements of Bon Jovi, he asked to be searched artist: He liked her voice and the songs of the album and was of the opinion that they would be able, the lyrics convincingly convey. The song was released as a single and made it to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 country charts. Country - In addition, the song 2007 Grammy in the category Best collaboration with vocals won at the Grammy Awards. Jon Bon Jovi had originally the impression Who Says You Can not Go Home would not have hit potential:

" I thought for sure this thing going to be a universal, timeless theme song of unity, diversity. Not a hit, not even close. Swing and a miss. "

The change of style the band for country music back is clearly continuous at the follow-up album Lost Highway in 2007.

Reception

Have a Nice Day spent three weeks at the top of the German album charts. In the U.S. and the UK, the album was a week at No. 2 More No. 1 rankings get in Australia, Japan, Canada, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Austria, Peru, Switzerland and Cyprus. Worldwide the album sold over 7 million copies, making it more successful than its predecessor (bounce ) and his successor (Lost Highway).

Michael Rensen was in Rock Hard magazine the following judgment: " Admittedly, Bon Jovi were the author of these lines for years the epitome of disgusting - slick U.S. bubblegum hard rock - as sympathetic as pigeons shit on a bike is so culturally valuable and endverblödet escapist as Karl Moiks Mutantenstadtl. Objectively speaking, it must be admitted, however, that the New Jersey -Boys never were, first, as bad as its reputation and secondly, are now matured to the point that you make sound during long car trips or relaxing garden parties easily, so can listen with favor even. Have A Nice Day is one of the hardest albums of Jon Bon & Co., precipitated with good abgehangenem guitar rock lining and annoying rarely with panties striker Balladenschwulst. The quartet even manages to convey a certain depth and places to exchange the well-being - at-any - price flair for a more thoughtful, more live atmosphere. And a hook - king before the Lord - that are even stifled most extreme metal purists can not deny - Jon Bon Jovi is anyway always been " Rensen awarded seven out of ten possible points..

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