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What you make of Bon Jovi's seventh album largely depends on whether you believe Jon Bon Jovi really knows what it's like to be "two paychecks away from living out on the street". These Days is the songwriter's leap towards Springsteen immortality. He fails, but that isn't to say the album isn't the band's most interesting, diverse and artistically rewarding of their career to date. The first recorded without bassist Alec Jon Such, it needed the characteristics of a "second album", following as it did the professional and artistic renascence of Keep the Faith. What they've produced is a side-step, a progression, and not necessarily an obvious one.
The title track is possibly their most mature effort, where "even innocence has caught the midnight train" and "there ain't nobody left but us these days". The dusty Americana of "Hey God" and "All I Want Is Everything" deal (almost successfully) with what can only be termed "social issues", whereas "This Ain't a Love Song" is one of their finest ballads. The hitherto unencountered diversity continues in the form of the highly charged brass of "Damned", which charts the anguish of infidelity, and in an ongoing religious theme, strangely absent from previous work. At 14 tracks it suffers, with the plodding "Diamond Ring" being an inexplicable and unforgivable inclusion, just as "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" were tacked needlessly on to their best-of Crossroad. Jon Bon Jovi might not be the Boss, but he sure is a king. --Ben Johncock
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This albulm reflects the maturity of the band and how they have progressed musically. It is an album which captures different levels of emotions, from a very upbeat and in your face song like "Hey god" to a very downbeat and deep song, like "as my guitar lies bleeding in my arms". These days is an album where the music reflects some of the social aspects of life especially in the title track. This album is totally different to what I expected and I was pleasentley suprised to hear a new sound from the New Jersey boys! There is still the Springsteen and Southside Jonny influences appearing which shows they have not lost there roots. Check out Richies guitar solo in "Damned", its amazing! Quality album and well worth a listen.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Definitly one of there best albums i love and never stop playing it the lyrics are often very touching and the music is just great if you ain't got it yet get it its worth every penny. Just great!!!!!!!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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These Days was the peak of Bon Jovi's recorded work. It was recorded in the midst of the grunge era and the band were most definately not the cool choice in music anymore. They responded with their most mature album, building on the social commentary that Keep The Faith began. Its a stripped down no nonsense record, mature in style and in places startlingly honest and lyrically dark.
The album is full of gems. Hey God with its signature Sambora riff and lyrics questioning faith, the musically upbeat and infectious Something For The Pain, the title track These Days, Damned which deals with an adulterous relationship, the awesome My Guitar Lies Bleedin In My Arms and the dark and brooding Something To Believe In are the standout tracks but that is by no means a reflection on the rest of the record as it is all top drawer stuff. The band are faultless throughout and this was the last record where Jons voice was 100% perfect.It was also the first Bon Jovi album without all five original members, bass player Alec John Such having left the band in 1994.
The band reverted to their poppier side for their following album Crush and have only recently recovered such dark lyrical ground with 2008s Lost Highway. This album also gets a raw deal as the songs tend to be played less frequently on their tours which is a real shame. In my opinion Bon Jovi have never bettered this record, compared to the rest of their work its out there on its own and its refreshing because of that. Buy it, discover it. You will not be disapointed.
The album is full of gems. Hey God with its signature Sambora riff and lyrics questioning faith, the musically upbeat and infectious Something For The Pain, the title track These Days, Damned which deals with an adulterous relationship, the awesome My Guitar Lies Bleedin In My Arms and the dark and brooding Something To Believe In are the standout tracks but that is by no means a reflection on the rest of the record as it is all top drawer stuff. The band are faultless throughout and this was the last record where Jons voice was 100% perfect.It was also the first Bon Jovi album without all five original members, bass player Alec John Such having left the band in 1994.
The band reverted to their poppier side for their following album Crush and have only recently recovered such dark lyrical ground with 2008s Lost Highway. This album also gets a raw deal as the songs tend to be played less frequently on their tours which is a real shame. In my opinion Bon Jovi have never bettered this record, compared to the rest of their work its out there on its own and its refreshing because of that. Buy it, discover it. You will not be disapointed.
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