These Days [Remastered] - Bon Jovi

...A Love Song, Damned Timeless: These Days, My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms, Diamond Ring Hey God: Bon Jovi kick off their album with this all-out rocking tune, and you're immediately thinking, "Oh no, here they go again... yet another You Give Love A Bad Name". With the anger and profanity on this track (the lads from New Jersey rarely ever sing with either), you ask yourself what Bon Jovi are miffed about. But it's just the creative energy working ...
...while - at least until These Days hits you. 8/10 This Ain't A Love Song: This used to be a track that I frequently skipped over, but in the last two years I've found myself listening to more of this absolute jewel of a ballad. It doesn't rival their masterpiece Always off "Crossroads", but is a great opening ballad to the album, and despite their staunch insistence that "This ain't a love song", you know it is. The emotion is so inherent in its ...

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...The production on These Days is superb, down to Jon and Richie with Peter Collins (who should also be thanked for Always), it gives me a feeling of warmth and familiarity as some of the bands greatest songs ooze out of the speakers and impress themselves on my memory. The rockier tracks have greater edge than before, such as the opener "Hey God" in which Jon questions life in the nineties and Richie's guitar howls in pain as he strangles its neck, ...
...The Faith's superb "Dry County")and These Days is no exception,with the brilliant title track bringing to mind Springsteen, as does the majority of the album, while the bluesey, jam-like "Bleeding In My Arms" is a stroke of genius. My own personal favourite track on this album, perhaps becasue it draws on so well on broken relationships, is the almost throw - away track "Bitter Wine." It's so simple yet beuatiful and strangely evokes the Rolling ...

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...Richie sambora, the best guitarist in the world, at his best. The middle of the album, with songs such as "hearts Breaking Even", and "Ill be there for you" is actually very good, but unfortunately there is also some very melancholic tracks, such as These Days itself and "Diamond Ring". ...

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'These days' is a CD consisting of 14 tracks. The first 5 tracks on the CD are magnificent. However, after the first 5 songs the other tracks pale in significance. All of the tracks are well written and with good feeling, its just that some of them don't quite have the Bon Jovi seal of excellance. Overall the CD is definately worth having even if its just for my personal favourite, 'Lie to me'. The other notable tracks are, 'Hey God', 'Something ...

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...the Bon Jovi album called These Days, it was so good, each track had something different about it, favourite songs included ‘Something for the pain’, ‘Lie t me’, ‘Heart Breaking Even’, ‘I’ll be there for you’. And the best of all This ain’t a love song. I think this was Bon Jovi’s best album, other’s were to come much later but they were always going to be compared with this ...
...songs for a long time to come, as I remember this has my first real album I really liked. It had some classic songs which you could listen to in any occasion, I went to see him at concert and he was equally as good, it’s much nicer at time to see the artist playing live if you have the chance. This was an album that had some really good tracks on. Special for any occasion. ...

sam123 18.03.2001 · Read full review
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This has always been my favourite Bon Jovi album. All of the songs flow effortlessly and seamlessly into one another, and the lyrics truly mean something. This album is perfect to listen to as background music whilst doing other things, but really comes into its own if you stop everything, turn off the lights, and listen to it in the dark through headphones. I've lstened to it hundreds, if not thousands, of times, and each time it still gives me ...
...bit sad and depressing. However, the general mood is uplifting and hopeful. The songs are almost like short stories as they tell of events, and you find yourself believeing. Track 7, "My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms" is my favourite, but all of the songs on there are good. "Diamond Ring" is my least favourite, but it isn't really bad. It's just such a great album and that track doesn't quite live up to the rest of the songs. Do be careful when ...

juno_the 31.05.2006 · Read full review
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I have always been a bon jovi fan and loved their music, but I must admit, this album was one of the last albums I added to my collection. The album, released in 1994 touches a more sinister and heart breaking note. Personal favourites include "this aint a love song", "these days", "something to believe in" and my guitar lies bleeding"......The whole album seems to focus around losing a loved one or breaking up with a loved one which makes it easy ...
...to the songs seem very down to earth and realistic, for example, "my guitar lies bleeding in my arms" opens with the lines "Misery likes company, I like the way that sounds". I am a musician and songwriter myself and think that writing personal messages that let you into the song writers head is a touch of genious. Richies guitar work is impeccable, ranging for warm mellow riffs to gut wrenching squeeling solos. Perhaps the thing that strikes me ...

jamesofdeath 01.02.2007 · Read full review
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This is an alright album. It is a little inconsistent. There are as ever with bon jovi albums some good rocking tunes (something for the pain – sticks in my mind) but there is also some real pap. The guitar work by richie sambora rescues a lot of the songs but there are some that are beyond even his touch (hearts breaking even). The album ends on some good low key acoustic and piano numbers which are probably the best on the album – diamond ring ...

lewiscrofts 21.07.2000 · Read full review
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In 1994 bon Jovi released These days probably there best then and still now. The album starts with the Heavy laiden 'Hey god' and simmers down to great slow ballads such as 'diamond ring' and 'bitter wine'. The singles "This ain't a love song' and 'Thess days' are catchy and your be singing along in minutes. My personal favourites are "Hearts breaking Even' a brillant rocking ballad and 'While My Guitar gently bleeds' It may have a title like a beatles ...

Chris27 10.10.2005 · Read full review
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I have had this CD for a very long time and never get tired in pluging it to my CD player and just listening. ...

Daycressando 11.07.2008
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Not long been a Bon Jovi fan (approx 5 years on and off), but this album is the best I've heard yet. Starts off well and just gets better and better. This is the Bon Jovi I prefer to listen to (compared to his newer stuff which I find harder to enjoy and takes longer to grow on me)! Good mixture of rock ballads and up tempo typical Bon Jovi rock songs (with meat on them!!) and some songs with slightly different tones. Really good variety of tunes ...
...it - nothing else right now comes close to being worth listening to. Favourite song has got to be "Give me something for the pain" with "These days" coming a close second. I also like the moody blues song "Diamond ring" - different sound to some of his stuff, but good song. So, what more can I say - if you like Bon Jovi you've just got to love this album. ...

lisa.sanders 18.12.2003 · Read full review
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