Crush (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Crush
Type = Album
Artist = Bon Jovi


Released = June 13, 2000
Recorded = Sanctuary II Studio in New Jersey
Genre = Hard rock, rock
Length = 61:14
Label = Island/Mercury
Producer = Luke Ebbin, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
Reviews =
*All Music Guide Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:61rn281u05na link]
Last album = "These Days"
(1995)
This album = "Crush"
(2000)
Next album = "One Wild Night Live 1985-2001"
(2001)
Misc = Singles
Name = Crush
Type = studio
single 1 = It's My Life
single 1 date = May 23, 2000
single 2 = Say It Isn't So
single 2 date = 2000
single 3 = Thank You For Loving Me
single 3 date = December 2000

"Crush" is Bon Jovi's seventh studio album, released on June 13, 2000. It was their first studio album since "These Days" was released in 1995. Although Bon Jovi had never been a critical favorite, they had been consistent best-sellers around the globe. "Crush" re-established this reputation, with typical catchy choruses and anthemic, metal riffs. "It's My Life" was particularly ubiquitous in the United States and UK.

Crush was Bon Jovi's most popular studio album since 1992's Keep The Faith.The album went double platinum in the USA and with sales over 8 million copies worldwide, it is Bon Jovi's 5th biggest selling album to date.

The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards.

Track listing

# "It's My Life" – 3:44
# "Say It Isn't So" – 3:33
# "Thank You for Loving Me" – 5:07
# "Two Story Town" – 5:10
# "Next 100 Years" – 6:19
# "Just Older" – 4:28
# "Mystery Train" – 5:16
# "Save the World" – 5:31
# "Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars" – 4:31
# "She's a Mystery" – 5:18
# "I Got the Girl" – 4:35
# "One Wild Night" – 4:18
# "I Could Make a Living Out of Lovin' You" (Demo) (Released on every copy apart from the American version)" - 3:52
# "Neurotica" (Released only in Japan and Australia) / "It's My Life (Dave Bascombe Mix)" (UK Bonus Track) - 4:33
# "Say It Isn't So (UK Mix)" (UK Bonus Track) - 3:36
*At the end of the album, the band can be heard discussing what would happen if James Brown were there, which then follows into "If I Could Make a Living Out of Loving You", a bonus track.

pecial Edition Bonus CD

Disc. 2 (LIVE FROM OSAKA)
# Runaway
# Mystery Train
# Rockin' In The Free World
# Just Older
# It's My Life
# Someday I'll Be Saturday Night

ingles

"Crush" produced three singles, "It's My Life", "Say It Isn't So" and "Thank You For Loving Me". A remix of "One Wild Night" was later released from their following live album, "One Wild Night Live".

Charts

Albums #6 on Europe Year-End albums chart of 2000 and #7 on CNN WorldBeat albums chart of 2000. "Crush" is certified 3x Platinum in Japan, 2x Platinum in USA, Canada and Europe, and Platinum in UK and Australia. Total worldwide sales is over 8,000,000 copies and is Bon Jovi's 5th biggest selling album worldwide. Album topped Europe Official album chart - seven weeks and 15 weeks in top-10.

The first single "It's My Life" is among the most popular recent Bon Jovi singles and was #3 on best selling worldwide singles of 2000. Single "It's My Life" topped the European single chart for 4 weeks. The second single "Say It Isn't So" was #5 in Russia, #8 in Europe and Global single chart, #9 in Australia and #10 in UK. Single "Thank You For Loving Me" was #13 in Global single chart, #8 in Russia and Europe, #57 in USA and #12 in UK.

Album charts

*No.1 in CNN Worldbeat, Europe, Asia, UK, Germany, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Lebanon, Switzerland, Australia, Slovenia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Cyprus, Peru, India, Austria, Wales, Yugoslavia, Finland, Turkey.
*No.2 in Sweden, Spain, Korea, Japan.
*No.3 in Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, Hungary.
*No.4 in Canada, Czech Republic, Norway, Greece.
*No.9 in Russia, USA.

Year-end album charts of 2000

*CNN WorldBeat: #1
*Europe: #1
*UK: #1
*US: #1
*Belgium: #1
*Italy: #1
*Germany: #1
*Austria: #1
*Switzerland: #1
*Danmark: #1
*Finland: #1
*Australia: #27

Personnel

* Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals
* Richie Sambora - guitars, backup vocals
* Tico Torres - drums, percussion
* David Bryan - keyboards, piano, backup vocals

with
* Hugh McDonald - bass, backup vocals

succession box
before = "" by Whitney Houston
title = UK number one album
years = June 10 2000 – June 16 2000
after = "Reload" by Tom Jonessuccession box
before = "Mad Season" by Matchbox Twenty
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = June 5 – June 11 2000
after = "In Blue" by The Corrs