Lost Highway (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Lost Highway
Type = Album
Artist = Bon Jovi


Released = flagicon|Germany June 8, 2007
flagicon|UK June 11, 2007
flagicon|Japan June 14, 2007
flagicon|World June 18, 2007
flagicon|USA June 19, 2007
Recorded = Nashville, Los Angeles
Genre = Rock, country rock
Length = 49:50
Label = Island/Mercury
Producer = Dann Huff
John Shanks
Desmond Child (Executive Producer)
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gvfoxzy5ldje link]
*"Yahoo! Music UK" Rating|4|5 [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070618/33/21bqu.html link]
Last album = "Have A Nice Day"
(2005)
This album = "Lost Highway"
(2007)
next album = trashica
2007
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Japan Tour Edition
Type = Album

| Lower caption =
Misc = Singles
Name = Lost Highway
Type = studio
single 1 = (You Want to) Make a Memory
single 1 date = May 2007
single 2 = Lost Highway
single 2 date = December 2007

"Lost Highway" is the title of the tenth studio album by Bon Jovi.Described by Jon Bon Jovi as "a Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville", the album influences the band's rock sound with that of country music following the success of a country version of the band's 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", a duet with Jennifer Nettles, which reached #1 on the U.S. country chart in May 2006. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hifexqw5ldde~T51 allmusic ((( Bon Jovi > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ))) ] ]

Following the success had with the duet version of "Who Says You Can't Go Home", there are two songs on the album produced in collaboration with other artists, namely "We Got It Going On" featuring Big & Rich and "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" featuring LeAnn Rimes.

The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, becoming Bon Jovi's first ever album to debut at #1 and their third album to reach that position after "Slippery When Wet" in 1986 and "New Jersey" in 1988.Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003604227 "Bon Jovi Scores First No. 1 Album Since 1988"] , Billboard.com, June 27, 2007.] The album also debuted at #1 in Japan. This is the fourth such time, breaking the Beatles record of having three number one albums in the country. [http://www6.islandrecords.com/bonjovi/news_2.php]

The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Track listing

#"Lost Highway" (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks) - 4:13
#"Summertime" (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks) - 3:17
#"(You Want to) Make a Memory" (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child) - 4:36
#"Whole Lot of Leavin'" (Jon Bon Jovi, Shanks) - 4:16
#"We Got It Going On" With Big & Rich (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Big & Rich) - 4:13
#"Any Other Day" (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Gordie Sampson) - 4:01
#"Seat Next to You" with backup vocals by co-writer Hillary Lindsay (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Hillary Lindsey) - 4:21
#"Everybody's Broken" (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon) - 4:11
#"Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" featuring LeAnn Rimes (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Brett James) - 4:43
#"The Last Night" (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks) - 3:32
#"One Step Closer" (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks) - 3:35
#"I Love This Town" (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Falcon) - 4:36
#"Lonely" (Jon Bon Jovi, Child, Daryl Brown) - 3:56 (Bonus Track: UK [http://www.virginmegastores.co.uk/invt/782239 zavvi UK : Lost Highway : CD ] ] /Japan [http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UICL-1066 Bon Jovi / Lost Highway [Regular Edition ] ] /Australia [http://chaos.com/product/lost_highway_1493895_422.html LOST HIGHWAY (BONUS TRACK) (BON JOVI): music: Chaos.com ] ] ) / "Walk Like a Man" - 4:29 "'(Bonus Track: USA, only available on albums bought from Target stores)
#"Put the Boy Back in Cowboy" (Jon Bon Jovi) - 3:58 (Bonus Track: Japan)

oundcheck: Bonus DVD

In Walmart stores in the USA, a bonus DVD was given out with some copies of the album. It's another in studio performance, similar to the This Left Feels Right Bonus DVD and their performance. The track listing is:

#"Who Says You Can't Go Home"
#"It's My Life"
#"Lost Highway"
#"(You Want to) Make a Memory"
#"Wanted Dead or Alive"
#"Whole Lot of Leavin'"

Tour Edition

Limited Edition 2 CD Tour Edition exclusive to Australia and Japan. Released January 12th 2008.Disc one is the full album including the bonus tracks Lonely and Put the Boy Back in Cowboy.Disc two is their Stripped: Raw and Real performance with the following tracks:

Disc 2:
# Hallelujah - Live
# (You Want To) Make A Memory
# Lost Highway
# Wanted Dead Or Alive
# Who Says You Can't Go Home
# Whole Lot Of Leavin'

Bon Jovi Lost Highway: The Concert (DVD)

By the end of 2007, a DVD concert was released titled "Bon Jovi Lost Highway: The Concert". This event was shot in July, 2007 in Chicago. Band interviews, backstage footage and chart topping bonus tracks are also available on the DVD. (Running time: approx. 84 mins. + extras. Shot in hi-def & mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound. Produced and directed by Joe Thomas, producer: Don Maggi, executive producers: Paul Korzilius and Jack Rovner)

Track listing (the album track by track):

# "Lost Highway"
# "Summertime"
# "(You Want To) Make A Memory"
# "Whole Lot Of Leavin'"
# "We Got It Going On" - without Big & Rich
# "Any Other Day"
# "Seat Next To You"
# "Everybody's Broken"
# "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" - without LeAnn Rimes
# "The Last Night"
# "One Step Closer"
# "I Love This Town"
# "It's My Life"
# "Wanted Dead Or Alive"
# "Who Says You Can't Go Home"

and also bonus performances:
# "(You Want To) Make A Memory
# "Lost Highway"
# "Wanted Dead Or Alive"
# "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
# "Whole Lot Of Leavin'"
# Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

ingles

The lead single was "(You Want to) Make a Memory", which was released for download on the US iTunes Store on April 17, 2007. It debuted and peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached #35 on the U.S. country chart.

"Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore", a duet with country singer LeAnn Rimes, entered the Hot 100 Bubbling Under Singles Chart at #23 and the U.S. Hot Country Chart at #47. "Summertime" also charted at #39 on the Canadian Hot 100 on airplay alone. A video has been shot for "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" and is available on the Bon Jovi website.

The second major single is the title track "Lost Highway", which was released in the UK on December 3rd 2007.

Charts

After its first week on sale, "Lost Highway" entered the Dutch, German, Swiss and Japanese album charts at #1, and the UK Album Chart at #2, below "The Traveling Wilburys Collection". It entered the Irish and Australian charts at #5, although after the conclusion of Bon Jovi's Australian tour the album climbed to #2. In Japan, the album sold over 73,212 copies in its first week of release, and in the UK the album sold 79,000 copies, an improvement on "Have a Nice Day"'s first-week sales of 54,000. In the U.S., the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 292,000 copies sold in its first week. In Denmark, the album debut at no.5, but went to number one after five weeks on the charts.
* #1 in USA, Germany, the Netherlands, Thailand, Japan, Switzerland (5 weeks), Austria (3 weeks), Taiwan, Canada (4 weeks), Denmark (2 weeks), European charts (4 weeks), and the United World Chart. Also number one on the Australian Country chart for six inconsecutive weeks.
* #2 in the UK, Australia, Spain, Croatia, New Zealand
* #3 in Argentina, Finland, Hungary
* #4 in Sweden, Greece
* #5 in Ireland
* #7 in Norway, Belgium
* #9 in Czech Republic
* #10 in Italy
* #11 in Poland
* #13 in Mexico
* #17 in Brazil
* #33 in Colombia
* #39 in France

In the USA "Lost Highway" has sold around 1,198,000 copies as of 22nd August 2008.

"Lost Highway" has sold around 3,622,000 albums worldwide as of the 22nd August 2008.

*Silver in Italy
*Gold in Spain
*Gold in Ireland
*Gold in Australia
*Gold in the UK
*Gold in New Zealand
*Gold in Denmark
*Gold in Hungary
*Platinum in Japan
*Platinum in Germany
*Platinum in US
*Platinum in Switzerland
*Double Platinum in Austria
*Triple Platinum in Canada

Personnel

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

with
*Hugh McDonald - bass, backup vocals

Tour

In the summer of 2007, Bon Jovi performed ten concerts around the world as part of the "Lost Highway" promotion, with plans for a full greatest hits world tour in 2008. However, after "Lost Highway" did better than expected, the world tour was moved forward to the fall of 2007, and was renamed the Lost Highway Tour. The tour so far consists of ten dates in New Jersey, followed by Canadian and Japanese tours, as well as the band's first stadium concert in New Zealand since the These days tour. The tour also saw them play Australia for the first time since their brief appearance at the Rumba Festivals in 2002, playing sold out shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. The band then toured the U.S. and Europe in spring and summer 2008, before returning to North America for a few more summer shows, including a free concert in Central Park in New York City.

In other media

*"We Got It Going On" was used as a promotional song for the new season of the Arena Football League. It featured alternate, football-related lyrics written especially by the band.
*A slightly different version of the title track "Lost Highway" was used in the movie Wild Hogs alongside another Bon Jovi song "Wanted Dead or Alive".
*"I Love This Town" was used as a promotional song for Major League Baseball on TBS during the 2007 MLB Playoffs and again for the 2008 postseason.

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