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Of the thirty songs written for the album, a couple were co-written by David Bryan and a couple by Desmond Child the rest being by Jon Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora compositions and by Bon Jovi alone. But I knew I couldn't re-write ' Livin' on a Prayer' again, so I didn't try. I didn't do a grunge thing and I didn't do a rap thing. We got rid of the clichés, wrote some socially conscious lyrics and got a haircut. We'd been kicked in the teeth by Nirvana, but we didn't pay attention to that. "When we got back together in a room in Vancouver," noted Jon Bon Jovi in 2007, "we closed the door and ignored what had happened to our genre of music. Most of the recording was done in Vancouver, although a couple of tracks and overdubs were laid down in Los Angeles. Originally the band had approached Bruce Fairbairn, who produced Slippery When Wet and New Jersey, but he was working on Aerosmith's Get a Grip at the time. They spent seven months making the album with Bob Rock producing. In January 1992 the band headed to Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia. Thomas to discuss plans for the future the band's internal problems were solved and they were ready to have a go at a comeback. In October 1991 the band went to the Caribbean island of St. Jon Bon Jovi decided to take on a larger role, and more responsibilities within the band. By this time, Jon Bon Jovi fired his longtime manager, Doc McGhee and created Bon Jovi Management. During their time off, Jon Bon Jovi wrote the soundtrack for Young Guns II, which was released in 1990 as the Blaze of Glory album and Richie Sambora released his first solo album called Stranger in This Town. įollowing the completion of the New Jersey tour, the band went on hiatus. The album produced several hits for the band, including " Keep the Faith", " Bed of Roses" and " In These Arms". Keep the Faith peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is also Bon Jovi's longest album to date, clocking in at 66 minutes. Keep the Faith marked a change to a "more serious interpretation of the band's pop-metal groove". The album was produced by Bob Rock and was recorded at the Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is Bon Jovi's first album since 1985's 7800° Fahrenheit not to be produced by Bruce Fairbairn. It is Bon Jovi's last studio album to feature all five original members, as bass guitarist Alec John Such was dismissed from the band in 1994. Keep the Faith is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on November 3, 1992, by Mercury Records.