Have a Nice Day (Album)

Have a nice day
Studio album by Bon Jovi
Publication (s)	September 19 , 2005
Label (s)	Island Records
Format (s)	CD, DualDisc
Genre (s)	Hard rock
Title (number)	12
running time	53:45
occupation	Singing : Jon Bon Jovi Guitar : Richie Sambora Drums , percussion : Tico Torres Keyboard : David Bryan Bass : Hugh McDonald
production	John Shanks , Jon Bon Jovi , Richie Sambora
Studio (s)	Sanctuary Sound II, New Jersey (USA) Henson Studios, Los Angeles (USA)
chronology 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (2004) Have a nice day Lost Highway (2007)
Single releases September 5, 2005 Have a nice day December 16, 2005 Welcome to Wherever You Are May 12, 2006 Who Says You Can't Go Home

Have a Nice Day (English for: " Have a nice day ") is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Bon Jovi . It is the first album that was created under producer John Shanks , who also produced the group's two subsequent albums.

Emergence

Originally the album was supposed to be called "Welcome to Wherever You Are", the title of another song on the album. However, the decision was made to use the name “Have a Nice Day”, which was mainly based on the frustration after the last US presidential election . Jon Bon Jovi had campaigned intensively for the Democratic challenger John Kerry and in the song of the same name processed his disappointment over his defeat by George W. Bush . The cover was designed by the German photographer Olaf Heine.

The album was recorded in the fall of 2004. However, since Jon Bon Jovi long doubted the quality of the songs, he wrote four more, whereupon the release of the album was postponed.

The recordings were different than the previous albums. Shanks was involved in the songwriting. On the first recordings Jon Bon Jovi was only supported by Shanks and Sambora as guitarists, the rest was done by a drum computer .

The album tour started on November 2, 2005 and ended on July 29, 2006 with the third of three concerts at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.

Track list

1. Have a Nice Day (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks) - 3:49
2. I Want to Be Loved (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks) - 3:49
3. Welcome to Wherever You Are (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks) - 3:47
4. Who Says You Can't Go Home (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) - 4:40
5. Last Man Standing (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon) - 4:37
6. Bells of Freedom (Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child, Richie Sambora) - 4:55
7. Wildflower (Jon Bon Jovi) - 4:13
8. Last Cigarette (Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan) - 3:38
9. I Am (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks) - 3:58
10. Complicated (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon, Max Martin) - 3:37
11. Novocaine (Jon Bon Jovi) - 4:49
12. Story of My Life (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon) - 4:08
13. Who Says You Can't Go Home (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) - 3:50 (duet version with Jennifer Nettles )

Bonus tracks (Japan, Great Britain, Australia and Asia)

14. Dirty Little Secret (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks, Desmond Child) - 3:37
15. Unbreakable (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan) - 3:52

Bonus track (Japan)

16. These Open Arms (Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child) - 3:42

Special Edition bonus tracks

On May 21, 2010 the album was released in a tonally revised version, which also includes the following live recordings that were made during the Have-a-Nice-Day tour:

14. Have a Nice Day (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks) - 4:05 (live)
15. Last Man Standing (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon) - 5:35 (live)
16. Story of My Life (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon) - 5:22 (live)
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) - 3:50 (live, duet version with Jennifer Nettles)

Information on individual songs

The single Have a Nice Day was first presented on Live 8 in 2005 .

Bells of Freedom is a variation on Bob Dylan's Chimes of Freedom . Dylan is the Last Man Standing for frontman Jon Bon Jovi after the death of Johnny Cash in 2003 :

“When Johnny Cash died, I picked up my guitar and got this idea that Bob Dylan was the last man standing. The last of the real gods. So I thought of Dylan, Cash, Lennon and Elvis when I heard the song . "

- Jon Bon Jovi

The American bonus track Who Says You Can't Go Home , a duet with Jennifer Nettles from the band Sugarland , was created because Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi thought that the song would fit well on a country radio station , but it's a little too rocky. So they sought the support of a country artist. This was found in Nettles, because she fulfilled the three requirements that Bon Jovi made of the artist he was looking for: He liked her voice and the songs on her album and was of the opinion that she would be able to convince the lyrics convey. The song was released as a single and made it to the top of the US Billboard Hot Country Singles . The song also won a Grammy for Best Collaboration with Vocal - Country at the 2007 Grammy Awards . Jon Bon Jovi originally had the impression that Who Says You Can't Go Home had no hit potential:

" I thought for sure this was going to be a universal, timeless theme song of unity, diversity. Not a hit, not even close. Swing and a miss. "

- Jon Bon Jovi

The change in the band's style towards country music is clearly continued on the follow-up album Lost Highway from 2007.

reception

Have a Nice Day was at the top of the German album charts for three weeks. In the USA and Great Britain the album was number 2 for a week. Further number 1 placements were made in Australia, Japan, Canada, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Austria, Peru, Switzerland and Cyprus. The album sold over 7 million times worldwide, making it more successful than its predecessor ( Bounce ) and its successor ( Lost Highway ).

Michael Rensen gave the following verdict in Rock Hard magazine: “Admittedly: Bon Jovi were for years the epitome of disgusting, slippery US bubblegum hard rock for the author of these lines - as sympathetic as pigeon shit on the saddle, so culturally valuable and dumbfounded escapist like Karl Moik's Mutantenstadtl. Viewed objectively, however, one has to admit that, firstly, the New Jersey boys were never as bad as their reputation and, secondly, have matured to the point where you can listen to their sound on long car trips or relaxed garden parties without any problems, even with benevolence. Have A Nice Day is one of the hardest albums by Jon Bon & Co., pleases with well-hung guitar-rock lining and only rarely annoys with pantyhose ballad gusto. The quartet even manages to convey a certain depth and sometimes swap the feel-good atmosphere at any price for a more thoughtful, more realistic atmosphere. Jon Bon Jovi has always been a hookline king before the Lord - even the most dogged extreme metal purists will not be able to deny that. ”Rensen awarded 7 out of ten possible points.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Interview with Jon Bon Jovi ( memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) with Larry King , August 16, 2006
2. ↑ ^{a b c} swr3.de: SWR3.de - Bon Jovi: "Have A Nice Day" , accessed on February 10, 2008
3. ↑ Have a Nice Day on allmusic.com
4. ↑ US Billboard Charts (Singles)