Crush (Bon Jovi album)
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| Studio album by Bon Jovi | ||||
| Released | June 13, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock,hard rock | |||
| Length | 58:20 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Luke Ebbin | |||
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| Entertainment Weekly | B |
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Crush is the seventh studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on June 13, 2000, by Island Records. It was produced by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Luke Ebbin. The album marks the longest timespan between studio albums for the band, with five years between the release of These Days and this album. After the initial plan to team up with record producer Bruce Fairbairn fell through because of his death, Bon Jovi and Sambora hired Luke Ebbin to update their sound with a smattering of loops and impressive arrangements.
Despite the long break, the album was just as successful as their previous releases and helped introduce the band to a new generation of fans. It became the band's sixth and fifth consecutive number-one album in Australia and the United Kingdom, respectively, and certified double platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America. The success of the album was largely due to the lead single "It's My Life" which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, while the album itself was nominated for Best Rock Album. Crush was the first Bon Jovi album ever to be nominated for a Grammy Award.
After a five-year hiatus, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora both released solo albums. In 1999, Jon Bon Jovi was planning to release his third solo album but the band started to work on their new album in summer of 1999. The working title of the album was "Sex Sells". Posters of this album are seen advertised in and around New York in the "Real Life" music video which was the bands most recent single leading into "Crush". Another working title was "One Wild Night". The name was dropped but later used for the live compilation album the following year.
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