Lost Highway (Bon Jovi album)
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| Studio album by Bon Jovi | ||||
| Released | June 19, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2007 | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 49:57 | |||
| Label | Island, Mercury | |||
| Producer | Dann Huff, John Shanks, Desmond Child | |||
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| Metacritic | (64/100) |
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| Allmusic |   |
| BBC Online | (positive) |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| The New York Times | (positive) |
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Lost Highway is the tenth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on June 19, 2007 through Island Records. Produced by John Shanks and Dann Huff, the album was recorded at Black Bird Studios, Nashville and NGR Recording, Hollywood.
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 No. 1 on the U.S. country chart in May 2006. 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 the single "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" featuring LeAnn Rimes.
Described by Jon Bon Jovi as a "Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville", the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming Bon Jovi's first ever album to debut at No. 1 and their third album to reach that position in the United States. The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
In the summer of 2006., Jon Bon Jovi revealed that he and Richie Sambora were planning to go in Nashville, Tennessee to record the next Bon Jovi album. Their intention was to write songs and record duets with famous country songwriters and artists. Jon explained: "I'm thinking of a Nashville sessions record. I'd like to knock out a quick record with a few country writers and artists and me and Richie. I'd like to get two or three artists to do duets with. I'd like to give a couple of Nashville songwriters a chance to shine, and Richie and I would write a few songs to prove we could hold our own with these guys." Band members went to Nashville in September 2006. and by December they had written, recorded and prepared for mixing ten out of twelve songs. In early 2007, Jon Bon Jovi pulled back the album and wrote five more songs and two of them made the album.
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