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Bounce is the eighth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on October 8, 2002 through Island Records. Produced by Luke Ebbin, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, the album was recorded at Sanctuary II Studio in New Jersey.

Bounce was heavily influenced by the September 11, 2001 attacks, owing in part to Jon Bon Jovi's proximity to New York. The title "Bounce" was a reference to New York City's and the United States' ability to bounce back from the World Trade Center attacks as a nation. The cover image for the album includes a stylized image of a radio telescope dish at the Very Large Array.

The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, making it Bon Jovi's highest debut in the band's history at that time.

In May 2001, during the One Wild Night Tour, Jon Bon Jovi confirmed for the Billboard that he started to write new songs for the Crush (2000) follow-up and that band is planning to start recording in January 2002. Also, he confirmed that band is planning to release the boxset in 2003. in conjunction with the band's 20th anniversary. Between June and October 2001,band members wrote 25 songs and demoed totally 12 of them. Many of those songs were written in September and they were influenced by September 11 attacks. Those songs were "Standing" and "Another Reason to Believe".

At the end of July 2001, Bon Jovi finished world tour with two sold-out shows at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. Band took a three-weak break after which Jon and Richie Sambora started writing songs, first in Los Angeles and later in New Jersey. They have demoed some of those new songs in New Jersey in November 2001. After that, Jon had to fulfill an acting commitment to TV Series Ally McBeal (1997-2002), so he stayed at Richie's house in Los Angeles and in meantime they continued with songwriting process and demoing process at Luke Ebbin's house. Songwriting and demoing process went on until March 2002. and between March and June 2002. band recorded the album. By the early July 2002. all the songs that will end up on the album were mixed and by the late July of the same year they were mastered. In a period of less than one year, band wrote approximately 40 songs, 12 songs ended up on the album and several more songs in their demo versions ended up on singles as B-Sides. During the songwriting process, band members also wrote some songs that were written as a cathartic exercise. Those songs were written right after the September 11 attacks and they were very sad from lyrical standpoint because they were influenced by that tragedy. Jon said that those songs were only written and will never be recorded.

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