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Have a Nice Day (2005)

Where the lyrics of Have a Nice Day take you, and where it was really made.

Recorded in summer 2004, the album was held back for months, and the band rewrote and re-recorded parts of it before release.

Key places

Hollywood studio listed as a recording location (2005)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The source says the album was recorded in Hollywood, California. Capitol Studios in Hollywood is listed as a recording location for the album, so this point marks the studio area rather than a confirmed session date. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Second Hollywood studio listed for recording (2005)

Recording site A&M Recording Studios — The source says the album was recorded in Hollywood, California. Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood is also listed as a recording location for the album, so this point marks the studio area rather than a confirmed session date. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Have a Nice Day: ninth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi
• Released September 20, 2005
• Produced by John Shanks
• Recorded at Sanctuary Sound II in New Jersey and Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, California

Background

• Originally recorded in summer 2004 and planned for release in early 2005
• Release delayed by misunderstandings between the band and its record company
• The band wanted to write and record more songs and remove some from the original track list
• Existing album tracks were altered during this process
• In December 2004, Jon Bon Jovi went to Sanctuary Sound Studio to write more songs
• When the band regrouped in 2005, they recorded four more songs and reworked the original songs
• The band was finishing the boxset 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (2004) at the same time
• Lyrical themes center on political change in the United States and the state of the music business
• Jon Bon Jovi also drew on personal, introspective views from his youth, which he had never discussed before

Recording

• Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora co-wrote all the songs with producer and songwriter John Shanks
• Songs were recorded immediately after writing, using a drum machine
• Sambora and Shanks played all the guitar parts, and Jon recorded all the vocals
• No bass player or drummer was in the studio during the first sessions
• David Bryan, Tico Torres and Hugh McDonald recorded their parts later in the sessions
• Several engineers handled mixing across different tracks, including Chris Lord-Alge and Tom Lord Alge

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983.
• Jon Bon Jovi began performing live in 1975 at age 13 with his first band, Raze.
• The band was named Bon Jovi on the suggestion of Pamela Maher, following the model of two-word bands such as Van Halen.
• Its debut album Bon Jovi was released on January 21, 1984, with the single "Runaway" reaching the Billboard Hot 100 top forty.

Members

• The current lineup is Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres, John Shanks, Phil X, Everett Bradley, and Hugh McDonald.
• Original bassist Alec John Such left in 1994; he died in 2022.
• Guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013.

Career

• Slippery When Wet (1986) brought global success, with "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer" reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• New Jersey (1988) produced five Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles, a record for a hard rock album.
• Keep the Faith (1992) marked a shift to a more mature sound.
• "Always" (1994) became the band's biggest-selling and longest-charting single.
• Crush (2000) and "It's My Life" introduced the band to a younger audience.
• "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (2006) won a Grammy and became the first rock band single to top the Billboard country chart.
• The band has sold more than 130 million records worldwide and was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Critics gave mixed reviews
• Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and said the album picks up where 2002's Bounce left off
• Erlewine described a harder, heavier band and a series of angry, somber neo-protest songs at the heart of the record
• Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone gave 3 stars out of 5
• Hoard called the record reliable as it is contained, with powerhouse anthems that pack singalong potential
• Hoard found the acoustic ballad Bells of Freedom vaguely icky
• Robert Christgau gave the album a grade of C+
• Christgau's review was a depressing argument for the passive mass audience
• It was commonly commented that Jon Bon Jovi was stretching his lyrical abilities

Reappraisal

• Not covered by the source beyond the reviews above

Records

• Peaked at number two in both the US and UK
• Sold over 202,000 copies in the first week in the US
• That first-week figure was the band's best first-week sales in its history at the time
• Certified platinum by the RIAA
• Produced the hit singles Have a Nice Day and Who Says You Can't Go Home

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The track list, the US and Canada release dates and the radio release date for the first single were announced on July 14, 2005.
• The title track Have a Nice Day premiered on radio stations worldwide on July 18, 2005.
• A full-length version of Last Man Standing became available to hear on the band's official website on September 2, 2005.
• Last Man Standing depicts the band leader's unhappiness with the music industry.
• Jennifer Nettles sang duet vocals on track 13.
• The band wanted to write and record more songs, remove others from the original track list, and in the process, altered existing album tracks.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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