These Days is my favorite album. Not just my favorite Jovi album - my favorite album of all. I didn't find it until more than a decade after it was released, so I still vividly remember how awestruck I was when I played it the first time. Yes, some of the songs are sad, but others are angry (Hey God) or touching (Diamond Ring). I think the album deals with lots of emotions, and I don't find it depressing at all even though I listen to at least some of it almost every day.