Track Rankings 2012 - These Days
Aaaannnd we're back! After a fair delay, voting opens once again! This time it's for the heavily talked about These Days. While the album did not produce much hype in the States, it did quite well in most other places - most notabely Japan and the UK. To date, it is the band's highest selling studio album in Japan, and is the most successful album in terms of singles in the UK. All five singles hit the top 10 in the UK, with the exception of Hey God which came pretty close at #13.
These Days was rated as the best Bon Jovi album by Jovitalk members in 2008. This year is was rated as the second best. Let voting begin once again! 2008 Results 01. These Days [290] 02. Hey God [267] 03. Something To Believe In [254] 04. My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms [226] 05. This Aint A Love Song [224] 06. Damned [198] 07. Something For The Pain [190] 08. Lie To Me [152] 09. (It's Hard) Letting You Go [150] 10. If That's What It Takes [127] 11. Hearts Breaking Even [125] 12. Diamond Ring [83] 13. All I Want Is Everything [82] 14. Bitter Wine [68] -------------------------------------------------- 2012 Rankings |
Do I love These Days album? Yes. Do I think it is slightly over rated by die hards? Yes. :cool:
14pt] My Guitar Lies Bleeding 13pt] Something For The Pain 12pt] This Ain't a Love Song 11pt] (It's Hard) Letting You Go 10pt] Damned 9pt] Hey God 8pt] Something To Believe In 7pt] These Days 6pt] Hearts Breaking Even 5pt] Diamond Ring 4pt] Lie To Me 3pt] If That's What It Takes 2pt] All I Want Is Everything 1pt] Bitter Wine The top four are all interchangable depending on my mood. It is a great album and it feels terrible giving such low scores to Diamond Ring and Lie to Me, because I really do like those songs. |
Savvi - are you teasing me by leaving New Jersey so late!!!
As stated in the New Bon Jovi Album thread I didn’t get the hype of These Days. I like it but theres too many slow songs on it. Jovi got miserable. The US disliked it and this era was the bands biggest in the UK. The song Always helped them get a head of steam in the UK and on that back of that song and These Days they sold out 3 nights at Wembley Stadium. The first single from These Days spelt trouble for me. It could and should have been a statement of intent if they had released Hey God first. But they didn’t. They played it safe with the average TAALS (which compared to Always was so poor). Hey God was released as the band were winding down the tour and it was an afterthought. Something For The Pain was the 2nd single and again was average then the painful Lie To Me was released. Three really poor single choices. These Days represents funny times in my life. I left a job I loved for a job I hated and split with my first ever girlfriend after 7 years together. I really didn’t need Jovi to be miserable and wanted a thumping album but I didn’t get it from Jon & Co. The album left me deflated. When I listen to it now it brings back those memories but I still think it’s not a great album. It was the start of their patchy albums. As great as Always was, everything after hasn’t been as consistent from the band. Enough of me going on here are my scores: 14. Hey God 13. Hearts Breaking Even 12. Damned 11. My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms 10. Something To Believe In 09. These Days 08. (It's Hard) Letting You Go 07. If That’s What It Takes 06. All I Want Is Everything 05. Bitter Wine 04. Something For The Pain 03. This Aint A Love Song 02. Lie To Me 01. Diamond Ring |
14. Something To Believe In
13. Lie To Me 12. This Ain't A Love Song 11. These Days 10. Damned 09. (It's Hard) Letting You Go 08. My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms 07. Hey God 06. All I Want Is Everything 05. Hearts Breaking Even 04. Diamond Ring 03. If That's What It Takes 02. Bitter Wine 01. Something For The Pain |
14. My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms
13. Hey God 12. These Days 11. Something To Believe In 10. (It's Hard) Letting You Go 09. This Ain't A Love Song 08. Damned 07. Lie To Me 06. Diamond Ring 05. Hearts Breakin Even 04. If That's What It Takes 03. All I Want Is Everything 02. Bitter Wine 01. Something For The Pain |
I love this album, but I agree it's a bit overrated. That said, it's still a brilliant record.
14. These Days 13. Hey God 12. Something for the Pain 11. Something to Believe In 10. (It's Hard) Letting You Go 9. Damned 8. This Ain't a Love Song 7. All I Want is Anything 6. If That's What It Takes 5. Lie to Me 4. Heart Breaking Even 3. Bitter Wine 2. My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms 0. Diamond Ring. |
This will be a tough one! The first album release I experienced in real time as I was hooked in by Always. Listened to the TD tape for hours on my paper round. The more-liked tracks I find are the most over-rated like Something To Believe In & Diamond Ring. I think Hearts Breaking Even is a lovely little song, and I love the accordion type section in If That's What It Takes. Wish they got some more love live.
It was amazing how much promotion the album got over here- Jovi were really massive in the UK. Songs always on the radio, all over MTV everything. It was great times. Shame that eventually died off as radio then MTV deserted them and left them to VH1 and Absolute for nostalgia purposes mainly after Crush & Bounce. 14pts These Days 13pts If That's What It Takes 12pts Hey God 11pts My Guitar Lies Bleeding 10pts Hearts Breaking Even 9pts This Ain't a Love Song 8pts Something For The Pain 7pts Lie To Me 6pts Damned 5pts (It's Hard) Letting You Go 4pts Something To Believe In 3pts Bitter Wine 2pts All I Want Is Everything 1pt Diamond Ring |
A great album and for me it's not overated at all. It's still the album that I call my favourite.
14 - These Days 13 - Something To Believe In 12 - My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms 11 - Damned 10 - Hey God 09 - This Aint A Love Song 08 - Something For The Pain 07 - Hearts Breakin Even 06 - Lie To Me 05 - If That's What It Takes 04 - It's Hard (Letting You Go) 03 - Diamond Ring 02 - All I Want Is Everything 01 - Bitter Wine |
14. Something To Believe In
13. These Days 12. Hey God 11. (It's Hard) Letting You Go 10. Damned 9. All I Want Is Everything 8. This Ain't A Love Song 7. Something For The Pain 6. Hearts Breaking Even 5. My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms 4. Diamond Ring 3. Bitter Wine 2. If That's What It Takes 1. Lie To Me |
Hmmm.... not an easy one to figure out for me. It's easy to pick my least favourite 3, but from there it gets kind of difficult and can change on a day to day basis.
14pt) As My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms 13pt) Hey God 12pt) Something to Believe In 11pt) These Days 10pt) Damned 9pt) All I want Is Everything 8pt) This Aint A Love Song 7pt) Hearts Breakin' Even 6pt) If That's What It Takes 5pt) Something for the Pain 4pt) (It's Hard) Letting You Go 3pt) Lie To Me 2pt) Diamond Ring 1pt) Bitter Wine Yep, changed my top 6 a few times and I'm still not happy with my selection. |
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