Albums Produced by Luke Ebbin - Crush, One Wild Night Live 1985-2001, Bounce, Songs from the Edge, American Made, United by Fate (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Crush, One Wild Night Live 1985-2001, Bounce, Songs From the Edge, American Made, United by Fate. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Crush is Bon Jovi's seventh studio album, released on June 13, 2000 through Island/Mercury. It was their first studio album since These Days was released in 1995. The album produced by Luke Ebbin, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. Crush, which also produced such hits as "It's My Life" and "Thank You For Loving Me," became the band's fifth consecutive UK #1 album, sold eight million copies worldwide, and helped introduce them to a new, younger fan base. Crush was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards. After the initial plan to team up hard-rock producers Bob Rock and Bruce Fairbairn fell through due to the latter's death, an audition process was set up with alt-rock engineer Luke Ebbin (Splender) winning the job. The choice was a fortuitous one as here Bon Jovi updates its sound with a smattering of loops and impressive arrangements. The working title was "Sex Sells" and posters of this album are seen advertised in and around New York in the "Real Life" music video. Another working title was "One Wild Night." The name was dropped but later used for the live compilation album the following year. Crush was mostly well received by critics, but not by a portion of the band's fanbase, who were expecting more of the serious tones explored on the band's 90's albums, although it was the first Bon Jovi album ever to be nominated for a Grammy. In a review for Allmusic Steve Huey expressed the opinion that Crush is a solidly crafted mainstream rock record that's much better than most might expect but Rolling Stone gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and described "It's...http: //booksllc.net/?id=133238