Keep the Faith by Bon Jovi

Keep the Faith, Bon Jovi's fifth studio album, came out on Mercury on November 3, 1992, after the band had spent the tail end of the '80s on the road. Bob Rock produced it at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, and you can hear the New Jersey boys trying to grow up: the hair-metal gloss is dialled down, the guitars have more grit, and Jon Bon Jovi sings like he means every word. At 66 minutes it's the longest thing they've made.

The title track is a strutting call to arms, "Bed of Roses" is the big ballad, and "In These Arms" kept the hits coming. It reached number five on the Billboard 200 and went double platinum. It was also the end of an era, the last studio album with all five original members before bassist Alec John Such was dismissed in 1994, leaving Jon, Richie Sambora, David Bryan and Tico Torres to carry on.

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