Keep The Faith (studio album)
by Bon Jovi

From CaptainPain 12/03/2025 01:35 | #311944

Keep the Faith is the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bon Jovi, in which they turned away from glam metal in favor of hard rock.
Keep the Faith was released in November 1992. The album sold 2 million copies in the United States, reached number 5 on the Billboard 200 and spent 49 weeks on the chart. There are three Top 40 hits on the album. "Keep the Faith" reached number 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, "Bed of Roses" reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "In These Arms" reached the Top 40.
In the UK, the reaction was impressive. Keep the Faith debuted at number 1 and spent 24 weeks in the Top 20. Keep the Faith spent 70 weeks inside the Top 75 UK Albums Chart. All six singles from the album reached the Top 20, three of which reached the Top 10. Keep the Faith was also very successful in Canada, Germany, Australia, Japan, and sold well in Asia and South America, two growing music markets. The album has sold 12 million copies worldwide so far.

Album Rating: 75.92
(911/12)

03.11.1992

Bon Jovi (US): Keep The Faith

1.I Believe 69
2.Keep The Faith 91
3.I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 60
4.In These Arms 87
5.Bed Of Roses 89
6.If I Was Your Mother 85
7.Dry County 88
8.Woman In Love 69
9.Fear 77
10.I Want You 73
11.Blame It On The Love Of Rock & Roll 56
12.Little Bit Of Soul 67

Daydreamer claims if they had cut it to 8-9 tracks it would have been one of the best albums of the nineties? Ha ha! Not a f#&king chance!

From Daydreamer 02/08/2017 01:27 | #185073

Extremely underrated. Miles ahead of 80's Bon Jovi stuff with a more serious sound. Unfortunately it is very uneven with half of the songs being top notch rock songs and half bland filler. Had they cut it to 8-9 track album it would be one of the best records of the 90's.

A more mature Bon Jovi album. Some decent pop songs, in these arms, bed of roses, and the title track. The opening cut goes for a U2 sound, and, dry county, goes for the epic. Not bad album.

From Eastwood 04/06/2015 20:42 | #138950

Very good album. Best 10 songs average is 88,8/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best song is "Bed of roses" 95/100, followed by "Keep the faith", "In these arms" and "I want you" all 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100. Favourite!
Genre: Hard Rock

Bon Jovi's best album in my opinion the 1st 5 are all top no.s and the longest track I've known them to do in 'Dry County'also good not so sure on the rest 'Little Bit of Soul' maybe.

From junodog4 09/20/2012 22:13 | #50862

It seems that the whole point of this album was to prove that Bon Jovi was still relevant. It kinda worked. He managed to keep his band together and continue his career without fading into obscurity like the rest of his hair-metal peers (Motley Crue, Skid Row, Poison, etc...). It was a decent album, full of solid hooks. However, he boosted his sales by pandering to the rock-ballad crowd, making this by far Bon Jovi's wussiest record. The result is a uneven effort, with good tracks and bland tracks.

From ponkine 03/15/2012 20:53 | #38436

Another classic album turning 20 this year!
Time really flies.
After disbanding for 2 years Bon Jovi returned with such an amazing album that was a huge international hit indeed.
One of the things that I first loved back in 1992 was the new sound and songwriting. They reinvented themselves and they succeeded in it. In fact this album was more succesful than most of Grunge scene, coexisting in armony with big-seller bands like GNR, U2 or Def Leppard. (In 1993 Aerosmith had a big year too, in the height of Grunge movement)

'Keep The Faith' has two of the greatest Bon Jovi songs ever: 'Dry County', a near-10 min masterpiece, and 'Save a Prayer'. Yes, be shure to get a copy with 'Save a Prayer', otherwise the album isn't the same.

With this album, Bon Jovi proved they were legit and grunge wasn't going to push them into retirement. This is a focused rock record that combines the fun of arena rock with the seriousness of modern rock at the time. It also features some of Richie Sambora's best ever guitar playing. Little Bit of Soul is an underrated gem too.