Studio Album · No. 6
These Days Songwriting Credits by Bon Jovi
Produced by Peter Collins, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora · Engineered by Nathaniel Kunkel, Jay Schwartz, David Thoener, Gabe Veltri, Bob Clearmountain
Holds writing credit on 14 of 14 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 14 / 14 documented
Scored across the 14 tracks with documented writers, by whether Bon Jovi carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 14 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
These Days was Bon Jovi's sixth studio album and its moodiest, trading the arena anthems of earlier records for a darker, soul-tinged sound. Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora wrote most of the material, with Desmond Child returning to co-write "Something for the Pain," "This Ain't a Love Song," "Hearts Breaking Even," and "Diamond Ring." The record was far bigger in Europe than in the United States, topping the UK Albums Chart for four weeks while peaking at number nine on the Billboard 200. It produced four UK top ten singles, the most the band has drawn from any single album in Britain.
14-track international edition, the longest in the catalog by track count, co-produced by Peter Collins alongside Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. The Bon Jovi/Sambora co-writing partnership dominates; Desmond Child appears on three tracks. Jon Bon Jovi writes two tracks solo and one with Child alone.