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This Left Feels Right

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Released
  
November 4, 2003

Length
  
51:10

Release date
  
4 November 2003

Recorded
  
2003

Artist
  
Bon Jovi

Label
  
Island Records

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This Left Feels Right (2003)
  
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (2004)

Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock, Acoustic music, Heavy metal

Producers
  
Patrick Leonard, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora

Similar
  
Bon Jovi albums, Rock music albums

This Left Feels Right is an album featuring new versions of Bon Jovi songs from previous albums. It was released in 2003 and charted at No. 14 on The Billboard 200. It's a "trip down memory lane" as Jon Bon Jovi described the album. It features revamped versions of many of Bon Jovi's biggest hits, often in a more somber style. Many of the 80's hard hitting chart-rockers are presented in a different light as soulful ballads. This Left Feels Right has sold 549,727 copies in the US (July 2007).

Contents

The 2003 rendition of "Wanted Dead or Alive" was released as a single and also had a promotional video produced, which had the same format as "Wanted Dead or Alive (Live version)", which was a single from the One Wild Night Live 1985–2001 album.

For the Russian and CIS release Olivia d'Abo's part in Livin' on a Prayer was recorded by Russian superstar Alsou in Bon Jovi's studio. This version was played on Russian radio stations to promote the release and got great reviews by Bon Jovi fans, but Olivia's version appeared on the Russian CD due to Universal Music Russia's decision.

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New songs

Two new songs, "Last Man Standing" and "Thief of Hearts", were written and recorded for inclusion of the album. "Last Man Standing" was a song revealing lead singer Jon Bon Jovi's anger toward the state of the music industry. Bon Jovi believed that it would become more difficult for artists to find success in the music industry. This was Bon Jovi's reason for later removing the two new songs from the album, however Last Man Standing was later reworked and turned into a much more heavy aggressive rock song for inclusion on Bon Jovi's 2005 studio album, Have a Nice Day, a somewhat opposite effect of the This Left Feels Right project. The original version of "Last Man Standing" and "Thief of Hearts" were both later released as part of the box set 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong and are also included as live versions on the This Left Feels Right Live DVD.

Personnel

  • Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Richie Sambora – lead and additional guitars, background vocals
  • Tico Torres – drums, percussion
  • David Bryan – keyboards, piano, background vocals

    • with

  • Hugh McDonald – bass, backing vocals
  • Olivia d'Abo – vocals on "Livin' on a Prayer"

    • Bonus DVD

    A bonus DVD came free with some editions of This Left Feels Right, recorded at NRG Studios, Burbank, CA, December 3, 2002 for sessions@AOL. All songs were recorded acoustic. The Japanese bonuses were recorded at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan, January 19, 2003. "In These Arms" & "Heroes" were recorded live and "Right Side of Wrong" is a montage of videos recorded backstage and before the show that night.

    The track listing is as follows:

    1. "Love for Sale"
    2. "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"
    3. "Joey"
    4. "Misunderstood"
    5. "Diamond Ring"
    6. "Blood on Blood"
    7. "In These Arms" (Japan Limited Edition Bonus DVD)
    8. "Heroes" (David Bowie Cover) (Japan Limited Edition Bonus DVD)
    9. "Right Side of Wrong" (Montage Video) (Japan Limited Edition Bonus DVD)

    Songs

    1Wanted Dead or Alive (2003)3:44
    2Livin' on a Prayer3:41
    3Bad Medicine4:27

    References

    This Left Feels Right Wikipedia
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