Destination Anywhere

Destination Anywhere is Jon Bon Jovi's second solo album released June 17, 1997 and features music from the film Destination Anywhere released in the same year. The album follows his successful 1990 soundtrack Blaze of Glory, from the film Young Guns II. The production is quite different from the classic rock norm that is a staple of past Bon Jovi albums, with drum loops, female backing vocals and Bon Jovi himself singing in a lower register in most of the tracks. Only one of his longtime bandmates, David Bryan, contributed to the album, though Desmond Child, co-writer of hits such as "Livin' on a Prayer", plays the tuba in the song "Ugly" and is also one of the producers.

Reception

Commercial

The album charted at #31 on The Billboard 200, #6 on the Top Canadian albums chart and #2 on the UK Albums Chart. The first single "Midnight in Chelsea" was Bon Jovi's highest-charting solo single in the UK, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart. Also charting in the UK was the second single "Queen of New Orleans" at #10 and the third single "Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town" at #13. The last single "Ugly" charted in some European countries but not in the UK.

Destination Anywhere (band)

Destination Anywhere is a German ska punk/pop punk band from Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

History

The ska-punk band formed in Siegen, Germany, in 2006. Destination Anywhere consists of David Conrad (Singer), Tim Klein (Guitarist), Peter Stock (Drummer), André Rüddigkeit (Bassist), Philipp Schopp (Trumpeter), Christoph Zimmermann (Saxophonist) and Christian Jüngst (Saxophonist). Their first EP is called Coffee, horn & cigarettes and it was released in 2006, while the debut album Sobstuff, Tales & Anthems' in 2008 and has already been downloaded 15,000 times (still available for free on their website). At their concerts were sold 5.000 copies of the album in CD format.

After meeting the producer David Bonk, who worked with Panik, Nevada Tan, Aloha from Hell and LaFee, the band decided to collaborate with him and worked on new songs for their other EP You won’t bring me down (2009). Their second album is called Party, Love & Tragedy, it was still produced by David Bonk, released in 2010 and made up of 13 tracks. The two songs "How you feel" and "It's going down" from their second album have their own music videos on YouTube, both directed by Timo Sonnenschein (Ex Panik). According to what the band said, they worked with Bonk again lately and the third album will be available in 2013.