Bump Ahead

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Bump Ahead
Studio album by
Mr. Big
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1993
Recorded1993
Studio
GenreHard rock[1][2]
Length44:41
LabelAtlantic
ProducerKevin Elson
Mr. Big chronology
Lean into It
(1991) 		Bump Ahead
(1993) 		Hey Man
(1996)
Singles from Bump Ahead
  1. "Wild World"
    Released: October 1993[3]
  2. "Ain't Seen Love Like That"
    Released: February 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB[6]
Music Week[7]
Rock Hard8.5/10[8]

Bump Ahead is the third studio album by the American rock band Mr. Big. It was released on September 21, 1993 by Atlantic Records.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Colorado Bulldog"Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey, Eric Martin, Tony Fanucchi4:13
2."Price You Gotta Pay"Sheehan, Gilbert, Torpey3:56
3."Promise Her the Moon"Martin, André Pessis4:07
4."What's It Gonna Be"Gilbert, Torpey, Pessis, Sheehan3:57
5."Wild World" (Cat Stevens cover)Cat Stevens3:28
6."Mr. Gone"Torpey, Gilbert, Sheehan4:33
7."The Whole World's Gonna Know"Gilbert, Sheehan3:52
8."Nothing but Love"Gilbert3:46
9."Temperamental"Martin, Gilbert, Fanucchi, Torpey4:55
10."Ain't Seen Love Like That"Martin, Mark Spiro, Pessis3:32
11."Mr. Big" (Free cover)Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Simon Kirke4:25
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Long Way Down"Martin, Pessis, Torpey, Sheehan, Gilbert3:48
Total length:48:29
2009 remastered digital edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Long Way Down"Martin, Pessis, Torpey, Sheehan, Gilbert3:48
13."Ain't Seen Love Like That" (Demo)Martin, Spiro, Pessis4:39
14."Mr. Big" (Demo; originally recorded by Free)Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke4:16
Total length:57:24

Personnel[edit]

Mr. Big
Additional musicians
  • Little John Chrisley – harmonica on "Price You Gotta Pay"
Production
  • Kevin Elson – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Andy Udoff, Stephen Hart, Dick Kaneshiro, Michael Semanick – assistant engineers
  • Tom Size – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Melanie Nissen – art direction
  • Reisig and Taylor – photography, images

Charts[edit]

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 22
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[10] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 39
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 36
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 61
US Billboard 200[16] 82

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[17] Platinum 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mr. Big - Bump Ahead". Metal Kingdom. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Mr. Big - Bump Ahead".
  3. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 573. ISBN 9780862415419.
  4. ^ Bump Ahead at AllMusic
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 298. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  6. ^ Eddy, Chuck (November 5, 1993). "THE WEEK (Mr. Big, Bump Ahead)". Entertainment Weekly. p. 70. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Martin, Andy (September 11, 1993). "Market Preview: Rock" (PDF). Music Week. p. 14. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  8. ^ Trojan, Frank (1993). "Review Album : Mr. Big - Bump Ahead". Rock Hard (in German). No. 77. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  10. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  12. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  13. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  14. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  16. ^ "Mr. Big Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  17. ^ "Japanese album certifications – Mr. Big – バンプ・アヘッド" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1994年3月 on the drop-down menu

External links[edit]

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