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Bump Ahead
Studio albumby
Mr. Big
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1993
Recorded1993
Studio
GenreHard rock[1][2]
Length44:41
LabelAtlantic
ProducerKevin Elson
Mr. Bigchronology
Lean into It
(1991) 		Bump Ahead
(1993) 		Hey Man
(1996)
SinglesfromBump 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 Aheadis the third studio album by the AmericanrockbandMr. Big.It was released on September 21, 1993 byAtlantic Records.

Track listing

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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 Stevenscover)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"(Freecover)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 byFree)Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke4:16
Total length:57:24

Personnel

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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

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 119
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 22
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[11] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 39
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 36
UK Albums(OCC)[16] 61
USBillboard200[17] 82

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[18] Platinum 200,000^

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^"Mr. Big - Bump Ahead".Metal Kingdom.RetrievedJune 9,2023.
  2. ^"Mr. Big - Bump Ahead".
  3. ^Strong, Martin Charles (1995).The Great Rock Discography.p. 573.ISBN9780862415419.
  4. ^Bump AheadatAllMusic
  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.ISBN978-1-894959-62-9.
  6. ^Eddy, Chuck (November 5, 1993)."THE WEEK (Mr. Big,Bump Ahead) ".Entertainment Weekly.p. 70. Archived fromthe originalon November 26, 2015.RetrievedDecember 27,2021.
  7. ^Martin, Andy (September 11, 1993)."Market Preview: Rock"(PDF).Music Week.p. 14.RetrievedFebruary 1,2023.
  8. ^Trojan, Frank (1993)."Review Album: Mr. Big - Bump Ahead".Rock Hard(in German). No. 77.RetrievedApril 12,2021.
  9. ^"Mr Big ARIA Chart History (albums) complete to 2024".ARIA.RetrievedJuly 26,2024– via Imgur.com.N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  10. ^"Austriancharts.at – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead"(in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  11. ^Pennanen, Timo (2006).Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972(in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.ISBN978-951-1-21053-5.
  12. ^"Offiziellecharts.de – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead"(in German).GfK Entertainment Charts.Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  13. ^Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005(in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo:Oricon Entertainment.2006.ISBN4-87131-077-9.
  14. ^"Swisscharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead".Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  15. ^"Swedishcharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead".Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  16. ^"Official Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company.Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  17. ^"Mr. Big Chart History (Billboard200) ".Billboard.Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  18. ^"Japanese album certifications – Mr. Big – バンプ・アヘッド"(in Japanese).Recording Industry Association of Japan.Select1994 niên 3 nguyệton the drop-down menu
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