Bump Ahead

Bump Ahead
Bump Ahead
Studio albumby Mr. Big
Released	September 21, 1993
Recorded	1993
Studio	Rumbo(Los Angeles); Fantasy(Berkeley);
Genre	Hard rock
Length	44:41
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Kevin Elson
Mr. Bigchronology
SinglesfromBump Ahead
	"Wild World"; Released: October 1993; "Ain't Seen Love Like That"; Released: February 1994;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[6]
Music Week	^[7]
Rock Hard	8.5/10^[8]

Bump Aheadis the third studio album by the AmericanrockbandMr. Big.It was released on September 21, 1993 byAtlantic Records.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Colorado Bulldog"	Paul Gilbert,Billy Sheehan,Pat Torpey,Eric Martin,Tony Fanucchi	4:13
2.	"Price You Gotta Pay"	Sheehan, Gilbert, Torpey	3:56
3.	"Promise Her the Moon"	Martin, André Pessis	4:07
4.	"What's It Gonna Be"	Gilbert, Torpey, Pessis, Sheehan	3:57
5.	"Wild World"(Cat Stevenscover)	Cat Stevens	3:28
6.	"Mr. Gone"	Torpey, Gilbert, Sheehan	4:33
7.	"The Whole World's Gonna Know"	Gilbert, Sheehan	3:52
8.	"Nothing but Love"	Gilbert	3:46
9.	"Temperamental"	Martin, Gilbert, Fanucchi, Torpey	4:55
10.	"Ain't Seen Love Like That"	Martin,Mark Spiro,Pessis	3:32
11.	"Mr. Big"(Freecover)	Andy Fraser,Paul Rodgers,Paul Kossoff,Simon Kirke	4:25

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Long Way Down"	Martin, Pessis, Torpey, Sheehan, Gilbert	3:48
Total length:			48:29

2009 remastered digital edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Long Way Down"	Martin, Pessis, Torpey, Sheehan, Gilbert	3:48
13.	"Ain't Seen Love Like That" (Demo)	Martin, Spiro, Pessis	4:39
14.	"Mr. Big" (Demo; originally recorded byFree)	Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke	4:16
Total length:			57:24

Personnel[edit]

Mr. Big

Eric Martin– lead vocals
Paul Gilbert– guitar, backing vocals
Billy Sheehan– bass, backing vocals
Pat Torpey– drums, backing vocals

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
USBillboard200^[16]	82

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[17]	Platinum	200,000^{^}
^{^}Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^"Mr. Big - Bump Ahead".Metal Kingdom.RetrievedJune 9,2023.
^"Mr. Big - Bump Ahead".
^Strong, Martin Charles (1995).The Great Rock Discography.p. 573.ISBN 9780862415419.
^Bump AheadatAllMusic
^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.
^Eddy, Chuck (November 5, 1993)."THE WEEK (Mr. Big,Bump Ahead) ".Entertainment Weekly.p. 70. Archived fromthe originalon November 26, 2015.RetrievedDecember 27,2021.
^Martin, Andy (September 11, 1993)."Market Preview: Rock"(PDF).Music Week.p. 14.RetrievedFebruary 1,2023.
^Trojan, Frank (1993)."Review Album: Mr. Big - Bump Ahead".Rock Hard(in German). No. 77.RetrievedApril 12,2021.
^"Austriancharts.at – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead"(in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^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.
^"Offiziellecharts.de – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead"(in German).GfK Entertainment Charts.Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005(in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo:Oricon Entertainment.2006.ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
^"Swisscharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead".Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^"Swedishcharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead".Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^"Official Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company.Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^"Mr. Big Chart History (Billboard200) ".Billboard.Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^"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

External links[edit]

Heavy Harmonies page

[mk-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.ISBN 9780862415419.

[4] Bump AheadatAllMusic

[martin-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.

[EW-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.

[rockhard-8] Trojan, Frank (1993)."Review Album: Mr. Big - Bump Ahead".Rock Hard(in German). No. 77.RetrievedApril 12,2021.

[ac_Austria_Mr._Big-9] "Austriancharts.at – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead"(in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[FINI-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.

[ac_Germany4_Mr._Big-11] "Offiziellecharts.de – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead"(in German).GfK Entertainment Charts.Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[JPN-12] Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005(in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo:Oricon Entertainment.2006.ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

[ac_Switzerland_Mr._Big-13] "Swisscharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead".Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[ac_Sweden_Mr._Big-14] "Swedishcharts.com – Mr. Big – Bump Ahead".Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[ac_UK2_-15] "Official Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company.Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[ac_Billboard200_Mr._Big-16] "Mr. Big Chart History (Billboard200) ".Billboard.Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[JapanMr._Bigバンプ・アヘッドalbumCertRef-17] "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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