Editing These Days (Bon Jovi album) (section)

== Release and reception ==
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| rev6      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
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Two titles that were considered were "''Open All Night''" and "''Strip''" but ultimately, the band wanted to make a statement about the themes of the record. Mark Selliger shot the album cover in Mexico.

The two extra songs "All I Want Is Everything" and "Bitter Wine" appear as bonus tracks on the international versions. Released June 12 in Japan, June 19 in Europe and June 27 in the rest of the world, the album was an immediate success. It even replaced Michael Jackson's HIStory in the UK, debuting at number one, spending four weeks at number one. ''These Days'' also topped the charts in several other European countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and Portugal and spending seven weeks on Billboard European Albums Chart. It was certified triple platinum by the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] for selling 3 million copies across Europe.

In Australia, it debuted at number one and spent two weeks at number one on the [[ARIA Charts]]. The album became Bon Jovi's second number one album in Japan, where it debuted at number one on the [[Oricon]] chart, selling over 379,000, becoming the fastest selling album by a non-Japanese act in history of the country's chart. The album has sold more than 1 million copies and certified five times platinum and became the band's best selling studio album in Japan.

''These Days'' received favorable reviews from critics. ''Q'' magazine, in a perfect score, said that ''[[Cross Road (album)|Cross Road]]'' and ''[[Always (Bon Jovi song)|Always]]'' confirmed that Bon Jovi would survive [[grunge]] and ''These Days'' consolidated their status by keeping Michael Jackson's ''HIStory'' album off the UK number 1 album slot. The review said that "Hey God", "Lie to Me" and "Something to Believe In" were singled out as the album's highlights and the album was arguably the band's finest musical hour to date. [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] concluded that "as the years go by, Bon Jovi gets musically stronger. Not only are their best songs stronger now, their playing is more accomplished. Keeping these improvements in mind, it's no surprise that the group was one of the few pop-metal bands to sustain a career in the mid-'90s". The album was ranked number two on ''Q'' magazine's list of the "Top 50 albums of 1995", beat out by ''[[The Great Escape (Blur album)|The Great Escape]]'' of the British band [[Blur (band)|Blur]]. The album was mentioned as the second best album of 1995, after ''[[(What's The Story) Morning Glory?]]'' by [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] according to some critics.{{clarify|date=June 2020}}

In the United Kingdom, the album was particularly notable for producing four Top 10 hit singles, and the UK Rock & Metal had 4 singles in the #1 top singles with "This Ain't A Love Song," "Something For The Pain," "These Days," and "Hey God," but failed to impress the audience and the critics in the United States. The album peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' 200.