Undiscovered Soul
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{{Infobox album
| name = Undiscovered Soul
| type = studio
| artist = Richie Sambora
| cover = UndiscoveredSoul.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 23, 1998
| recorded = 1997/1998
| venue =
| studio =
- Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
- Record One, Record Plant and Chomsky Ranch (Los Angeles, California)
- Mix This! (Pacific Palisades, California)
| genre = Rock
| length = 61:08
| label = Mercury
| producer = Don Was
| prev_title = Stranger in This Town
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Aftermath of the Lowdown
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Undiscovered Soul
| type = studio
| single1 = Hard Times Come Easy
| single1date = 1998
| single2 = In It for Love
| single2date = 1998
| single3 = Undiscovered Soul
| single3date = 1998
| single4 = Made in America
| single4date = 1998
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r333153|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Undiscovered Soul is the second solo studio album from Richie Sambora the guitarist from New Jersey band Bon Jovi. The album was released on February 23, 1998, and is more experimental than his earlier release Stranger in This Town. The album was produced by Don Was.
Release and promotion
The album charted at #174 on The Billboard 200{{cite web|url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5346|pure_url=yes}}|title = Allmusic (Richie Sambora charts & awards) Billboard albums}} and #24 on the UK Albums Chart.{{cite web|url = https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|title = The Official Charts Company - Richie Sambora}} The lead single "Hard Times Come Easy" charted at #39 on the Mainstream rock chart{{cite web|url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5346|pure_url=yes}}|title = Allmusic (Richie Sambora charts & awards) Billboard singles}} and #37 in the UK, the second single "In It for Love" charted at #58 on the UK Singles Chart. The title track "Undiscovered Soul" and "Made in America" were also released as singles.
Music videos were made for the first two singles.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 61:08
|title1=Made in America
|writer1=Richie Sambora, Richard Supa
|length1=5:35
|title2=Hard Times Come Easy
|writer2=Sambora, Supa
|length2=4:35
|title3=Fallen From Graceland
|writer3=Sambora, David Bryan, Supa
|length3=5:40
|title4=If God Was a Woman
|writer4=Sambora, Bryan, Supa
|length4=4:02
|title5=All That Really Matters
|writer5=Sambora, Supa
|length5=4:19
|title6=You're Not Alone
|writer6=Sambora, Thomas Marolda
|length6=4:19
|title7=In It for Love
|writer7=Sambora, Supa
|length7=4:19
|title8=Chained
|writer8=Sambora, Marolda, Ernie White
|length8=3:27
|title9=Harlem Rain
|writer9=Sambora, Supa
|length9=5:02
|title10=Who I Am
|writer10=Sambora, Marti Frederiksen
|length10=7:09
|title11=Downside of Love
|writer11=Sambora, Bryan, Supa
|length11=5:27
|title12=Undiscovered Soul
|writer12=Sambora, Supa
|length12=7:14
}}
1997 Japanese Version
This version was released only in Japan and contains a slightly different running order and alternate versions of songs. This release features different artwork than the final 1998 album worldwide release.
{{Track listing
| total_length = 70:17
|title1=Made in America
|writer1=Richie Sambora, Richard Supa
|length1=5:48
|title2=Hard Times Come Easy
|writer2=Sambora, Supa
|length2=4:36
|title3=Fallen From Graceland
|writer3=Sambora, David Bryan, Supa
|length3=6:49
|title4=You're Not Alone
|writer4=Sambora, Thomas Marolda
|length4=4:46
|title5=Undiscovered Soul
|writer5=Sambora, Supa
|length5=7:48
|title6=In It for Love
|writer6=Sambora, Supa
|length6=4:24
|title7=If God Was a Woman
|writer7=Sambora, Bryan, Supa
|length7=4:04
|title8=All That Really Matters
|writer8=Sambora, Supa
|length8=5:08
|title9=Chained
|writer9=Sambora, Marolda, Ernie White
|length9=3:31
|title10=Downside of Love
|writer10=Sambora, Bryan, Supa
|length10=5:28
|title11=Harlem Rain
|writer11=Sambora, Supa
|length11=5:46
|title12=Who I Am
|writer12=Sambora, Marti Frederiksen
|length12=7:07
|title13=All That Really Matters (Reprise)
|writer13=Sambora, Supa
|length13=5:08
}}
1998 Tour Edition
This Japan-only limited edition comes with a bonus CD including six live recordings. All the Tracks are from the San Diego show in 1992.
{{Track listing
|title1=Bad Medicine
|writer1=Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child
|title2=We All Sleep Alone
|writer2=Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child
|title3=Midnight Rider/Wanted Dead or Alive
|writer3=Gregg Allman, Robert Kim Payne / Bon Jovi, Sambora
|title4=Stranger in This Town
|writer4=Sambora, David Bryan
|title5=I'll Be There for You
|writer5=Bon Jovi, Sambora
|title6=With a Little Help From My Friends
|writer6=John Lennon, Paul McCartney
}}
Personnel
= Production =
- Alison Hamamura – A&R
- Don Was – producer
- Ed Cherney – recording, mixing (9)
- Rail Jon Rogut – recording, mixing (3, 11)
- Bob Clearmountain – mixing (1, 2, 4-8, 10, 12)
- Dan Bosworth – additional engineer
- Brad Haehnel – additional engineer
- James Saez – additional engineer
- John Anthony – assistant engineer
- Robie Banerji – assistant engineer
- Tom Banghart – assistant engineer
- Greg Burns – assistant engineer
- Jeff Burns – assistant engineer
- Greg Collins – assistant engineer
- Tim Lauber – assistant engineer
- Luis Quinn – assistant engineer
- Mike Scotella – assistant engineer
- Ron Boustead – editing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Don C. Tyler – mastering assistant
- Bobby Deluca – technical assistant
- Pat Dorn – production coordinator
- Annie Belanger – production manager
- Jane Oppenheimer – production manager
- Stephanie Heaton – production manager
- Margery Greenspan – art direction
- Sandra Monteparo – design
- Dan Chavkin – photography
- Greg Allen – band and bottom photography
- Chris McCann – top photography
- Katie Agresta – vocal coach
- Lynn Bugal – stylist
- Helena Occhipinti – hair, make-up
- Liberty Dwyer, Nick Moyle, Neda Sarmast and Aggressive Entertainment – management
= Musicians =
- Richie Sambora – lead vocals, backing vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, arrangements
- Chuck Leavell – acoustic piano (1, 8), electric piano (1, 8)
- Rami Jaffee – Hammond B3 organ (1, 4, 6), accordion (2, 8), octaban (2, 8)
- Billy Preston – Hammond B3 organ (2, 8, 11), backing vocals (2, 8, 11)
- Jamie Muhoberac – synthesizer programming (3, 10, 12), "wild" sounds (3, 10, 12)
- Don Was – Wurlitzer electric piano (3, 10, 12), bass (3, 10, 12)
- David Paich – electric piano (5), synthesizers (5)
- Greg Phillinganes – grand piano (5), backing vocals (5)
- Robbie Buchanan – synthesizers (12)
- Mark Goldenberg – additional guitars (1, 2)
- Richard Supa – acoustic guitar (9), lead vocals (9)
- James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 11, 12), backing vocals (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 11, 12)
- Pino Palladino – fretless bass (7, 9)
- Kenny Aronoff – drums (1-8, 10-12), percussion (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 10-12)
- Paulinho da Costa – congas (3, 7), rattles (3, 7), shakers (3, 7), talking drum (3, 7)
- Steven Tyler (credited as Lippy La Rue) – harmonica (4)
- Wayne Hood – sequencing (9), string arrangements
- David Campbell – string arrangements
- Ed Cherney – backing vocals (2)
- Portia Griffin – backing vocals (3)
- Myrna Smith – backing vocals (3)
- Dave Amato – backing vocals (4)
- Sweet Pea Atkinson – backing vocals (7, 11)
- Harry Bowens – backing vocals (7, 11)
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (7, 11)
Handclaps on "Hard Times Come Easy"
- Kenny Aronoff, Bobby Deluca, Mark Goldenberg, Stephanie Heaton, "Hutch" Hutchinson, Rami Jaffee, Richie Sambora, Ted Turner, Dennis Walsh and Don Was
Charts
=Album=
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scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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{{album chart|Australia|49|artist=Richie Sambora|album=Undiscovered Soul|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Austria|33|artist=Richie Sambora|album=Undiscovered Soul|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Finland|37|artist=Richie Sambora|album=Undiscovered Soul|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|42|artist=Richie Sambora|album=Undiscovered Soul|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|15|id=2715|artist=Richie Sambora|album=Undiscovered Soul|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Sweden|37|artist=Richie Sambora|album=Undiscovered Soul|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Switzerland|23|artist=Richie Sambora|album=Undiscovered Soul|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2021}} |
{{album chart|UK|24|artist=Richie Sambora|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2021}} |
{{album chart|UKRock|1|date=19980314|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 9, 2024}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|174|artist=Richie Sambora|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2021}} |
=Singles=
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Hard Times Come Easy (1998)
! Peak |
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{{single chart|Germany|74|artist=Richie Sambora|song=Hard Times Come Easy|songid=13841|access-date=30 August 2021|rowheader=true}} |
{{Single chart|UKsinglesbyname|37|artist=Richie Sambora|artistid=27172|access-date=August 30, 2021|rowheader=true}} |
align="left"|UK Rock Chart{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27172/richie-sambora/|title=Richie Sambora Rock and Metal singles charts|publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=July 7, 2024}}
|align="center"|2 |
{{Single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|39|artist=Richie Sambora|access-date=August 30, 2021|rowheader=true}} |
scope="row"|US Billboard Heritage Rock{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/richie-sambora/chart-history/hrt/|title=Billboard Heritage Rock Chart|access-date=August 30, 2021|publisher=Billboard}}
|17 |
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
In It for Love (1998)
! Peak |
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{{Single chart|UKsinglesbyname|58|artist=Richie Sambora|artistid=27172|access-date=August 30, 2021|rowheader=true}} |
References
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