The Real Thing (Bo Bice album)

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The Real Thing
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Studio album by Bo Bice
Released December 13, 2005 (2005-12-13)
Genre Alternative rock, southern rock
Length 40:16
Label RCA, 19
Producer Clive Davis, Cliff Magness, Chad Kroeger
Bo Bice chronology
The Real Thing
(2005)
See the Light
(2007)See the Light2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars [1]
Entertainment Weekly C [2]
Houston Chronicle 0.5/5 stars [3]
Los Angeles Times 1.5/4 stars [4]
People 2.5/4 stars [5]
Plugged In (positive) [6]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars [7]
Slant Magazine 1/5 stars [8]
USA Today 2/4 stars [9]

The Real Thing is Bo Bice's debut studio album. It was released on December 13, 2005, and sold 227,000 copies in its first week, debuting at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[10] A DualDisc was also released, with a DVD side along with the CD side. The DVD included hidden tracks and a short film, A Day in the Life of Bo Bice.

Track listing

The Real Thing — Standard edition
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Real Thing"   Kara DioGuardi, Marti Frederiksen 3:22
2. "You're Everything"   Chad Kroeger 3:33
3. "Make Me Better"   Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald, Jill Latiano 3:49
4. "Nothing Without You"   Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks 3:47
5. "My World"   Mitch Allan, John Allen 3:18
6. "Remember Me"   DioGuardi, Frederiksen 3:49
7. "Hold On to Me"   Jess Cates, Dennis Matkosky, Lindy Robbins 3:48
8. "Lie... It's Alright"   Martin, Gottwald  
9. "It's My Life"   Bo Bice, Clif Magness, DioGuardi 3:25
10. "Willing to Try"   Shanks, Sambora 4:19
11. "Valley of Angels"   Bice, Magness 3:35

Personnel

Performance credits
  • Bo Bice - Primary Artist, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Soloist
  • Cliff Magness - Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Hammond Organ
  • John Shanks - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocals
  • Mitch Allan - Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals
  • David Spidel - Bass
  • Richie Sambora - Guitar, Background Vocals, Soloist
  • Chad Kroeger - Guitar
  • Jamie Muhoberac - Piano
  • Joey Waronker - Drums
  • Ryan Brown - Drums
  • Steven Wolf - Drums
  • Jeff Rothschild - Drums
  • Daniel Adair - Drums
  • Marti Frederiksen - Background Vocals
Technical credits

Chart performance

Chart Peak position Certification (if Any) Shipments
Billboard 200 #4 Gold 688,000

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, label, format and edition(s)
Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s)
Canada October 24, 2005 CD Sony BMG Standard, DualDisc, DVD
Germany
United Kingdom RCA
United States December 13, 2005

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen. The Real Thing at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
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