Bump Ahead

Bump Ahead is the third studio album by the American rock band Mr. Big. It was released on September 21, 1993 by Atlantic Records.

Bump Ahead
Studio album by
Mr. Big
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1993
Recorded1993
Studio
GenreHard rock[1][2]
Length44:41
LabelAtlantic
ProducerKevin Elson
Mr. Big chronology
Lean into It
(1991)		 Bump Ahead
(1993)		 Hey Man
(1996)
Singles from Bump 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]

Track listing
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 Stevens cover)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" (Free cover)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 by Free)Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke4:16
Total length:57:24

Personnel
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

Album

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[29] Platinum 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
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  4. Bump Ahead at AllMusic
  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.
  6. Eddy, Chuck (November 5, 1993). "THE WEEK (Mr. Big, Bump Ahead)". Entertainment Weekly. p. 70. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  7. Martin, Andy (September 11, 1993). "Market Preview: Rock" (PDF). Music Week. p. 14. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  8. Trojan, Frank (1993). "Review Album : Mr. Big - Bump Ahead". Rock Hard (in German). No. 77. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
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