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Bump Ahead is the third studio album by the American hard rock band Mr. Big. It was released in 1993 by Atlantic.

Bump Ahead

Studio album by

Mr. Big

Released

July 19, 1993 (UK)
September 17, 1993 (US/Europe)
September 21, 1993 (France)
September 25, 1993 (Japan)

Recorded

1993

Studio

Rumbo (Los Angeles)
Fantasy (Berkeley)

Genre

Glam metal[1]

Length

44:41

Label

Atlantic

Producer

Kevin Elson

Mr. Big chronology

Lean into It
(1991)

Bump Ahead
(1993)

Hey Man
(1996)

Singles from Bump Ahead

"Wild World"
Released: 1993
"Ain't Seen Love Like That"
Released: 1994

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B[1]
Rock Hard	8.5/10[4]

Track listing

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 Stevens cover)	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" (Free cover)	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 by Free)	Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke	4:16
Total length:			57:24

Personnel

Mr. Big

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

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	Japanese Albums Chart[5]	6
	Swiss Albums Top 100[6]	16
	Austrian Top 40 Albums[7]	22
	Finnish Albums Chart[8]	30
	Swedish Albums Chart[9]	36
	German Albums Chart[10]	39
	UK Albums Chart[11]	61
	Billboard 200 (US)[12]	82

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	"Wild World"	Austrian Top 40 Singles[13]	7
		Swiss Albums Top 100[14]	7
		RPM100 Hot Tracks (Canada)[15]	9
		Norwegian Singles Chart[16]	10
		Swedish Albums Chart[17]	10
		Mainstream Top 40 (US)[18]	12
		German Singles Chart[19]	24
		Billboard Hot 100 (US)[12]	27
		Finnish Singles Chart[8]	30
		Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[18]	33
		French Singles Charts[20]	39
		UK Singles Chart[11]	59
1994		Dutch MegaCharts[21]	11
		Belgian Ultratop (Flanders)[22]	24
		New Zealand Charts[23]	39
	"Ain't Seen Love Like That"	RPM100 Hot Tracks (Canada)[24]	35
	"Ain't Seen Love Like That"	Billboard Hot 100 (US)[12]	83

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[25]	Platinum	200,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Eddy, Chuck (November 5, 1993). "THE WEEK (Mr. Big, Bump Ahead)". Entertainment Weekly: 70. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
Bump Ahead at AllMusic
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.
Trojan, Frank (1993). "Review Album : Mr. Big - Bump Ahead". Rock Hard (in German). No. 77. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
"ＭＲ．ＢＩＧのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on August 29, 2010. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
"Mr. Big - Bump Ahead". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big - Bump Ahead". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: M > Mr. Big". Sisältää hitin / Timo Pennanen. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
"Mr. Big - Bump Ahead (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
"Album – Mr. Big, Bump Ahead". Charts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
"Mr. Big. Billboard Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
"Mr. Big - Wild World". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big - Wild World". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Top Singles/CDs - Volume 58, No. 20, November 27, 1993". Library and Archives Canada. 27 November 1993. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big - Wild World (Song)". Norwegiancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big - Wild World (Song)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
"Single – Mr. Big, Wild World". Charts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big - Wild World (Song)". Leschartes.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big - Wild World". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big - Wild World". Ultratop (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Mr. Big - Wild World (Song)". Australian-charts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Top Singles/CDs - Volume 59, No. 11, April 04, 1994". Library and Archives Canada. 4 April 1994. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Japanese album certifications – Mr. Big – バンプ・アヘッド" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1994年3月 on the drop-down menu

External links

Heavy Harmonies page

v t e Mr. Big
Billy Sheehan Eric Martin Paul Gilbert Pat Torpey Richie Kotzen Matt Starr
Studio albums	Mr. Big Lean into It Bump Ahead Hey Man Get Over It Actual Size What If... ...The Stories We Could Tell Defying Gravity
Live albums	Static
Singles	"To Be with You" "Wild World" "Take Cover" "Not One Night"
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Bump Ahead — третий студийный альбом американской хард-рок-группы Mr. Big, выпущенный в 1993 году на лейбле Atlantic Records. Пластинка заняла 82 место в чарте The Billboard 200.

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