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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.

Undiscovered Soul
Studio album by Richie Sambora
Released	February 23, 1998
Recorded	1997/1998
Studio	Ocean Way, Hollywood Record One, Los Angeles Record Plant, Los Angeles Voodoo Lounge
Genre	Blues rock
Length	61:08
Label	Mercury
Producer	Don Was
Richie Sambora chronology
Stranger in This Town (1991) Undiscovered Soul (1998) Aftermath of the Lowdown (2012)
Singles from Undiscovered Soul
"Hard Times Come Easy" Released: 1998 "In It for Love" Released: 1998 "Undiscovered Soul" Released: 1998 "Made in America" Released: 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Release and promotion

The album charted at #174 on The Billboard 200[2] and #24 on the UK Albums Chart.[3] The lead single "Hard Times Come Easy" charted at #39 on the Mainstream rock chart[4] and #37 in the UK, the second single "In It for Love" charted at #58 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] 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

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.

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.

Personnel

• Audio Mixers: Ed Cherney, Rail Jon Rogut, Bob Clearmountain
• Recording information: Ocean Way Recording; Record One; Record Plant; Voodoo Lounge
• Photographers: Chris McCann, Dan Chavkin, Greg Allen
• Unknown Contributor Role: Richard Supa
• Arranger: Richie Sambora
• Richie Sambora - lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, handclaps
• Mark Goldenberg - guitar, handclaps
• Wayne Hood - guitar, strings arrangement
• David Paich - electric piano, synthesizer
• Greg Phillinganes - piano, background vocals
• Chuck Leavell - piano, electric piano
• Steven Tyler - harmonica on "If God Was a Woman"
• Don Was - bass, wurlitzer, handclaps
• Pino Palladino - fretless bass
• Kenny Aronoff - drums, percussion, handclaps
• Paulinho da Costa - percussion
• Rami Jaffee - hammond b3 organ, accordion, handclaps
• Billy Preston - hammond b3 organ, background vocals
• Robbie Buchanan - synthesizer
• Jamie Muhoberac - synthesizer programming
• James "Hutch" Hutchinson - background vocals, bass, handclaps
• Myrna Smith, Portia Griffin, Isabella Lento, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens, Hook - background vocals

Charts

Album

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	49
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]	33
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7]	37
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10]	37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]	23
UK Albums (OCC)[12]	24
US Billboard 200[13]	174

Singles

Hard Times Come Easy (1998)	Peak position
Germany (Official German Charts)[14]	74
UK Singles (OCC)[15]	37
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[16]	39
US Billboard Heritage Rock[17]	17

In It for Love (1998)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[15]	58

References

На других языках

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[de] Undiscovered Soul

Undiscovered Soul ist das zweite Solo-Album von Richie Sambora, dem Gitarristen der Band Bon Jovi. Es wurde 1998 veröffentlicht. Nach der Welttournee zum Band-Album These Days von 1995 bis 1996 machte die Band erneut eine Pause, damit sich die Band-Mitglieder ihren Solo-Projekten widmen konnten.

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- [en] Undiscovered Soul

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[es] Undiscovered Soul

Undiscovered Soul es el segundo disco de Richie Sambora en solitario.

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