The Real Thing (Bo Bice album)

The Real Thing
Studio album by Bo Bice
Released	December 13, 2005
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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C [2]
Houston Chronicle	[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
People	[5]
Plugged In	(positive) [6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Slant Magazine	[8]
USA Today	[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

The Real Thing — Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Cinnamon & Novocaine"	Bice	2:41
13.	"Sinner in a Sin"	Bice	3:34
14.	"Whiskey, Women and Time"	Bice	4:14

The Real Thing — DVD side of the DualDisc version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"22 Minute 'A Day In The Life'" (video)
16.	"Changing for the Better" (Acoustic)
17.	"Whisky, Women and Time"" (Acoustic)	Bice	4:14
18.	"Sinner in a Sin" (Acoustic)	Bice	3:34
19.	"Papillon" (Acoustic)

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

Cliff Magness - Arranger, programming, producer, engineer, drum engineering Clive Davis - Producer Marti Frederiksen - Producer, eengineer, instrumentation John Shanks - Producer Tom Keifer - Producer Max Martin - Producer, instrumentation Mitch Allan - Producer Chad Kroeger - Producer Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald - Producer, instrumentation Ben Moody - Producer Josh Wilbur - Engineer

Jeff Rothschild - Engineer Brian Paturalski - Engineer Todd Tidwell - Engineer Lasse Mårtén - Engineer Aaron Kasdorf - Engineer, vocal engineer, drum engineering Jorge Vivo - Digital editing Chris Gehringer - Mastering Gavie Boulware - Management Simon Renshaw - Management Mikal Reid - Drum engineering

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.
2. Tom Sinclair (2006-01-06). "The Real Thing Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
3. Joey Guerra (2005-12-19). "Swing and a miss for Bo Bice". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
4. Randy Lewis (2005-12-17). "It's that old story of Bo meets girl". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
5. Chuck Arnold (2006-01-16). "Pick and Pans Review: Bo Bice (The Real Thing)". People. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
6. Adam R. Holz; Bob Smithouser. "Bo Bice: The Real Thing". Plugged In. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
7. Christian Hoard (2006-01-12). "Bo Bice: The Real Thing : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
8. Jonathan Keefe (2005-12-21). "Bo Bice: The Real Thing". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
9. Elysa Gardner (2005-12-20). "Bo Bice, The Real Thing". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
10. "David Archuleta's Album Debuts at Number 2-Backseat Cuddler". Backseatcuddler.com. Retrieved 2011-11-03.

External links

• BN Music