The Real Thing (Bo Bice album)

The Real Thing is the first album by American recording artist Bo Bice. It was released on December 13, 2005, through RCA Records and sold 227,000 copies in its first week, debuting at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. 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.

Personnel

 * Performance credits
 * Bo Bice - 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, engineer, 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