On December 13, 2005, “RCA” label released “The Real Thing”, the debut Bo Bice studio album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Clive Davis, Clif Magness

and Chad Kroeger.

Personnel:

• Bo Bice – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar
• Cliff Magness – acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, percussion
• Richie Sambora – guitar, backing vocals
• Chad Kroeger – guitar
• John Shanks – guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals
• Mitch Allan – guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Jamie Muhoberac – piano
• David Spidel – bass
• Joey Waronker – drums
• Ryan Brown – drums
• Steven Wolf – drums
• Jeff Rothschild – drums
• Daniel Adair – drums
• Marti Frederiksen – instrumentation, backing vocals, engineer
• Cliff Magness – arranger, programming, engineer, drum engineer
• Max Martin – instrumentation
• Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald – instrumentation
• Josh Wilbur – engineer
• Jeff Rothschild – engineer
• Brian Paturalski – engineer
• Todd Tidwell – engineer
• Lasse Mårtén – engineer
• Aaron Kasdorf – engineer, vocal engineer, drum engineer
• Mikal Reid – drum engineering
• Jorge Vivo – digital editing
• Chris Gehringer – mastering

Track listing:

1. The Real Thing – Kara DioGuardi, Marti Frederiksen
2. You’re Everything – Chad Kroeger
3. U Make Me Better – Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald, Jill Latiano
4. Nothing Without You – Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks
5. My World – Mitch Allan, John Allen
6. Remember Me – Kara DioGuardi, Marti Frederiksen
7. Hold On to Me – Jess Cates, Dennis Matkosky, Lindy Robbins
8. Lie…It’s Alright – Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald
9. It’s My Life – Bo Bice, Cliff Magness, Kara DioGuardi
10. Willing to Try – Richie Sambora, John Shanks
11. Valley of Angels – Bo Bice, Cliff Magness