These Days is probably my least liked album actually.Richie contributed a lot more lyricaly than usual on this album,plus think about what the members were going through when it was being written.....Jon almost came close to having a divorce,but saw the error of his ways and wrkd it all out....Richie and HEather had just gotten married.....Tico had gotten married and divorced since Keep The Faith and the finishing of These Days....Dave was getting into writting for Broadway...so all in all they were completely different people for a patch there and shows in the writting.