Slippery When Wet

I have a soft spot for this album. In HS I played in a band that covered most of it. Made me love and hate it. Going with love now due to nostalgia.

I grew up with this album, so it's a little hard to separate my review from the nostalgia, but I can try. Every song is solid, but some suffer from being overplayed. Very of its time for the ballads and very karoakeable. Definitely didn't age well, but play as a history lesson to the kids. You know I haven't been writing very good things. Why is this a four? I'd rate it 3.75 because of the hooks and generally catchiness. It's not a deep album and sometimes sounds like a parody of itself, but its another everyman album. The production is good and the guitars are perfect. The drums are super 80s and I like them like that. The lyrics are fitting. Overall, a good album worth buying.

Rather bland

Awesome - a stone cold singalong classic

Los mejores clásicos de Bon Jovi. No es de todo mi agrado, pero es un álbum disfrutable (especialmente con la buena voz que tiene).

Ooooh so cheesy.

Love this album.

🙌

Several big hitters

Shitty synth patches and drum machines destroy whatever impact this music might have had. And let's just say that David Gray's voice is an acquired taste. The compositions are utterly undistinguished as are the arrangements. Bland and forgettable middle of the road pop. I can't speak to the lyrics because I couldn't get past the music.

Some good energy in there. Would be something to enjoy in concert

Goed album, met heel wat meezingers. Maar geen complete uitblinker

LOVED IT!

Beu Jovi

Ugh

Dont do it for me

vaya pedazo de mierda humeante. tiene 3 rolas buenas y las 3 fueron los sencillos. las demás, vomitivas.

Bon Jovi ROCKS!!! 🤘 In like a sort of Gen X, classic rock radio kind of way. They play a commercial for Naproxen and your local mattress store before coming back with "15 minutes of non-stop ROCK!" and they kick it off with Livin' on a Prayer. What I'm saying is that in the wide world of rock music, from Deep Purple to King Gizzard, Bon Jovi is kind of lame. A little fun, but also a little lame. It feels like Jovi is performing rock, but is never really hitting the mark. Oh, and the b-sides are b-sides. It probably has a reason to be here.

old school hard rock

Some big hits, but let down a bit by the other tracks, nostalgic as hell for me as I had these on CD back way back and remember countless nights hearing "living on a prayer" out on Camden! Also the guitar work is siiiiiick!!

Meh. I'm familiar with his hits, but it doesn't move me.

Nee, Jon Bon en ik werkt niet samen. Ik schiet toch altijd een beetje in de lach..

Love that big hair music. So many BJ hits on this album.

Master of his trade. Just not a massive fan of his trade. There’s defo a time and a place for the hits which are undoubted hits and great fun, the rest is pretty meh

Lage verwachting, maar wat een vermakelijk album eigenlijk.

De hits zijn goed te doen, maar de rest is dan toch wat minder sterk. In mijn jonge jaren vond ik dit nog wel leuk, maar nu toch iets te gedateerd.

4/5 Rock/pop

Ik dacht dat ik dit wel geinig zou vinden om weer eens te horen, maar puur vanuit nostalgie 4 sterren! 😁

Ik verheugde me hierop, maar het viel toch een beetje tegen...

I gave this a 3 rather than a 2 purely for the nostalgia hit it gave me. One of the first albums I owned on cassette. A couple of classics on there, primarily ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ which I’d forgotten how good a song it actually is. Livin on a Prayer is obviously the ‘big hit’ off the album but all I associate it with now is being utterly smashed in a Wetherspoons in Sunderland...which isn’t as much of a negative as it sounds. Apart from those two tracks and ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’ the tracks are pretty forgettable. Bon Jovi have better albums in their discography and they still hold a place in my heart for the good childhood mems.

A little surprised a panel of music critics put this one in. For me, a couple of novelty megahits drag this album into the 1001 list. There's a lot of filler, so I'm scoring this largely on the popularity of two or three songs above anything else. I quite like those songs but they mostly remind me of cheesy nightclubs. 5/10

Niet echt slecht maar ik kan het niet waarderen

Classic 80s rock, but sounds pretty dated now. Wasn't a fan of Bon Jovi back in the day and they haven't grown on me.

I thought I’d enjoy this, as I’m quite partial to a 80s cheesy number. But ultimately it’s just not very good, the rest of album didn’t have many hooks which stood out after the 3 big singles. Tempted to give a 1, but the biggies make that unfair so gets a 2. Bon Jovi, you give 80s cheesy rock a bad name bruv.

very good album. so many absolute slaps throughout that i already knew and more that ive just found. easy 5 star

bit middle of the road rock

Pues como que canaliza el hair metal ochentero con pop?, y pues eso lo arruina para mí. Gracias, pero no, gracias. Jajaja. Me gustó solo You give Love a Bad name porque ya la conocía, Living on a prayer también la conocía, pero no me gusta. Mood: Gracias, pero no, gracias

Wow. This is much better than I expected.

3.2 - Bon Jovi's magnum opus. A high octane hit parade that crams in all the excesses of 80s rock. Richie Sambora slays. This record’s three blockbuster hits continue to dominate radio airwaves, and they're on constant blast at any given stadium, sports bar or dive.

Several good songs on this album. The singles are the standouts though, expectly.

“Slippery When Wet” by Bon Jovi (1986) First a word about that album cover. American listeners got a toned down version. But the original cover (which I’ve included here) is better suited to the artistic thrust of the music. Prudish marketing decision again gets in the way of the art. The opening track sets the stage for highly competent stadium rock. References to Bach (“Toccata and Fugue in D Minor”) and The Doors (“Break on Through”) provide evidence of thoughtful glam rock (if that’s not a contradiction in terms). The album satisfies. High quality performances by vocalists, keyboards, and guitar. Rhythm section is solid, if not particularly creative or adroit. Lyrics are actually very good. A good rock album. 3/5

<3

Average

Pues yo creo que sólo le tengo cariño a "You Give Love A Bad Name" y un tanto a la clásica "Livin' On A Prayer", pero no veo mucho que rescatar del disco. Supongo que esto es glam, que no suele despertarme tantas emociones. "Wild In The Streets" es otra buena, yo digo. Y pues ya, quiero rescatar que Jon Bon Jovi grabó una película en el pueblo de mi papá, en el Estado de México, la sensación cuando se vio en pantalla a un señor conocido con su burrito. 7/10

No denying this one, great album

I'm not the biggest BJ fan, but you can't knock this album. It is HIT after HIT after HIT. If you've ever enjoyed a bit of hair metal, you've heard and enjoyed every one of these songs.

Heavy 80ntero. Nueno

New Jersey

Classic

Very cool album!!

What a collection of chart-topping head-banging hair-metal anthems. Talk about a genre classic. This used to represent all that was wrong in the world of rock but the mellower disposition of mature age helped me appreciate it for the great craft it is.

Non merci

A little cheesy, but really good melodies!

Without Love and Wild in the Streets are pretty good.

Ive listened to this album at least a dozen times, and is definitely one of the best rock albums written. So many classic tracks, and even the ones that aren't are great. The only issue with the album I have is it's direction. You get some rock songs like "raise your hand" and "dead or alive" but others are pop rock. Still, no musical issues with this album whatsoever.

Some all time classics, no major B sides

nah i'm good

These songs are so stupid and I hate his voice. This is the pinnacle of annoying 80's rock. The only thing saving this from 1 star is that some of these songs might be tolerable with a different singer.

ok this kinda hit but not enough to make it a 4 idk. I really liked never say goodbye 😁

i love

I totally get the earned place this has in the pantheon of Rock and Roll, and I could listen to any song from it at any time without rancor, but I don't ever need to hear it again.

Meh

Can't really take this seriously. This era of pop/hair "metal" is one of my least favorite subgenres and one which I don't really understand. Maybe I just need to loosen up? I don't know. I mean the choruses are catchy for sure. But to me it sounds so superficial, and maybe that's intentional? I understand how this could make sense to kids and teens in a certain context but I feel like it doesn't age well outside of that context. It's like kids dressing up and playing rock star and I guess there's a certain amount of sincerity/directness and simplicity to that. I mean I grew up when this was wildly popular and I was never attracted to it then nor do I have any nostalgia for it.

I don't love Bon Jovi. But, I get why people would like it. I can't deny You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin' on a Prayer are just kinda fun, the choruses are catchy. I don't mind his voice, it meets the super earnest party rock fuck ya brah attitude. This all sounds very 80s montage though, which I always think is dumb fun. Never would listen to any of it on my own, but if it came on I'd enjoy it for what is is... and move on.

4 stars for livin on a prayer

Nice album to listen to

I hate JBJ

Super corny and uninteresting album.

I'm still not a fan, but I tried to listen to this with an open mind. Ultimately, it's just dumb fun.

😩… Die stilistische Nähe von Richie Sambora zu Erik Johnson war mir vorher nicht aufgefallen, was zu einem Gutteil daran liegt, dass ich mich stilistisch mit Sambora noch nie auseinandergesetzt habe und mit Johnson nur nach ein zwei Hör- Eindrücken. Zum Album: eine Platte aus den tiefsten Achtzigern mit den bekannten und erwartbaren Gitarrensoli mit zu vielen Noten und zu wenig Musik. Die songschreiberische Finesse bewegt sich auf überschaubarem Niveau, die beiden bekanntesten Songs Living on a Prayer und You Give Love a Bad Name sorgen zumindest für so etwas wie Schunkel-Nostalgie, mehr bleibt dann von diesem Album auch nicht übrig und auch nicht zu sagen. Niemals mehr als 2 Sterne.

Awesome album. Rockin 80s guitar that's borderline cheesy but no where near as much as the likes of whitespace. Makes me want to blast the album in the cassette deck of an 88 corvette while sharing a delicious 40 of Olde English with my best buds. Only thing keeping it from a 5 is some weaker tricks near the end.

Has some of Bon Jovi's greatest hits on one album. The album has a theme of lack of love.

Wow, Good album, lots of hits, not always my style.

lots of classics. I'm not a huge Bon Jovi fan but can recognize that this is a beast of an album.

3.5 nice. only few songs weren't great

Stereotypical dad/stadium rock. but who doesn't love some of that. I wasn't blown out of the park because of the album, but that's not the point. It was fun laid laid-back, epic rock music. 6/8 will be playing it during a cookout.

Only Sambora's guitar playing saves this from being 1 star. Pretty terrible.

It was ok. No great but not bad either.

Some good melodies and production but nothing memorable 5/10

Generic 80s rock. Solid "eh"

Hahaha I'm not gonna listen to this shit. Automatic one star

I am almost certain that I should give this a 1 but there's probably worse things to listen to

Pop-metal, flere kendte sange, høj energi

Cheesy 80’s pop-rock, that has 3 of the biggest genre defining hits

Since I'm from Jersey, I'm pretty much contractually obligated to appreciate Bon Jovi to some extent. I definitely do have some sentimental attachment to the boys from Sayreville, at least more than I would have for the likes of Dokken or Motley Crue. The album itself is listenable if a bit samey, and not bad if you've got the sudden urge to drive down the shore in your IROC. Best song: Wanted Dead Or Alive is utterly flawless as an '80s hard rock song, but that's about the most entry-level choice I could make, so I'll go with Let It Rock for the sake of contrarianism.

It hurts because of my affinity for glam. This was competent and dated-sounding (in an endearing way, but not endearing enough). There's nothing wrong with mass appeal, of course, but without referring to that I struggle to explain my indifference. It also seems like Mr. Bon Jovi is a pretty neat dude, which makes it hurt a little more. Anyway, nothing wrong with liking this music: It's good and sneerers should be sneered right back at. But is there anything to love?

It's Bon Jovi. I hate it but they can't leave your head lol

I thought i'd give this band a chance, but no, this shit really fucking sucks.

4/5 3.5/5. The singles are timeless and carry the album, everything else is cool. Standout Tracks: You Give Love A Bad Name, Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Raise Your Hands

arggh, didn't finish this one - I acknowledge the importance, but too much exposure for it to be fresh