Slippery When Wet

Oh so 80s. Listen to me I can make my guitar talk. Living on a prayer

I won’t speak ill of my fellow Jersey peeps. This is a fun album, full of sing-along rock. There’s a reason we know the singles, and the musicality is quality, especially Richie Sambora on lead. It doesn’t have the cheesiness of most hair metal, but it doesn’t take many risks either. So it’s probably an album you enjoy more than admit that they’re groundbreaking.

#243/1001 🇺🇸 There is really only one thing that this reckrd is good for and thats playing air guitar to Livin' On A Prayer at wedding discos. I guess the singles are ok but they don't make up for how godawful tracks like Social Disease and Raise Your Hands are. Best Tracks: Livin' On A Prayer,

I mean it's hard to deny it's popular for a reason. It's not deep, it's simple and catchy. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.

# Album Name: Slippery When Wet # Artist: Bon Jovi # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Amazing album. Full of big tracks. Obviously some cheese on here but these are classics for a reason. # Top Tunes: Whole album is fantastic # Would I listen to it again? Yes

It is so odd to listen to this again and just hear all the fucking hits that were on this one record. 1. You Give Love A Bad Name 2. Livin' On A Prayer 3. Wanted Dead Or Alive I'm not even angry/mad that it is butt rock, arena rock, hair metal, whatever you want to call it there are fucking hits on this thing.

You know what? <Norman Rockwell Freedom of Speech painting> I miss hair metal, and I'm tired of hiding it. From NEW JER-SAY to TO-KY-O!

I wouldn’t go as far as Shane in calling it magnificent, but like our Aerosmith album from many moons ago, this far exceeded expectations. This is waaaaay closer to Van Halen than rock n roll purists would admit, except these guys actually leave some space between notes.

Really didn't expect to like this as much as I did but it really blew me away, this does for Hair Metal what Boston did for Arena Rock. Zero skips and if they don't rise to a head banger they meet the required toe tapper status. It makes sense that the most commercial albums (Thriller, Born in the USA, Purple Rain, Brothers in Arms) of the most commercial decade of the second half of the twentieth century would be the best.

Not every album has to be an intricate master piece of applying technical music talent to exquisitely crafted melodies layered with eloquent lyrics. Sometimes loud and fun is the peanut butter-chocolate mashup ya need, and this has both in spades.

Hair metal just isn’t for me. Best served with a dodgy karaoke bar and too many pints

Strong flavours of Bill and Ted about this one, goofy but fun 80s hair metal. I'm surprised that this contains basically all Bon Jovi's hits, You Give Love A Bad Name and Livin' On A Prayer back to back is amazing, but even the songs of not heard before were enjoyable. I liked listening to this a lot, it's lots of fun, but I think one album is all the Bon Jovi I need in my life and I won't be seeking out any more.

Love this album! its 6th grade all over again.

absolute VIBEEEEEE !!!!

I like, even though other say is mainstream & cheesy

Masterpiece! Hard but not heavy. Perfect album. I like it.

Never really been a fan of Bon Jovi, but this was a decent effort. However, an album full of their songs is several tracks too may for me, it all starts getting a bit too 'waily' and 'screechy'. I made it all the way through, it's probably somewhere between 2 and 3 stars for me. I'll be generous as it's a Friday.

Saying “you can’t start a fire without a spark” 2 years after Bruce is wack and so is this album. I’m burnt out on cliche 80s hair douchebaggery. I loved You Give Love A Bad Name as a kid tho

Sounds much the same, but a few bangers on here

Nope!

Good hard rock experience, in intro song good nice anthem vibe ..and the second and third sounded good but in third song was experimental..I liked it really those moaning sounds in starting and then one soft rock type song then afterwards all songs sounded same and last was really nice out them .. overall i 'd say Good album

Jon Bon Jovi made a whole album ab how he fucks

Hell yeah man

Catchy, energetic, powerful - I still love this after all these years.

Pretty standard dad rock, which isn't necessarily a bad thing depending on my mood. Definitely thought I might've started a Boston album by mistake the way this one started out though.

A sentimental streak from junior high might push this from four- to five-star territory for me. But even the non-released songs are catchy on this 45-minute album, and the hits remain relevant forty years later.

Bon Jovi at their peak. Catchy lyrics, great harmonizations, plus final verse key changes and song fade outs, resulting in a 15x Platinum album. “Living’ on a Prayer”, “Wanted Dead or Alive”, and “You Give Love a Bad Name” cement 5-star status.

Cool. I should definitely be listening to this instead of Phoebe Bridgers’s new album.

Awesome album, a bit dated now but still stands up. Side 1 is all the classics, still played regularly in Rock clubs. Side 2 a bit less but still good

Stop laughing. There are some real bangers on here

“Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Bad Name” are probably more . . . familiar than good. And they’re the best things on a pretty inconsistent album.

I had this cassette and Bon Jovi posters in my room as a teen. I enjoyed listening to this again.

it's like that B movie you hate but keep coming back to when you're 7 beers in

Not a big lover of this sort of MOR American rock and this is perhaps the biggest example of that. Was always the soundtrack to Top Gear muscle car reviews but has now lost that mantle and is now more likely to be heard in seedy karaoke pubs. If it fulfils that purpose then fair enough but I also admit that there are times when the hits from the album sound OK in sun drenched beer gardens. I bought this CD very cheap in a charity shop. Reason being, as I have already said, it is a significant album for this genre and worthy of a place in my collection albeit seldom if ever played other than on random shuffle. 3/5 12/8/26

Happy 40th Birthday for this coming Tuesday, album This came out when I was less than 2 months old. Cheesy as fuck, but the hits are bangers.

every song can be cut in half and it won’t lose anything

2.0

#227 In the late 2000s I lived in a sketchy neighborhood a block away from a football stadium. Whenever there was a concert my neighbor and I would cope with the noise pollution by having a backyard party and watching illegally parked cars get towed. Bon Jovi was of course one of those concerts. Obviously I'm a snob for picking on something just because it's popular. Yet context matters and this music is literally forced on others - the soundtrack to every dollar store, waiting room, tailgate party and tasteless coworker in existence. Regardless of any potential musical interest, I can't see why anyone chooses to listen to this when the choice is already being made for them. It's not Bon Jovi's fault. Their gorgeous hair, sexy outfits, glossy keyboards, huge drums, wanky guitar, full-throated vocals and dorkily relateable lyrics just happen to appeal to the majority. From there it continues to be pushed on to the rest of us by a calcified industry. Bad or not, enough is enough.

Just boo. It's so bland and boring and dumb and sounds exactly like everything and says nothing and just keeps going over and over and over the same sounds. Booo

I think because it's just been so ubiquitous that people think "Livin' On a Prayer" and "Wanted Dead or Alive" are silly or something. But they really rock. The rest of the album -- it's fine.

this shit fucking sucks

What would it be like to hear Livin on a Prayer or You Give Love a Bad Name or Wanted Dead or Alive for the first time? These songs are so ubiquitous that they feel hard to judge. The tracks on this album that I wasn’t previously familiar with range from fine to kind of annoying. I prefer Def Leppard and Van Halen. Low 3.

the biggest dad rock hits don't usually ever have much to offer for me, and this is no exception. the 80s is my least favorite decade in music since the 50s, and this is WAY too 80s. so cheesy and plastic, with mediocre vocal performances and poor instrumentation, it really feels like they were just fishing for fame and nothing more.

Yay, nostalgia time! Haha, my mom is a huge Bon Jovi fan so I was pretty much raised on this one... It's been many years since I've listened to the whole thing though. Are a lot of the lyrics cheesy and generic? Absolutely, but the delivery is perfect to me. I was laughing at "Wanted Dead or Alive" while singing along wholeheartedly :) I don't like every song, and I was fine with having forgotten about a couple, but still very happy to see this on the list.

O…I understand why many people don’t like the pop metal thing

There were a lot of bad hair bands in the 80s. Bon Jovi was head and shoulders above the rest.

Slippery When Wet is the album Bon Jovi crafted to sell units, make a ton of money, and to achieve fame. I'm not judging, merely observing. They brought in a professional songwriter (Desmond Child) and then let the customer (teens) choose which songs were work best and what the tracking listing should be. I'm not certain if they asked their target audience what the songs should sound like or co-produce the album. I would not be surprised. But hey, it worked! This would be a greatest hits album for so many bands and it's only the first of a run of really good albums by Bon Jovi. I'm a big fan of These Days by the band and consider it to be their co-best album. Of course, no one liked that one but I found it interesting. I would like to have a conversation with the teens that Bon Jovi interviewed for direction on how they should make their album, as starting the album off with Let It Rock and not Livin' on a Prayer feels like a misstep. The idea of combining metal, pop sounds, big choruses with Springsteen's Jersey leanings (he even quotes Dancing in the Dark on Social Disease) paid off for Bon Jovi, and all elitism about the band aside, it's a very good album. It was made to be loved and it was very loved. If you love metal, but think all those guys are scary, or if you like big choruses but find that you don't want to like an artist who has a bunch of women screaming for them, this album is for you. Edge of a Broken Heart should have been on here, as Social Disease or Wild in the Streets could have been removed and no one would have noticed. Removing Richie Sambora from the band is something that is noticed, as Bon Jovi is just a husk of itself these days without him. I can imagine the record execs hearing this and proclaiming, "Now THIS is something we can work with!" Great album and it deserves a place in the book, even if you think it's too cliched at times.

ummmmm idk it was okay until it wasnt. some lyrics were WEIRDDDD

(4/5) I've always had mixed feelings about 'glam'/'hair metal'. I was a child when it was at its peak and was a teenager in the 90s, so its inglorious exit was fine by me. If a guitar didn't have a distortion effect on it I wouldn't give it the time of day. My flannels all had holes in them. That's how '90s' I was. Time has passed however and so much of that which I dismissed out of hand, like Bon Jovi, has all come back to haunt me. I got really, really tired (with a few exceptions) of pretentious, self-serious music. Some bands stuck with me but a lot was sloughed off like a skin rash. On the other side of that I re-discovered that this big, dumb music from the 80s was really.. *FUN*. I slowly realized not all of my music needed to be some deep, introspection into the mysteries of the human psyche and nature. I wasn't sad all the time, so why did my music have to be? It was OK to chant along with a power chord chorus. I am allowed to smile at a song and bang my head to a catchy tune. This album is a good encapsulation of some of those feelings. Teenage me would be really disappointed in middle-aged me, but I don't give a shit. I want to have fun now and I could do worse than put on this album.

The nostalgia (and Aquanet) is strong with this one, and I was instantly transported back to mddle school crushes, pencil rewound cassettes, and the BMG music club. Not hearing most of these tracks in three decades or more did this one a lot of favors, and I found myself singing along to songs I should have forgotten the lyrics to long ago and enjoying it a good deal more than my initial eyeroll may have implied. Was never high enough on the pedestal to warrant a 10/10, but rounds up to a 4/5 for sheer sentimentality's sake.

167. Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi (1986) 8.8.26 Variety: 3 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 4 Uniqueness: 2 Emotionality: 3 = 3.4 rounded down to a 3 "I've been everywhere, (Oh yeah) still I'm standin' tall/ I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all" When I was a kid, I had a lot of trouble visually distinguishing all of the hair metal ( I think fans prefer the term glam metal now?) bands. Even cases where that category maybe didn't really apply at first (Van Halen, Def Leppard) ended up eventually seeming to apply as EVERYONE seemed to jump on the wagon. Sure there were die hard "true metal" fans, and even some punks and pockets of Goth Kids, but that shit was MAINSTREAM. None more so than Bon Jovi. I think even from early on they had a more clean cut image than a lot of the other bands around them, or at the very least felt less dangerous. Now, as we all know this does not necessarily translate to reality ( go read about what shenanigans the Beatles and the Go-Go's both got up to in their early days) but with Bon Jovi I think it eventually became reality. Over the 80s and into the bands few sharp edges, were rounded off way more than a lot of other bands and they were among the first I remember aging up and with their demographic, with Mr. Bon Jovi even getting a controversial *GASP* short hair cut, perhaps setting the trend for Metallica. I'm not sure how much that move in particular helped, but it does seem like they were one of the few hair metal bands to survive grunge, and it seemed they did so by courting the adult contemporary audience. This is all conjecture of course, as seen through the half remembered fog of my childhood, so I'm probably getting a ton of info wrong. I am NOT going to be doing any deep dive research for this. All that said, my point is they were very beloved by the mainstream, even with that first album, and they were not shy about reaching out and scooping all those fans up. They seemed much more concerned with image than any artistic integrity, and yet... they smashed out some fun fucking jams. As much as my deep seated inner snob tendencies want to climb up out of my gullet and criticize these guys, I'm not sure its a) possible and b) even warranted. These dudes were talented guys who scrambled and played the game with the best of them, and yeah sure maybe they're music isn't as deep as Dylan, and they didn't write masterpiece tracks like Pink Floyd or timeless rockers like Led Zeppelin, but they did know how to write very poppy, melodic hooks, and how to translate that sound to huge arenas. They're more like the 80s Herman's Hermits I think. And who can deny the charms of something like "I'm Into Something Good ", "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter", or There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)? Well, some people I guess. But those people are joyless pricks who should pitied and shunned. THE TRACKS Side A "Let It Rock" - We get a fun, faux-live cheesy epic intro that transitions into a HUGE reverb-heavy rocker that seems tailor made for the arena. These guys seem to have taken the Def Leppard production sound and the Van Halen mix of guitar noodling mixed with keyboards and turned it up an extra notch. The song itself is almost non-existent, with this really just sounding like one long chorus to be chanted in unison with 15,000 big-haired fans. Big and dumb - an empty, cotton candy track. And it works just fine as an opener. "You Give Love a Bad Name" - And we come to our first of three megahits on their debut album ( there were two albums before this, but they both sound like warmed over Journey/ Foreigner so in my brain they arrived fully formed here - change my mind!). One of the all-time anthemic sing-a-long choruses of the 80s. This feels like it was designed in a lab to get everyone's cool aunt to pump their fist and possibly even throw some trepidatious devil horns into the air. "Livin' on a Prayer" - Peter Frampton must hate these guys, what with stealing his talk box thunder. Steven Tyler probably doesn't even remember recording "Sweet Emotion", so I'm sure he's fine with it. Holy cow - if the last song was built around one of the all-time great sing-along choruses, how did they plan on possibly following it up? How about with maybe THE GREATEST sing-a-long chorus of the 80s? From that opening synth note that builds to the awesome bass line, and the weird ass robotic "woah-woah-woah-waoh" opening we get some very good-pimple-inducing epic feels right away. The song itself borrows heavily from the Bruce Springsteen, working class blues anthem mode but it soars into inspirational rock territory very quickly. Even when listening to this studio version the arena chants of "Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer" are there as a ghost that haunts this one. Seriously, listen to it again and tell me you can't hear it? "Social Disease" - What! How shocking! I can't believe this smut was allowed on the airwaves. Mr. Bongiovi should be ashamed. In actuality this one seems charmingly quaint now. And the central conceit that "love is a social disease" with the usual salacious rock innuendo pretty much reversed ( tuned inside out maybe?) is kind of novel I guess. The general dated aesthetic aside , the horns on this triple down on that feel and make this almost a comedy 80's parody song when listened to now. All in good fun, but somehow even lighter and unimpressive than the opener. "Wanted Dead or Alive" - What the hell guys, pace yourselves. This does not bode well for side two as this side is sinking very quicly under the weight of it's massive all-timers. Certainly the first cowboy coded hair metal ballad I remember hearing, and while it might not have been the first, in my mind it established the trope of the black and white concert footage video where the band members are all road-wise veterans, who are SO dedicated to rocking your face off that they've decided to live the hard, hard life of the road. Ever wandering, never able to settle down. Be-spandexed nomads, making the outdoor arena's safe for millions of big haired ladies. *sniff* Thank you for your service, gentlemen. Epic and great, and an awesome twangy guitar intro. Easily the most atmospheric song on this, or maybe any of their albums? And I STILL forget it wasn't used in the Young Guns despite having looked up that fact many times before I think. "Blaze of Glory" is a fine sequel to be sure, but it's whiskey on the rocks, which has sat for a good half hour is a bit too watery to have the same effect. Side B "Raise Your Hands" - And the boys decide to just simply rawk out on the opener of side two. The answer to the question "What if Twisted Sister were much more pop-forward?" this one has a catchier than it needs to be infectious chanted chorus that , along with the very solid guitar work raises this one up above the more middling tracks we've seen so far. We even get some fake audience noise mixed in, which seems entirely appropriate for this sort of thing. "Without Love" - a MUCH more generic love ballad that doesn't really rise above the standard that's been set by your Foreigners, Journeys, ad REO Speedwagons. It's not terrible, just not very distinctive. "I'd Die for You" - Now we're playing more territory well trod by the likes of Loverboy and the OUtfield, with the driving keyboard riff taking hold and steering things. This one is also pretty danged memorable as far as the vocal melody goes. Basic as fuck, but who gives a damn when it works as well as this. "Never Say Goodbye" - I think this was maybe the last single off the album, and it's easily the most straight forward love ballad. Cheesy schmaltzy, and as manipulative as this sort of thing can get. And done with total professionalism. and without a lick of irony it still works. This had to have been on the set list to millions of proms that year in the final slow dance spot, right? "Wild in the Streets" - This bouncy synth rock number exudes anything BUT the wild abandon that the title promises. Tame and generic in all the ways that one expects, but maybe doesn't hope for. The lone stinker on the album in my opinion, it's not the worst example of this sort of thing, but it's just so very milquetoast. HIGHLIGHTS - "You Give Love a Bad Name" - "Livin' on a Prayer" - "Wanted Dead or Alive" - "Raise Your Hands" - "I'd Die for You" - "Never Say Goodbye" MIDLIGHTS - "Let It Rock" - "Social Disease" - "Without Love" LOWLIGHTS - "Wild in the Streets" FINAL THOUGHTS This one was a lot of fun, as empty headed and calculated as it was. And what rock band is not calculated really? Lot's of well crafted poppy melodies, with a sheen of gloss over to of some rough guitar cosplay. I dig the almost shamelessness of it all, and aside form their particular look, its really not that different that other very theatrical acts who put on a good show, but who might be a bit more intellectually focused. Bon Jovi is all pure Id music. Their genius is in their packaging and their understanding of exactly what their audience wants. They play into it and rock those faces. It's money well spent for some precisely targeted entertainment. More critically acclaimed acts like Guns N Roses could have learned quite a bit from these guys, but instead fooled themselves into thinking they were doing something more meaningful than being just a "rock band". There shouldn't need to be anything more meaningful. Show up and do the fucking work, and don't second guess your audience. ( more on this when we get to GnR - I have a lot of thoughts). Bon Jovi remain one of the few acts like this I can see as adults, in comparison to their peers. The hits from this have lasted the test of time, and probably will continue to for at least a couple more decades I think. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Drop that last track and they might earn another half star FURTHER LISTENING - 1984 by Van Halen' - Shout at the Devil by Mötley Crüe - Departure by Journey - Head Games by Foreigner - Open Up and Say…Ahh! by Poison

Hair metal was the first music I found on my own and it was the first music I abandoned. As a child in the ‘80s this was among one of the first cassette tapes I owned. Def Leppard, Poison, and Bon Jovi were staples of my music rotation. Then Guns ‘N’ Roses came along, then I found Metallica, and after that grunge happened. I abandoned the cheese of hair metal and to be honest never felt a call to go back. Time, though, has a way of deteriorating all those walls of pretentiousness that we put up. This listen today was an absolute delight. I played “Livin’ On A Prayer” three straight times. “Wanted Dead Or Alive” had me shouting “I’ve seen a million faces and I ROCKED THEM ALL!” with pure earnest joy. The hits on this still hit. Even the tracks that I’d forgot about hit hard. “Raise Your Hands” had a blistering opening riff reminiscent of Pantera. Richie Sambora was lighting it up and I needed to appreciate that more in retrospect. I may not put on a Sunset Strip themed playlist often, but I might play a few more hair metal hits than I otherwise would have in the future. 4/5

Popular anthem rock for sure, and a couple of huge radio hits on this, but as a musical must-do, it’s a fail in my book

2/5

Unfortunately, I could not bring myself to hate this fully. The big hits, especially “Livin’ on a Prayer,” sound even better in the album context. The high-gloss guitars and synths are pretty satisfying. That being said, god I hate his sung melodies. Dude learned the blues scale and stopped learning. And of course the whole thing is a pretty shallow enterprise. I think if you know the hits, there’s no reason to listen to anything else on here even if it’s aight.

There are only some few albums were i love the whole album every single song i am in love with his voice never knew abt him his voice or this genre but boy am i exicted to explore more

Absolutely of its time. Big hair rock done very well

Good times from the 80's rockers. Complete with porn soundtrack. Cheeky monkeys!

Fav: Wanted Dead or Alive (it’s funny guys I promise) L: Social Disease 2 I don’t really hate the Jovi but I haven’t been subjected to him for very long Iuntil now. Wasn’t as bad as I feared but I don’t want to listen to any of it again

The three singles have transcended the overall corniness of this album and I actually liked "Wild in the Streets" but the rest is pretty awful.

1. rock - 1 2. bad - 2 3. prayer - 3 4. zocial- 1 5. alive - 2 6. handz - 1 7. love - 1 8. die - 1 9. goodbye - 2 10. uuild - 1

ну очень стадионно, не для меня (и местами хорни, я думала он романтик)

It’s feel good 80s rock But some of the lyrics are dodgy as hellllll I’m a Bon jovi hater here - bland and boring music with a few karaoke classics. Wild in The Streets is just horrible. Bad way to start a Monday, but I’d be lying if I said it was a 1.

Arena rock

In Dec 2007, my first term of university, I went to see Bon Jovi the night before my chemistry final with three friends from highschool. We drove my 1996 ford escort and parked in the portage place parkade because my friends mom worked downtown so we used her parking pass. The concert was great because Bon Jovi is great. I drove my friends home. Then my friend called me because she had forgotten her mom’s parking pass in my car. So I had to drive back over there to give it to her and it kind of like fell between the windshield and the vent so it was a whole thing to get it back. But we did it. The next day I failed my chem final, but so did everyone and it was graded on a curve so I finished the term with a C-. It was still worth it to see Bon Jovi and I want to thank him for teaching me about how studying is important. This album is solid and to probably quote or paraphrase what Kori said, “yeah, if you died before hearing this that would suck.”

Livin' On A Prayer was one of the first songs I bought for my iPod Nano (on December 27, 2009, to be exact) and I literally bought the music video instead of the song. I was a big fan back then and I remember that my cousins and friends were too. I feel like Bon Jovi is the rock music that you like when you're a kid because it hasn't been over played for you yet and you don't have the ears to appreciate better music yet. But then you end up liking their music when you're older for nostalgic reasons and knowing lots of their songs because they are played all the time, everywhere. And that's how I feel about this album.

I’d absolutely agree that Slippery When Wet should be listened to before you die. Though in North America I don’t know how you could exist without being force fed most of these songs in the wild. Either way they are fun sing along anthems front to back. I find it funny the initial album cover of a woman in a wet t-shirt was scrapped. So they decided to do a wet garbage bag. Since they wanted to stick to a trashy theme.

Bon Jovi was my firsr concert back in 2007 as well... (I think, I was really young lol) we were in the nosebleeds, and I remember 3 drunk girls singing and dancing and wondering what was wrong with them, they were just really drunk lol. Got the CD they were touring which was "Have a nice Day" with the red evil smile. Bonus Jovi is great, and this album is filled with a lot of his big hits.

One of the first cds I ever bought

When it gets it right, it's great (basically the singles) everything else just sounds like filler.

Goood

Nice. 3.4-ish

This is an absolutely stacked album. Let it rock was a great way to start! It had a good leadup. It’s not a track I’ve heard before, but I liked it. Obviously you give love a bad name is one of the many incredibly popular tracks on this album. I’ve been listening to it for years, I love it. Same with Livin’ on a prayer which followed. Social disease was great! It kept rocking the whole way through. I had a friend who could play about 3 songs on her guitar, and Wanted dead or alive was one of them so I am intimately familiar with the guitar part of this song. I thought Raise your Hands was basic, but overall a lot of fun. I loved Without love. It’s totally been added to my playlist. Oh my god, the keys in I’d Die for you. It wins me over every time. Never Say Goodbye is always a joy to listen to, and ending it off with wild in the streets was amazing. Such a great song and such a great album. 5/5 ⭐️ 211/1089

sehr iconic mal wieder, auch sehr gut, ich bekomme glee flashbacks 😔

Guilty pleasure.

I think Bon Jovi was the first band that I hated when I was 10 or so. The cute girls in my 5th grade class liked them so I had to make fun of how they looked. Over the years I have came to appreciate their work at least a little bit. I think Blaze of Glory is great even though it is more or less a remake of at least 2 or 3 Bon Jovi songs. Today was my first listen of this album in its entirety. I hate to be this way, but I was wrong. My ten year old self was an idiot and was overly critical to impress Jennifer Vierra. This is a solid 4 and I am not sad about it.

I have the utmost respect for Jon Bon Jovi (or John Bongiovi) as a person, and I guess he's good at what he does - music wise, but damn Bon Jovi's music is the blandest crap to my ears.

Can I get some extra cheese with that ...

This was admittedly better than I thought it would be.

For as much as this album can be simple or cheesy, I find it to a major staple of its genre. It is as anthemic and energetic as it is fun. I do prefer as an experience his follow-up 'New Jersey' but this does somehow work as a collection of bangers. 7/10 [KEEP]

Richie Sambora's outstanding guitar work pushes this one into four-star territory.

Bon Jovi is Great Value brand Van Halen, but it turns out that makes for a decent sound

I was once in a Bon Jovi cover band. It was me and my brother and my 3 cousins. All of us were between 8 and 12 years old. We had cardboard instruments, a flashlight microphone, and a garbage can drum. Played some pretty epic concerts in my living room for an audience of parents, aunts, and uncles. Grandma was a big fan too!

This album gets at least a 4 for spawning some of the funnest karaoke tracks of all time. Is hair metal good? No! Is hair metal fun? Hell yes brother!

I haven't listened to this since the late 80s when it was EVERYWHERE. I went through a phase later (in the 90s) where I considered this bad music, unworthy of my time. Since then, I have acknowledged the power of some of these songs (Wanted Dead or Alice, Living on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name, etc) because of their seemingly universal appeal and staying power. Still wasn't listening on purpose though. I haven't ever heard any of this album on anything but car speakers and shitty bar speakers, and listening now on good gear, I'm impressed by the recording quality and happy to hear all of the detail I have been missing. Another reviewer said at the beginning of his review "There are countless incurable diseases, and the only thing that hurts me so much is the unrepeatability of childhood." This stopped me in my tracks, and as I read the rest of the review, it described my feelings perfectly and made me wish I was more eloquent. Because they've already reviewed this album and moved on, they'll never know how meaningful their words were to me. Thank you, all the same. This is good music and I'm having fun listening to it for both its merit and for the nostalgia. This is going in my library today ⭐⭐⭐⭐

It's a good album. Has probably three of his most well known songs on one album. Couple of other good tunes on here as well. Lyrics aren't exactly Shakespeare, but they are fun.

It may be the nostalgia of an album I know most of the songs to but this was really good

Social disease almost brought a down to a four because of that weird intro but this album just rocked. It’s every Bon Jovi song you hear at football games plus a few ones that are definitely gonna be added to my rotation. I just enjoyed every second of this album minus a few opening seconds in social disease, five out of five good job Bon Jovi

Makes me think that Bon Jovi can't get any better than this.

Boring, overly grandiose, sappy arena rock/glam metal. By far one of my least favorite genres. The only thing that triumphs this albums lack of self awareness is its lack of anything interesting.

3/5 Some classic tracks on here and some run of the mill songs but I had a good time with this.

I've never been a fan of Bon Jovi. It's too 80's. I knew Livin' On a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name, and Wanted Dead or Alive. I think Jon Bon Jovi got by on his looks because he's not that great of a singer.

A good record from a legendary artist

Oh man, so on one hand this isn't something I like, I would never choose to listen to it on my own, but on the other hand I know it's super popular 80s songs that I know a few of them and they aren't horrible, but still.

Jon Bon Jovi is to the '80's hair band scene as your best friend's annoying little brother is to your friend group. He's always there, you can't tell the story without him, there's nothing objectively wrong with him, but he's annoying and you wish he wasn't there. That said, yes, you should listen to this album before you die. It has virtually all of the hits, and Bon Jovi was just too big to leave out of the story.

Bunch of skips for songs I'd heard a million billion times (I don't dislike them, they're fun but cheesy). What's left kinda sucks.

Decent 80s album

Didn't know that almost all of Bon Jovi's hits were on one album.

The musical equivalent of a van with a wizard air-brushed onto it. It just screams “Hell yeah brother” and it rocks for that.

🅱️on Jo🅱️i I turned it off at around song 8. It's jon bovi; it's fun to listen to for a little, but nothing I would actively seek out to listen to in my free time. 2.5 rounded up. not sure anyone NEEDS to hear von jobi before they die

I’m not trying to be edgy, I promise, but I will always hate Bon Jovi. It’s like… music for uncool dads (my uncool dad, God rest his soul, loved Bon Jovi)

I’m pretty sure this is one of my mom’s favorites, or at the very least one of the only CDs she had in the car. First half is all bangers, but the second is a little weaker than I remember. Still jams

I'm not gonna sit here and pretend this album isn't fun. Peak masculinity used to involve so much hairspray.

7,50/10 Buen album, me gusto. Tiene muy buenos temas y algunos medio pj

A divisive dumpster fire album. I’m giving it a three just based on the fact that the top singles on this album have crazy staying power. Industry designed and forced or not it’s impressive to make singles that are recognized 40 years later. I went into this album being a hair metal denier. I still am BUT I didnt hate this as much as I should have.

4 outta 5

This is #day708 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… it's hard to believe this record turns a crazy 40 years old in just a month. As a kid who grew up in the late '90s and early '00s, Bon Jovi was one of those bands that was always on the radio. "It's My Life"... what a song. I think the early '00s era up to Have a Nice Day is "my kind" of Bon Jovi. Around that same time, I also dubbed the Crossroad compilation and wore the tape down. "Livin' on a Prayer" is monumental. It's a time machine to a place you were never really there for, yet it somehow feels nostalgic. Do you have to hear some '80s hair metal before you die? Up to you. I like Bon Jovi, and I do think this kind of rock is fun and essential in its own right. This is a 5 out of 5. Looking forward to #day709.

This one has some bangers, but maybe it's more nostalgia than anything else. All sounds like very same-y dad rock, and I didn't discover new songs to like. Highlights: livin on a prayer (always fun to belt out in a crowd), you give love a bad name, wanted dead or alive

(10/10) One of the greatest hard rock albums of all time, every song hits and it's just HIT after HIT after HIT. Perfect album sequencing too. Just M'UAH.

Bit Elliot Smithy. I enjoyed, very relaxing

Incredible for the first 3 songs, and then “Social Disease” kinda snaps you out of it. Bon Jovi (the guy)’s voice is actually great, which was exactly what was missing from AC/DC’s Back In Black, the album I’ve chosen to compare this to, since I like this significantly more than that even though they’re very similar, and that’s interesting. This kind of rock, when done correctly, is the type of stuff I live for. Except, even then, I can’t listen to it for too long. It’s really awesome for a bit, but it eventually becomes very apparent that you’ve been listening to a variation of the same song for half an hour, and then you don’t want to listen to the rest of it, especially when you know the best is behind you. That being said, even though some of these songs can contribute to this feeling, a lot of them are really fucking good either way. Just look at how many hits are on here! And they’re good too! Yes, “Social Disease” and “I’d Die For You” kinda suck. But look at all those really good songs! Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8 are all massive, and ridiculously good. Yes, it’s campy. Yes, the lyrics intermittently suck. But that doesn’t stop the commercial power, and much more importantly the amount of fantastic songs on here. 8.7/10

This is one of the better albums I’ve listened to on this list. A few bangers and a couple others that are good.

Only deserves 2 stars because of the huge hits and their nostalgic factor.

I mean, a couple of weeks ago I had Def Leppard’s Hysteria, another pop-metal album from the same era that sold like crazy at the time, produced a bunch of hits, and had no lasting impact. Whereas Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet, or at least the singles, still get a lot of airplay. So I guess they get a little bit of credit for writing something that somehow manages to persist. Doesn’t mean that I enjoyed listening to this though.

not my taste but so iconic

Until I listened to "Slippery When Wet" in its entirety, I dismissed Bon Jovi as a cheesy 80s band. You see, I was tired of "Livin' on a Prayer". It turns out that "Slippery When Wet" was actually great. I think "Wanted Dead or Alive" is the best track on the album. The moral of the story is that you shouldn't judge an album by its singles. 4 stars for "Slippery When Wet".

De los mejores discos de Hard Rock de los 80's, Bon Jovi simpre tan potente como siempre, el mejor disco para mi que tiene éxito tras éxito, podría ser una recopilación de mejores éxitos

fallait s'y attendre mais en dehors des hits (qui sont probablement les meilleurs de cet époque avec Billy Idol) le reste est très classique et pas spécialement bon

Look - I’ll be honest. I looked at the track list and was like, nah. If you’ve heard one Bon Jovi song you’ve heard them all.

pretty good

I'm aware there's an ongoing crisis in media literacy, but then I saw the most upvoted review of this album claiming that it occupied the same lyrical space as Springsteen, and Christ on a bike, it may be worse than I thought. Anyway, the album itself is pretty straightforward: dumb fun, with an emphasis on the dumb.

very good

Ah Bon Jovi. I'm too young to have been there, but the bands music (or at least 3 songs) is part of almost every wedding and school disco across the land. The first track *** [Let it Rock] starts with an epic keys/organ/synth piece that leads into anthemic arena rock. This is heavier than I expected and I never really appreciated the lead guitar in the past. [You give love a bad name] is one of those social consciousness singles. The chuggy guitar in the verse bursts into a powerful chorus and a technical solo. [Livin on a prayer] is a song I don't need to hear again. It has the Bon Jovi hallmarks. Their choruses are catchy, easy to sing. Set up for live audience participation or drunk people at a social event. [Social disease] has the seemingly obligatory sex noise song (at least 1/4 albums so far have had one!) Auto skip. [Wanted dead or alive] had strong "western" vibes and I understand it was on Red Dead Redemption so that makes total sense. After this - the album fades completely into soppy no energy love songs, pretty formulaic rock (although it might be fatigue from the album) and few memorable sections. By the end of the album I needed it to be over. Overall 1.5 probably - will likely round down to a 1. It's mostly songs I've heard too much or songs that do nothing for me. Fair play to the lead guitar however - definitely the biggest surprise from this album.

A staple of 80's Hard Rock! It incorporates more synthesizer than a lot of 80's Hard Rock bands and that adds a nice touch. It is their most popular album, and it's definitely worth the hype! There's not a bad song on the album!

Lots of fun.

Undeniably cheesy, but also undeniably full of bangers

I don't like this but it's so catchy. this album has some of Bon Jovi's biggest hits

If you’ve got a father-in-law then chances are they go crazy over this shit.

I am biased here, because this album has some of my favorite songs. This is my first time listening to the whole album though. Solid album flow This sounds like the 80s in the best way Started strong, but ending was not as impressive

There's nothing here outside of the 3 massive hits.

5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background

as good as pop metal possibly can get

There were quite a few hits on this album. Alas, big hair 80s rock isn't my thing.

Truth be told, I am not a fan of this style of music, this anthem hair band just a tad too classic rock thing. Now, with that said, NO genre or band or style is "bad" (arguably outside wall of noise which just causes me physical anxiety). So there are songs here that are quite excellent. Taken as a whole, even back in the day I was always on the fence. Now! Fast forward a bunch of years and the lead singer John Bon Jovi is a bit of a folk hero for the people. He talked a suicide off a bridge and hugged that person... I mean gold star right there! Human's don't get much better than that and so sure, I may not like the musical style but I will take that dose of humanity anytime!

7/10 - Straight bangers. The only thing hold it back for me is that the hits (love them) just feel out of place in an album. Not a reflection on the album itself, just a reflection on me Fav Tracks: (besides the hits) Social Disease, Raise Your Hands Heard before? --------–- ✅ Saved a new Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? -------–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? ---––– ❌

A pale imitation of Spinal Tap.

Bon jovi - slippery when wet This was an ordeal. First album on this challenge which I have actually skipped forward when I’ve got the gist of a track rather than playing each track to its end. Boring. Elevated from one star by Wanted Dead or Alive and Springsteen pastiche Wild in the Streets ⭐️⭐️

Ooh, look at me and my pretty hair. Watch me fling it without a care. I can play a guitar and sing too, but the songs are vapid and belong in the loo.

A time capsule that dumped me right back into my childhood, listening to this in my uncle's car on cassette. Unmistakable hair band glimmer with a heart. Some tracks slip by like that first slow dance at the middle school prom.. you were there, but did it really happen? Spins: 2 Playlist Additions - You Give Love a Bad Name - Livin' on a Prayer - Wanted Dead or Alive - Never Say Goodbye

Villain origin story: this album is released on the edge of our villain's puberty. He thinks the songs are okay, but the girls go wild for the good looking band and their lead singer, which causes him to hate the music. Fast forward many years later, and this shows up on the album generator. He decides to be open-minded. After all, Livin' on a Prayer is on this and that's a catchy anthem, and he remembers You Give Love a Bad Name and Wanted Dead or Alive. Then he listens to the album and is gobsmacked by how dated it sounds. The guitar solos don't flow. Every song is designed to be an arena rock anthem. What the villain now understands is that the band was a marketer's dream: the hits were good enough, and that the girls who were into this band probably weren't ones he wanted to be with anyway.

Just a big bag of cheese puffs.

Might be cheesy but it’s Brie-lliant!

Obviously a well polished and well produced hit album. I'm just not a fan of this band. Give me Deep Purple or Uriah Heep anytime.

nothing really stood out to me

80s classic. I grew up on this and I genuinely really like the 80s hair metal rock as a sound. Can’t help but enjoy it. 4/5

A 'monster' album of my sixth form - the biggest billboard seller of 1987 and the first 'hair metal' album to have three top 10 singles on it. It is easy to forget how popular this band was - only Def Leppard sold more in the rock world at this time - and the influence that 'Wanted dead or alive' had on the Young Guns movies at the time. Jon Bon Jovi became New Jersey's second rock icon and his voice was impressive back then. 'Livin' on a prayer' and 'you give love a bad name' are now part of popular culture. I think side one is better overall and I find some of the big rock ballads a bit clawing but the band survived and in no small part to this album's appeal.

Muy bueno

(3/7) music that gets better the louder it is played

This is the album for you if you like generic, formulaic rock. I'll give it two because there's a couple of decent songs on there. You Give Love a Bad Name is actually a decent song

I don't like this as much anymore, because it's really dated, but come on. Some of the best rock hits of the 80s, earworm choruses and memorable guitar riffs. These songs are just simple and effective. Amazing.

full of bangers, rightfully named album. great choons

This album is delightfully stupid and you’d have to just genuinely not enjoy fun to hate on it. Not every album in this book has to be high art to be good. This certainly isn’t, and it’s by far the best album I’ve had in over a week. It’s dumb, it doesn’t take itself seriously, and it’s a seriously good time. I could listen to nothing but this album for a week and still have a good time with it. It’s front loaded for sure, but the entire first half of the album is banger after banger after banger. Love the singing, love the solos, and the vibes?? Oh man, the vibes are good on this one. The only mood I’d have to be in to not want to listen to this one would be “literally dead”. “You Give Love A Bad Name”, “Livin’ On A Prayer”, and “Wanted Dead or Alive” are bonafine classics, and the rest of the album isn’t bad either. But those songs alone are worthy of a 4 star review. I have personal anecdotes for why I like 2 of those songs as much as I do, but regardless of that, they’re just good songs. In fact, despite having never heard this album from front to back until now, you can be certain that I recognized most of the songs on this album. Plus, all of them are fun to sing, preferably when you’re alone. “Livin’ On A Prayer” is yet another certified Guitar Hero classic banger, and “Wanted Dead Or Alive” was the theme song to the show Deadliest Catch. Both of those songs have deep sentimental value for me, and I’m still going to say “You Give Love A Bad Name” is my favorite song on the album because it’s just THAT good. The clapping, the solo, the background vocals, it’s all pretty peak. It’s the most fun to sing as well, in my opinion, and of the 3 classics, it’s probably the one I think about the most. Anyway, this is a classic album, and all of the hits are incredible songs. This is almost a 5, going to give it a 4.9 simply because the second half of the album is mostly forgettable and isn’t as good as the top half. Hell of a good pick for Bon Jovi. Very happy this album is on here. What a great change of pace from the albums I’ve been rolling lately. Now to see what the weekend album is.

Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope ❌❌❌ I told myself I would give every album on this list a fair shake and listen to it all the way through, no matter what. I guess I lied to myself. Sorry self, but I refuse to listen to this one. If I had the power to rewrite history I would take an eraser to this albums existence.

I don't like Bon Jovi style.

Dit vind ik niet leuk. Johannes Bongiovi legt een potsierlijk glam-/haarmetaal album op de mat waarbij hij z'n Axl Rose imitatie welig laat tieren met z'n gemaakte stemmetje. De reverb vliegt je om de oren want het moet klinken als een stadionact. Wat is dit knetterfout. Zo'n 'Wanted Dead or Alive' ook, man man man. Ik zie er voor laten we zeggen een procent of 15 de lol wel van in, maar ik kan er niet omheen hoe fout en lelijk dit oud is geworden. Als ik dit geluid in een beeld zou moeten vangen zou ik het vergelijken met slappe, natte friet. Tegelijkertijd krijg je wel een paar hitjes die je niet niet kunt kennen en hitjes zijn houvast zei m'n over-overgrootvader altijd al. Ik weet echt niet wat ik hier qua cijfer mee moet. Als ik puur op m'n gevoel af ga moet ik een 1 geven (zelfs zonder de kreungeluiden op track 4), al weet ik rationeel gezien ook wel dat dat te streng is. Het is geen Astrud. Als je dit een 1 geeft ben je te lang niet serieus getest door de lijst der lijsten. We krijgen krijsende gitaren met keurig afgemeten, in spandex omwikkelde solo's en dat mogen we eens in de zoveel tijd best een keer leuk vinden ('Raise Your Hands' heeft een lekkere solo bijvoorbeeld). Ik zet het op 2 sterren, maar dit is echt niet aan mij besteed.

Dumb as rocks, but good fun

boff. Wel oke, maar niet baanbrekend (+ Living on a Prayer is echt beuuuuu)

Story time. When I was a senior in high school, me and a couple of my friends were driving to some sort of regional school newspaper/yearbook conference nearby. Somehow, this annoying sophomore kid ended up riding in the car with us. We were into The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, etc. He wanted to listen to Bon Jovi in the car. Needless to say, I believe we listened to Siouxsie and The Banshees the whole way! Fast forward to today and I've been married to that annoying sophomore for 30 years! This is all to say that I've heard this album many, many times - not voluntarily. Hair bands from the 80s was never really my thing. But, you have to give this album credit for the number of hits it produced and the number of albums is sold. I won't ever seek out listening to Bon Jovi, but I also won't turn them off if it pops up on something.

This was a really funny listen. Some songs start off so strong and then Bon Jovi's got some silly lyrics or singing style going on and you just gotta appreciate the goofiness of it. I personally can just have Livin on a Prayer and leave the rest.

++: Social Disease, Wanted Dead or Alive, Wild in the Streets +: Livin' on a Prayer, Never Say Goodbye +-: Let It Rock, You Give Love a Bad Name, Raise Your Hands, I'd Die for You -: Without Love 4,9/10

it has the hits but it's still bon jovi :/

Now this is just awesomely fun rock and roll. While it may not be your cup of tea it ruled the airwaves in the mid 80s and set a course for what became a great band.

Great!!

Good ol' Bon Jovi!

The highs had me contemplating whether I'd actually give Bon Jovi a 4....but by the end, I was so tired of the same Bon Jovi energy all the way through every song on the album that it narrowly escaped a 2

W sumie niezłe. Dwie pioseneczki bardzo dobre, ale reszta taka miękka. Na 4.

Let It Rock - Amazing start, love the organ music in the beginning You Give Love A Bad Name - A classic! One of my favourite songs by the band, I've listened to it 170 times this year alone according to my Spotify stats which is a completely normal and sane amount! Livin' on a Prayer - One of the more famous tracks by Bon Jovi along with It's My Life, absolute banger as well! Social Disease - Not as good as the previous tracks but also very good Wanted Dead Or Alive - Loved the old western vibes throughout, also I did know this song as well (at least the chorus was familiar!) Raise Your Hands - Every album has at least one kind of forgettable song, this one was it for me. Without Love - There is something creepy about a grown ass man singing a love song about a woman he describes as "not young but still a child", just you know historically speaking, which is a shame that took me out of it because the song itself is good I'd Die For You - I will be so surprised if it turns out this song has never played in the background of some action movie scene Never Say Goodbye - Discovering I know way more Bon Jovi songs than I thought I did, but another great one! Wild In The Streets - Another mildly forgettable song, it was nice and upbeat though, I enjoyed it

Generally: Great album, but very front-loaded.  And an awful lot of "whoa-oa"s throughout. Let it Rock: The intro to this is great, but then it transforms into what is now fairly generic rock.  It probably sounded a lot more original in 1986, though.  You Give Love a Bad Name: Absolute classic - the first time I've heard this through headphones, so didn't realise what great use it made of stereo, with the bassline wandering around the listening. Living on a Prayer: Another absolute classic, and the most "New Jersey" song on the album - could easily see this being covered by Bruce Springsteen, actually. Social Disease: Ugh, yet another absolute classic!  Huh, I always thought that "Love is a" was part of the title, but apparently not.  Really a great groove - more rock music should include horns. Wanted Dead or Alive: and side A closes with one more classic, this is ridiculous.  I'm fairly certain this is the song that got Jon Bon Jovi the Young Guns II soundtrack gig.  Really impressed at how different every song on side A manages to be. Raise Your Hands: High energy, but forgettable. Without Love: great drumming I guess?  Otherwise it pretty much just slides off my brain.  I'd Die for You: this could have probably been another classic with better lyrics, as it is it's just another overly earnest angsty teenage lovesong. Never Say Goodbye: one of those "last song at the disco" tracks.  Nice, tuneful, laid back - not sure why this is the second last track, it would seem better to close the album with this. Wild in the Streets: and we end with one more fairly forgettable high-energy number.

It's corny, but it's fun for a minute. Some of the songs on the latter half are straight up terrible, but I don't think it's meant as an album, there are the bangers and the fillers. Therefore I don't think it's an album for me, to me songs alike, some of them barely fresh ideas, but I do like it generally speaking.

they all kinda sound the same to me. if im in a bon jovi mood sure i'll listen to this but otherwise eh

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I was determined to dislike this. It is probably described as "fun" by a lot of people, but when has that ever stopped me? Except after a few tracks I couldn't help but bop my head to it. Sure, it's not the kind of music I particularly go for, but it's hard to argue with the power of "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", and "Never Say Goodbye" among the others. I still wouldn't voluntarily listen to this again though, which drops it to a high 3/5.

Bon Jovi was huge in the mid-80's and it wasn't hard to get burnt out on their hits because they were played so often. This would be my first time listening to the whole album. Not totally my thing but not bad. 3.5/5

I get it, I don't want to admit to liking Bon Jovi either, but come on everyone rating this low hates fun. Not all music needs to be a complex masterpiece, sometimes it just needs to be loud, have energy and be catchy as Hell. I would have never listened to this without this challenge, but I was pleasantly surprised even if Livin' On a Prayer still annoys me. It really is not a bad song, it has just been overplayed to death Favorite Track - Raise Your Hands Least Favorite Track - Livin' On a Prayer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

classic

I dont like it but its not horrible and also milly bobby brown is dating someone bon Jovi and she ran over the homo xoxo

kinda peak

Three all-timers is pretty significant. Dead or Alive is one of my favorite songs... and I really don't like Bon Jovi much at all. There was a bunch of stuff on this record that triggered my gag reflex... even so:

Back when I was a teenager, there was a bar called “Cooke’s” right beside our school that we used to spend our lunch breaks in. We were only 15 or 16, but the bar staff seemed to begrudgingly tolerate us sitting there drinking vats of coffee and smoking cigarettes. Cooke’s had a jukebox. We were very into bands like Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, The Beatles, The Stones and the likes. So, the local barflies were forced to listen to a medley of our music, or whatever of it was populated on that machine at least, each weekday for a full hour on repeat. One of my friends was a huge Bon Jovi fan. He used to get a lot of shit from the rest of us over his choices, and we’d join in with the groans of the barflies when he’d go up to the jukebox to play “You Give Love A Bad Name” or some other stadium hair rock nonsense. One day, he walked up to the jukebox as we pleaded with him to not put us through another Bon Jovi tune. He asked us to give it a chance and put on “Wanted Dead Or Alive”. Have you ever seen that Limmy sketch where the two long-haired metal heads listen to an Aha song? Limmy’s character is wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt, surrounded by AC/DC and Motorhead posters, while his friend dons an “Aha” shirt. “What’s gotten into you, mate??” exclaims Limmy. “Just wait until you hear it” his friend replies smugly, as he puts an Aha record on the turntable. It starts off as a typical Aha soft pop song. But when it unexpectedly takes a turn and kicks off, Limmy can’t resist, admitting “It’s good. Really good.” And the two can’t contain themselves, head-banging along to the song. I didn’t have exactly the same reaction to “Wanted Dead Or Alive”, but it did catch me off-guard compared to anything else I’ve heard from the denim-clad one known as Bon Jovi. The acoustic guitar intro is decent enough to catch my attention, but the rest of the song is a very catchy country blues affair. Musically it’s good. Pretty good. The lyrics and content are cheesy as hell of course. But it’s a good song. These days whenever I hear it, I immediately think of Mac and Charlie’s fake funeral in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”. The song plays as a projector shows a slideshow of photos of the two dressed as cowboys on motorcycles, overlaid with the text “Goodbye cruel world”. What can I say about the rest of the album? Cheesy stadium rock. Elements of the worst parts of hair metal, watered down for mass consumption. The kind of music that’s inoffensive, but also causes you to groan out loud when your Bon Jovi loving friend makes his way up to the jukebox.

The album starts off really strong and then you get a few generic songs after. They really were going for a Springsteen meets Van Halen vibe, maybe unintentionally.

Listen, I get the attraction. Singalong arena hard rock with plenty of punches in the air. But it's too much hairspray for me. Hope you enjoy it.

Is glam rock a good genre? Probably, no. Generic, radio friendly, and without much to say. That being said, these fellas could certainly write a hit, and it's a lot of fun to listen to. That being said, there are far better examples of this type of music. That being said, maybe I should just get tf over myself and enjoy fun music for the sake of it. That being said, the songs here that aren't mega-hits aren't exactly fun at all, and maybe pretty bad. That being said,// Fave tracks: - You Give Love A Bad Name - Livin' On A Prayer - Wanted Dead Or Alive

Full disclosure: I hate Bon Jovi. They are the clearest representation of everything wrong with rock at that time - inauthentic, image-first hit chasers who were so bad at getting those hits that they brought in an external writer for album #3. They are not rock and roll, they are content. I know plenty of these songs far too well already, but will give the whole thing a go and see if there's something to improve my perspective. ---- Nah, fuck off. The first song is a limp-dicked rip off of Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers" intro and it gets more annoying from there. Why are the guitars both very loud and very muffled? Why does every other bar require a synth fill or shred break? Why are all the lyrics either nonsense crap or "whoooah-ah-oooah"? I'd forgive it if they weren't so serious about being so hard rockin' and dangerous. This album sounds like what people who hate Def Leppard think Def Leppard sounds like. Or rather, if Def Leppard weren't funny. It's the perfect album to represent Reagan's USA. Thank fuck that it wouldn't be long until the world got Appetite for Destruction... ---- I think this album is really a 2-star, but having read plenty of reviews saying "this is a 3 or 4 but I'm giving it a 5 because of all the wrongos who gave it a 1 by default" I've decided to give it a 1. Fuck you.

NICE

Great album with great songs. The guitar and drum are phenomenal.

People complain about how cliche it is, but cliches are cliches for a reason. This album is a mood. Makes sense find it on this list.

Sort of music you hear from a pub juke box but don't choose yourself.

If I gave Metallica 1 because it was to fucking serious and Springsteen 3 because it was authentic then I suppose this sits between the two. There's a reason it's so popular at karaoke.

I want to give it a 1 because I loathe the two big Bon Jovi tracks with a burning passion..but it's not /awful/. It's just really big flashy run-of-the-mill hard rock that exists for no purpose but to be commercialised.

Pretty slippery when dry, too.

Sometimes I forget how much I love arena rock

I’ll be honest: hair metal is probably my least favourite genre. Too many clichés, too much image, and way too much music that feels focus-grouped for arenas rather than written because someone actually had something to say. So when Slippery When Wet came up, I wasn’t excited. But I also wasn’t dreading it. Bon Jovi has always felt different from the sleazier side of the genre—they’re basically a pop band that happens to play rock music. The album starts exactly as expected. “Let It Rock” is pure cheese, arena-rock fodder with big vocals and glossy production. Then the hits arrive and remind you why this album became a phenomenon. “You Give Love a Bad Name” is ridiculous, nostalgic, and impossible not to enjoy. I’d never put it on to look cool, but that opening line and massive chorus still work. Then there’s “Livin’ on a Prayer,” which is simply the best thing Bon Jovi ever recorded. It’s cheesy, over-the-top, motivational nonsense in the best possible way. If that chorus comes on and you’re not singing along, check your pulse. The biggest surprise was how uneven the album is. Every time a hit showed up, I was reminded why Bon Jovi became superstars. Every time a weaker album track showed up, I was reminded why I don’t listen to much hair metal. “Social Disease” is particularly awful—a gross, cliché-riddled suckfest that sticks out for all the wrong reasons. Even “Wanted Dead or Alive,” despite its cinematic production and great guitar tone, never really clicked with me. Still, there were some unexpected gems. “I’d Die for You” is packed with dramatic synths and shameless 80s excess, but it’s a blast. “Wild in the Streets” feels more like a pop song than anything else on the album and ended up being one of my favourite deep cuts. Even “Without Love” had enough crunchy guitars and shimmering synths to keep me interested. What surprised me most is that this album made me understand why Bon Jovi survived while so many of their peers became punchlines. They just wanted people to have a good time. Slippery When Wet is loaded with cheese, but it’s mostly the fun kind. I’ll probably never revisit the whole album, but “Livin’ on a Prayer” remains mandatory listening, and a few deep cuts earned a place beside the hits on my playlist. For an album from a genre I generally can’t stand, that’s a pretty good result. 5.6/10

Decent album

All of Bon Jovi's greatest, overplayed, hits!

I mean it's good but it feels wrong giving a 4... might bump later

Nope... burn it with fire (hairspray is flammable)

Nice things first: "Wanted Dead or Alive" is an arresting, musically interesting song. And I guess they've nailed the pop-radio formula. Richie Sambora definitely adds great metal licks. But "Wanted Dead or Alive" is ruined by insipid lyrics. Taken as a whole, it's a pop album about a hair-metal lifestyle. It's got a lot to offer if you're looking for sentimentality and hair-metal costumes. Good for nostalgic enjoyment and also (40 years later) ironic enjoyment. I never listened to the whole album before, but the songs I wasn't familiar with were real pop stinkers: "Social Disease," "Without Love," "I'd Die for You." "Never Say Goodbye" was probably a prom theme, but I've forgotten. Bottom line: I hate it. Another one of the "1-star but for historical purposes, for understanding how and why music that's hugely popular can also suck, it probably belongs on a list of 1000 albums" that I suppose people should be aware of.

Okay fine

I don't respect this but I also can't pretend like it's anything but a polished, solid version of what it is

Fun! But not enough that I'd want to replay

I get that a lot of people don’t like Bon Jovi. Well I do and I give this album 5 stars.

Pretty wild A-Side just stacked with hits. While the album gives a facade of a hair metal album it is largely a bunch of pop songs. Credit where it is due, really entertaining front to back as long as you can turn off how much you've heard the big songs.

Well, full disclosure, I don’t hate them. Sure, pretty boy metal? I agree, album title that even not knowing the full story about the Vancouver strip joint, is suggestive? absolutely, but they could actually write great catchy songs, so while I never would buy an album I can quite happily listen to Living on a Prayer and not tear my ears out. In fact, woah-oh! I’m half way through listening to this album and it is joyous, in the same way skateboarding as an adult is, you know its immature but boy is it fun.

This is a pretty solid album. All the Bon Jovi songs I know are on it. Not quite a 5 but a good 4.5

This album is front-loaded with two massive hits, which hold a well-deserved place in the classic rock canon. It turns out some things are popular because they are great, who would have thought? After "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer," the album drops off a little, but it's still pretty good. "Never Say Goodbye" stuck out as a track that probably deserves a little more recognition than it gets, I found it to be quite strong. This album isn't perfect, but it is a lot of fun. Favorite track: "Livin' on a Prayer"

Without Bon Jovi there wouldn't be "Elän humpalla" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WydbjejNQA

It’s got some hits

Enough cheese to make the swiss proud.

A good album but all Bon Jovi songs start to sound the same to me. 4 stars or B+.

you give love a bad name

el principio del disco es simplemente increíble, es que estuve obsessed con wanted dead or alive no podía tener otra nota

This really should be a 4 out of 5, but I'm forced to deduct a star because of "Livin' on a Prayer". Before I get to that, the rest of the record is great. I hadn't heard "I'd Die for You" before, but it's a pretty good track. "You Give Love a Bad Name" is an absolute banger. Atreyu made a really good cover version about 20 years ago that goes pretty hard. So about "Livin' on a Prayer": My wife went to Auburn University for undergrad and pharmacy school . For those of you who follow American college football, you might know the student section sings that song at every single home game. As an Alabama fan, I am legally and spiritually opposed to that song. I've heard it blasting in Jordan-Hare Stadium more times than I can count. Musically, the album is a gold standard for 80s arena rock and hair metal. Richie Sambora's guitar work is top-tier, and the production is massive. It's just too bad Auburn had to go and ruin a classic.

An album of classics and I only knew 2 of the songs

It’s bad, but there are a couple of guilty pleasures in here…

Great hair band. You can tell they are having such a good time in the video for You Give Love a Bad Name. It is remarkable how much clothes they are wearing without wearing a shirt. Ha! Livin' on a Prayer is another classic. They still play both these songs on the radio. They are SO young in the music videos. Wanted Dead of Alive is another classic. I didn't realize I knew so many Bon Jovi songs.

There are a lot of classic rock radio hits on this album. Bon Jovi must of had a wild time in the mid 80s

This album rocks. The hits don't need anything said about them, but the tracks I had never heard I was as equally blown away.

PURE CHEESE. Never heard so many unnecessary pinch harmonics. Musically genius? No. A blast to listen to? Absolutely.

Hair metal just isn’t for me. Best served with a dodgy karaoke bar and too many pints

At the age of 16, and as a first year student at technical college, I discovered Bon Jovi. Def Leppard and Iron Maiden followed quickly, then I found Metallica... Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ probably not Default ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 329 Already owned : 76 Purchased : 15 To buy : 4 Nope : 234

I’ve always been a casual fan of Bon Jovi, but not much more. I like their hits and even count a couple of their ballads among my favorites in rock. Aside from that, I never gave them much thought. I was much more interested in Def Leppard, Van Halen, and Guns N’ Roses. I wasn’t sure why that was exactly until I listened to this album. The hits really do hit, but the misses feel like spineless rock: cheesy lyrics with passable rhythms. I enjoy Jon’s voice and the band is talented, but much of the album feels like those forgettable background songs they’d throw in 80s movies to indicate tension was happening. I’m tempted to toss an extra point at the album for the simple fact that Jon Bon Jovi has aged better than all of his contemporaries. Dude looks damn good!

this album is nothing

Fuck yes.

Did not age well

Don’t nope I technically have ever listened to this album all the way through till now obviously had a ton of hits and it was more nostalgic, but the begrudgingly it’s half decent album

One star each for a couple of great tracks but too much overblown midding stuff around them

I don’t like this because I am tough

Just good old fun. That's all hair metal needs to be about. Yes it's commercial as shit, but at least it's not blaring tinnitus into my ears.

Equal parts seriously dated and timeless legend. Lame and shamelessly fun at the same time. Some of the hits on this are popular with generations that did not live during the 80's. Who knew the son of that pasta sauce guy could do that?

Wow, listening to this album from Track 1 to Track 10 in its intended order was something. I've never really been a Bon Jovi guy, just learning a couple riffs from their most popular songs on guitar just to entertain people when they ask if I can play Bon Jovi. This album encapsulates the late 80's hair band corporate sponsored arena concerts to a T. Every song has been engineered and algorithmically designed to appeal to midwestern white male nostalgia. Songs about drinking cheap beer, smoking cigarettes, having sex with women, driving fast cars, and making questionable decisions on Friday night. The lyrics are chantable, the sound is designed for stadiums holding 40k people with lasers and pyrotechnics. I did have a good chuckle when I heard Never Say Goodbye because you can hear almost the exact part of this song that inspired Nickelback's album "All the Right Reasons". If you were to make a Venn diagram of Bon Jovi and Nickelback fans, it would be a circle. Make of that as you will. I'll give this album a 6/10 because it was a fun listen but at the end of the day, it's still Bon Jovi.

Some major bangers on this album. A bit of filler, so definitely not a 5, but pretty darn close.

There is some iconic stuff in here. This is metal?

OHHHH WE'RE HALFWAY THEREEEEE OHHHHH LIVING ON A PRAYERRRRRRR

This was definitely Bon Jovi. Livin on a Prayer is great

Nope. Sure there are some 'bangers' on there that everyone sings when they're drunk but it's just meh. It's rock sure but not special enough. 1/5.

I dont like hair metal but really enjoyed this one. Some songs are timeless pieces of pop.

Meh. Bubblegum stadium pop rock. I mean you can't deny there are some hits on here. But yeah. Not really to my tastes.

I don't like this guy's voice, at all. Side one is pure dreck.

Classic rock album - i don’t like all the songs, but has some good ones..

Que los temas estén buenos no significa que estén buenos (?). Muy fuerte al medio, pero god. Los temas medio sencillones y también muy épicos, se nota que apuntaban a ser himnos todos y eso un poco la baja. Pero banqueira.

So, I was honestly dreading this. Throughout this challenge I've kinda lost more and more respect for a lot of older "dude rock" bands, just cause of how they've abused their power and how rapey their lyrics can be. In the past, before I'd heard most of it, i'd just thought "meh it's not for me". Actually engaging with it I'm like "HUH" So when I actually come across one that's like not that bad I'm like okay cool. It's not something I'm amazed at, but it's pretty fun. It's a bit party-ish, but that's fine. A bit more sentimental than I was expecting, and that was cool I think the only thing that threw me off was the random moaning at the start of Social Disease. Wtf was that? lmao Anyway, this album once again has me wishing for half rating. It's a little more than just okay, I can see coming back to a few songs every long once in a while or at least not minding them if someone else had this album on. 3.75 I do honestly hate that I'm about to click 4, but 3 genuinely feels wrong

Amazing album

Bland. Bon Jovi to me are the epitome of what makes a lot of 80s hard rock boring, and nothing on this album, from the mega-hits to the deep cuts, convinced me otherwise.

A few absolute megahits surrounded by some lesser known but still fun songs. I had a good time at least. I’m surprised so many people seem to hate Bon Jovi.

You know you're in for some gas right off the opening seconds of the album! Total glam rock bangers on here, on top of the classics I was already familiar with. I do think Bon Jovi is best enjoyed in moderation, however, as their sound would surely get old fast in a frequent rotation. Standouts: Let It Rock • You Give Love a Bad Name • Livin' On A Prayer • Raise Your Hands

I am going to go to bat hard for this album because I hate how things women like are not taken seriously. After hearing Def Leppard and Guns n Roses talk about how they can't wait to bend a woman over and then vanish into the night, never to see her again. I like that Bon Jovi tries to do some storytelling, even if it's always about doing cowboy shit. I like that he does a Springsteen-esque song about the glory days with a woman and treats her like a person in it.

Lots of hits. More range than average hair metal.

I just never got into JBJ. Lots of iconic songs here but I just don’t really care for him. 2.5

That’s a nostalgic banger. Definitely understand why it’s on the list. Can’t always say that.

This album 100% should be on the list....it is still a 2.

One of the worst albums on this list so far, I hate everything about it. However I will participate in a Livin on a Prayer singalong every time

My mom liked this album

Childhood nostalgia for me. But yeah, that doesn’t mean it’s great. Relistening to it Wild In the Streets is a great song. Makes me think of Springsteen. Otherwise, Wanted Dead or Alive is a classic but other than that, the writing is cheesy.

Shit from a butt

Not a big Bob Jovi fan but this was a good album

-1 point for that one moaning intro

Unc karaoke album

Cant really be bothered with Livin' on a Prayer these days just because I've heard it so many times, but there are still some cracking tracks on this.

Really difficult to be completely objective about reviewing this because I know it so well from my youth. Hell, I can even sing along with the freaking guitar solos on the singles. For the fact that I was instantly transported back to my teens and, let's face it, the singles from this album are pure cheesy pop rock classics without a doubt, then it deserves a good score. I'd say 5 but most of the other tracks haven't aged that well. Maybe through lack of exposure, who knows. But ill take a point off for those. That's all. Cos let's face it. YGLABN WDOL and LOAP are certified cheesy bangers.

One of the biggest albums of the 80’s and the birth of stadium rock bands - is it cheesy yes but it also takes me back to being a teenager so its mark is purely based on nostalgia.

Bon Jobi. A good rock band. Solid rock. Great album.

Listening to this instantly brought me back to driving in the car with my dad while "Livin' on a prayer" is playing on the radio.. so fun

Buen álbum, sin dudas lo que destacan son los grandes 4 hits de Bon Jovi, de estos mi favorito sin lugar a dudas es Never Say Goodbye, tiene algo que me genera una angustia instantánea, destaco el trabajo de ls guitarra que está casi al nivel de Van Halen y se nota mucho su influencia, y Jon Bon Jovi tiene una voz que me agrada, muy poderos.

Never been a fan of Bon Jovi, oh well. Still not surprised to see this on the list as this album has all their hits.

very well polished arena rock, headlined by quite good vocals. any individual song is high energy and fairly interesting, but the whole album is basically variations on the same fundamental plan. it's a pretty decent plan, though.

vocês são muito chatos por não gostar de um álbum divertido e pra cima desses. é white music? sim, mas ao menos é uma white music que não fere 2028937392 direitos humanos, então já estamos no lucro. 3,5.

Opening track sounds like an exact 50/50 Def Leppard/Deep Purple castoff. It's pretty fun IG, same goes for the following tracks "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Card Game" and certified white people national anthem "Squidward on a Chair." After that we get into some really bad territory with some horrible Ozzy and Def Leppard worship tracks that should have been left in 1986 In all seriousness though, Richie Sambora really elevates this- he is a fantastic guitarist. "Wanted Dead Or Alive" is this band's crowning achievement, one of the best glam rock tracks of the decade.

Listened Before? Y AWWWW Yeah! This was the literal first tape I ever owned. As far as hair metal goes, this is a pretty good overall represenation of the genre. JBJ has a good voice, and the lyrics are not over the top like some bands who jumped the shark at this time. Really solid record. Even the deep cuts are pretty good. Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: Social Disease

Ja sorry. Dit is de meest standaard witte boomer rock allertijden. Maar toch... Toch vind ik dit gewoon fun. Je ruikt gewoon bijna de haarlak. Het is Hair Metal in optima forma. Maar iedereen die dit kut vind liegt of ontkent dat Livin on a prayer VEEEEEEL te hard gaat bij karaoke. Dit is zo over the top, dat eigenlijk het eerste waar ik aan moest denken Meatloaf was. Dat gaf ik 4 sterren, dus dan dit ook? Kijk, ik kan lullen over dat het instrumentaal goed in elkaar zit. De solo's zijn lekker, bijvoorbeeld die piano solo op Wild In the streets. Ik kan zeggen dat de zang goed is, maar dan zou ik wel een beetje liegen. Ballads moeten ze echt niet doen, Never say goodbye is zó slecht, dat ik er bijna 3 sterren van maakte. Maar ja, dit album is gewoon fun. Mag soms ook wel eens, niet alles hoeft progrock's God's gift to this green Earth te zijn. Er is een tijd en een plek voor Bon Jovi, en die tijd en plek is de Casablance rond een uur of 3 's nachts met net ff te veel bier in je mik. Zuig het, we draaien nog een keer Livin on a prayer, laat de hele kroeg meebleren! FAVO: You give love a bad name, Livin on a prayer, Raise your hands, Wild in the streets

Απίστευτη 80s κλασικούρα. Χωρίς παρεξήγηση απλώς έχει ακουστεί τόσο πολύ που έχω βαρεθεί. Δεν είναι κακά τα κομμάτια όμως, απλώς βαρετά Livin' On A Prayer

"Livin' on a Prayer," "Wanted Dead or Alive," and "You Give Love a Bad Name" (the first song I ever sang to the woman who has now been my wife for nearly 39 years!) are absolutely all-time bangers. But this is also the album that steered the direction of heavy metal toward its hair band phase of the late 80s. I almost feel like I could rate this album a 5 on the strength of the above-mentioned songs alone. But there are SEVEN more songs here keeping this solidly OUT of consideration as an al-time great.

Classics

classic

i feel like i shouldn't like this as much as i do

I'm too used to litening to Bon Jovi Cross Roads (greatest hits), so this felt a little like one great song with a bunch of ok songs.

Do I add or subtract points based on the fact that I got into my first car accident while listening to this album on the way back from a dinner at the Plutkos, specifically the platinum track You Give Love a Bad Name, as the only NJ car in a 4-car PA accident? I don’t know, but this album is equal parts cliched and rad.

Energy, energy, energy. Probably one of the most testosterone-heavy hair metal albums out there. Everyone knows the hit songs that are overplayed, but there are a surprising number of hidden gems on this album as well. Very enjoyable overall, if a little too cliche for my taste. Top tracks: Let It Rock, Livin' on a Prayer, Wild in the Streets

Yeah, I mean, if I'm a drunk mom on South Street maybe.

This is my project so I will base my ratings on straight nostalgia if I wanna. Listening to this album 40 years after it was made there is a glaring revelation: yes, it is cheesy. But that does not negate the fact I remembered every word of every song and I felt something in my soul, albeit a bit of embarrassment mixed with the sort of wisdom that only comes with being able to laugh at yourself. Ah, this album on any other occasion would be a 2 now, but there are 3 redeeming factors tied to personal nostalgia that bump it up to a 3. 1. My dad took me to a Bon Jovi/Skid Row concert when I was 11 years old. They played a lot of these songs and it was the coolest thing I ever experienced up to that point in my life. He bought me a concert t shirt, which I still have, and I wore it to school the next day and the other 6th graders were in awe. 2. "Never Say Goodbye" was often used as a couples skate when I was that same age. I remember wanting to be a teenager so badly just so I could experience the good times I would someday reminisce. I would see the teenagers hold hands and skate to this song while I was waiting on the wall for the dumb 6th grade boys to skate around and ask me to skate. It broke my heart in a good way. 3. "Wanted Dead or Alive" is just a great song among the cheese. In fact, Jon Bon Jovi is much better as a cowboy than this spandex mess. I prefer that Young Guns 2 soundtrack to any of his other music. Anyway, this album IS 1986. It is cheesy now, but back then it was really something great.

Bovine diarrhoea is also slippery and wet. Whoa, whoa, whoa, w'w'whoa, whoa, whoa...

This is so cheesy it could've been called Buttrock Parmesan. I mean, it's not the worst thing in the world, but between this and Springsteen I almost feel bad for New Jersey. The first mistake on this album is putting “Let it Rock” first and not “Livin’ on a Prayer”. This is a mistake that Cross Road, the only Bon Jovi album you need, if you feel you need a Bon Jovi album, does not make. You start with that classic of big, dumb, hairspray-laden pop metal, and a multitude of sins can be forgiven. It's anthemic, it's everyman… it's got a talk box on the main riff. It's basically the foie gras of the Monster Ballads era. It's everything that, say, following track Social Disease is not. The A-side is the Hits Side, tho, and the three here have some classic riffs, even as JBJ yowls about blood red nails and fayngertips. And if Wanted: Dead or Alive is a foreshadowing of the band's eventual descent into schlock-Country pablum, you'd at least be forgiven for thinking they could have pulled it off. It even has one of the greatest worst lines ever, seeing a Million faces yadda yadda. But then side B starts, with a stupid “we're a rock band rock with us” song that makes the one beginning side A sound forgivable. And on this side, there are no singles to save it. Not even the Born to Run wannabe Wild in the Streets. Most of this album is a big helping of How Dare You, so even with the hits, this is a high 2*

Good

I want to give it a four because the hits are so awesome, but the rest are too cheesy. Still, you give love a bad name!

Peak Hair Metal and nothing wrong with that. No need to over analyse it! I’d forgotten how bloody good it is from start to finish. Every track could have been a Single. It’s just chock full of bangers. Like a Time Machine for me….I instantly picture the dashboard of my first car listening to this - the tape was practically worn out it was played so much. Solid 5

Never realized how good You Give Love A Bad Name was. After the hits the album was lowkey boring so maybe I only like the hits because I know them. Anyways young Jon Bon Jovi is lowkey hot asf. 4/5

The baby I babysit for loves Bon Jovi. They have a Bon Jovi cd and hes always putting it in the boom box so I feel like theres positive association from that. Fun enough energy but I dont think id really listen to any of these songs on my own, I think they are a bit boring. Also, Ive been locking in for finals and im now listening to more albums; realizing I haven't done an ounce of work this year and thats prolly why im so behind on albums. oops. 3/5 but plus one for baby Leo

So boring

i hate bon jovi

You have already heard what's worthwhile here.

Very well done, very poor generic ‘80s rock-pop. “Let It Rock” kicks it off with loads of organ and sounds like Yes or Kansas playing a third rate AC/DC song. Side one contains the big numbers, “You Give Love a Bad Name”, Living On A Prayer”, with that irritating voice box, and “Wanted Dead or Alive” - the three Bon Jovi songs I thought I never had to hear again although the Atmos mix seems to add a lot of keyboards to the soundscape, so that was a thing - now I never have to listen again. The rest of the album is full of forgettable, very earnest tracks with no substance and very little depth. I just don’t get Bon Jovi; there aren’t even any ‘guilty pleasures’ here. There are worse records but maybe not many as bland.

A classic hair metal album. Suprised how I enjoyed some of the deep tracks. Rating: 7.5/10 Favorite Song: Wanted Dead or Alive

A whole star just for Livin' On A Prayer

Wow yeah crack that all the way up none of these songs are bad. I think a 5 out of 5 is a crime. If I could give it a 10 out of 5 I would.

Wow, I’m almost impressed by how terrible this is. There’s good fast food, and then there’s bad fast food. The latter doesn’t just leave you with a guilty conscience about the garbage you’ve just shoved into your digestive system - it doesn’t even deliver the sweet, saccharine rush that makes you turn to junk food for comfort in the first place. If Bon Jovi were food, they’d fall squarely into that latter category. The best thing I can say about Slippery When Wet is that Bon Jovi managed a not insignificant feat: they created a cliché version of a genre that is already a cliché - and somehow made it sound sterile in the process. This is toothless, risk-free music dressed up as something edgier than it really is. Really doubt that the editors of this list even spun Slippery When Wet from front to back; I’d even go so far as to claim that doing so is impossible without risking to loose one’s faith in artistic integrity.

Ihan hauskaa ja hyväntuulista kasarirockia, joskin ne kolme megahittiä (You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer ja Wanted Dead or Alive) kannattelevat tätä levyä. Ilman noita kyseisiä kappaleita tätä tuskin olisi otettu mukaan tälle listalle.

28 million copies sold. 3 smash hits (You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin’ on a Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive). It’s an absolute must listen.

Fun singles, not the best of the genere, but I'd agree on the placement in the list

It's Bon Jover.

One thing’s for sure... Hair metal hasn’t aged all that well. The cheesiness here is off the charts. There are a couple of solid tracks, but most of it just takes me back to those trashy college bars, watching sloppy drunk regulars try to pick fights with the younger crowd. Funny in hindsight, but not exactly something I’m eager to relive.